DrSally Kennedy

Dr. Sally Kennedy is a Lecturer of Criminology. She specialises in transnational justice administration in national courts. This includes extradition, territorial sovereignty and sovereign power, legal geographies within the digital environment, extraterritoriality, treaty compliance, mutual legal assistance, cross-border evidence exchange, individual rights and fairness, and global crime control.

This specialisation flows from Dr. Kennedy's PhD research involving a legal case analysis of extradition procedures within Australia, Canada, and the United States to illustrate issues reconciling an international agreement under existing domestic legislation. This research built on Dr. Kennedy's interest and knowledge in transnational justice which began during her Honours degree and the study of the implementation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) and its impact and relevance for foreign nationals accused of a crime by the United States.

Dr. Kennedy has combined her work in transnational justice with research associated with physical and mental health in the criminal justice system. This involves international collaborations to explore relationships between transnational online offending, extradition, neurodiversity, wellness and wellbeing, sentencing guidelines, and prison conditions.

Due to opportunities as a Research Fellow, Dr. Kennedy also has experience in several areas associated with criminological policy development and review, all within a localised context of crime prevention and community safety. This includes the complex areas of patron banning in Western Australia, alcohol restrictions in the Northern Territory, and risky driving in Victoria.

Dr. Kennedy works primarily with qualitative data and has extensive experience in thematic and legal case analysis, often within a comparative context. She has also conducted and analysed interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders and worked with social media data.

Dr. Kennedy has also worked as a teaching and learning scholar since 2015 and has wide-ranging knowledge across undergraduate and postgraduate areas of study. She follows a teaching philosophy focused on inclusion, equal opportunity, and active engagement. This experience was recognised in 2022 after Dr. Kennedy successfully fulfilled the criteria of an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

Since early 2025, Dr. Kennedy has been the Criminology Honours Coordinator and a member of the Faculty of Arts and Education Teaching and Learning Committee.

Dr. Kennedy is also a member of the Criminology Research Group (C2G) within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC), which includes an association with the Teaching and Learning in Criminology thematic group. Dr. Kennedy is also a research partner of the Autism and the Criminal Justice System Program based at the University of Salford in Manchester (UK).