Emily Moir is a senior lecturer in Criminology and Justice. Emily is a national award-winning environmental criminology and crime analyst. Her research is focused on how environments and situations can create opportunities for crime, and the role of regular people in detecting, responding to, and preventing crime. She has applied this work across a range of contemporary crime problems, including the abuse of older people, financial abuse and fraud, sexual offending, and probation and parole reoffending. Emily has been a named investigator on over $1 million of research funding and has consulted with a variety of national, state, and local agencies on projects related to elder abuse, crime trends, and project evaluation. In 2024, Emily completed a Graduate Certificate in Terrorism and Security Studies.
Emily is on the Editorial Board for Security Journal, and a Core Member of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit at UniSC.
Professional Memberships
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
- Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis
- American Society of Criminology – Division of Community and Place
- Security Journal Editorial Board
Awards/Fellowships
- Adam Sutton Crime Prevention Award, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, 2020
- Letter of Recognition for Outstanding Student Satisfaction Ratings (100%), Griffith University 2017
Professional Social Media
Research grants
|
Grant/Project name |
Investigators |
Funding body & A$ value |
Year(s) |
Focus (of research grant) |
|
Attorney General's Department (Australia) |
Kate Burns, Narelle Warren, Bridget Harris, Naomi Pfitzner, Cate Banks, Kathryn Benier, Emily Moir, Catriona Stevens, Yen Ying Lim |
A$574,208 |
2025-2026 |
Elder abuse and cognitive impairment |
|
Attorney General's Department (Australia) |
Bridget Harris, Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Burns, Kathryn Benier, Catriona Stevens, Emily Moir, Craig Gear, Narelle Warren, Monica Cations, Amanda Parkinson, Kelsey Adams |
A$398,417 |
2024-2025 |
Research on elder abuse in regional, rural and remote communities |
|
Relationships Australia |
Emily Moir, Vinathe Sharma-Brymer |
$110,000 |
2024 |
Elder Abuse: Best Practice Perpetrator Interventions and Programs Research |
|
Life Without Barriers |
Emily Moir, Dimity Adams |
$19,406 |
2023-2024 |
Evaluation of Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training |
|
The Salvation Army |
Emily Moir, Dimity Adams |
$24,869 |
2023 |
Understanding Environmental Safeguarding of Young People in a Charitable Organisation |
|
UniSC Launch Partnership |
Kristen Tulloch, Emily Moir, Andrew Wood, Kate Mulgrew |
$26,122 |
2022-2023 |
PUSH! Evaluating a Skills-Based Positive Psychology Program for At-Risk Young People |
|
Sunshine Coast Regional Council |
Emily Moir, Tim Prenzler, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Natalee Cairns |
$39,764 |
2022-2023 |
Nambour Community Safety Review: Phase 2 |
|
Queensland Police Service |
Emily Moir, Kelly Hine, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Nadine McKillop |
$19,920 |
2022 |
I live my life…without a knife Evaluation
|
|
Queensland Police Service |
Susan Rayment-McHugh, Emily Moir |
$29,946 |
2021-2022 |
Evaluation of the ‘JTYouGotThis’ Program |
|
Sunshine Coast Regional Council |
Timothy Prenzler, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Emily Moir |
$12,000 |
2021 |
Nambour Crime and Safety Review |
Research areas
- Citizen-led crime prevention and community safety
- Environmental criminology and crime analysis
- Problem-oriented policing
- Burglary prevention
- Elder abuse
Teaching areas
- Introduction to Criminology
- Introduction to Cybercrime
- Justice and the Australian Legal System
- Punishment and Corrections
Emily's research focuses on guardianship and citizen-led crime control, exploring how regular people not involved in law enforcement and the criminal justice system can help to detect, respond to, and prevent crime.