Rate My Professor Caroline Doyle

Dr. Caroline Doyle is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business at UNSW Canberra, part of the University of New South Wales. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy from UNSW Canberra, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Australian National University, Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Canberra, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wollongong. Her research centers on public policy responses to social issues in criminal justice, particularly the experiences of incarcerated individuals and their reintegration challenges, including housing, employment, family reconnection, health, addiction, and disability support within prisons. Doyle advocates for incorporating lived experiences into policy design. She also investigates crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on qualitative approaches to measure violence accurately and challenge assumptions about criminal actors, with emphasis on the reduction of urban violence in Medellín, Colombia.

Doyle's scholarly contributions include her 2024 book, Researching Crime and Violence in Medellín, Colombia: Truth versus Truths, published by Routledge. Key journal articles feature '“People say you’re going home, but I don’t have a home”: Housing After Prison' (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2024), 'Rethinking prison visitation for children with incarcerated parents: Lessons from the Australian Capital Territory' (Alternative Law Journal, 2023), 'Where specialist and mainstream service systems collide: The National Disability Insurance Scheme in prisons' (Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2022), and 'The Criminal Actors Have a Social Base in Their Communities: Gangs and Service Provision in Medellín, Colombia' (Latin American Politics and Society, 2021). She co-authored reports such as ‘There’s not just a gap, there’s a chasm’: The boundaries between Australian disability services and prisons (2022) and the experiences of people leaving prison in the Australian Capital Territory (2020). Awards include the 2023 APSA-ANZSOG Policy Studies Prize and the 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning - Innovation from the University of Canberra. From 2018 to 2024, she served as President of Prisoners Aid (ACT), advising on detainee policies and programs. Her work has appeared in ABC Radio, ABC News, The Conversation, and other media outlets. Doyle teaches business law and related subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.