Rate My Professor Jeffrey Ackerman

Dr Jeffrey Ackerman is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, based at the Gold Coast campus in room G06 3.35. He is affiliated with the Griffith Criminology Institute and contributes to postgraduate programs through teaching and supervision. Prior to his academic appointment, Ackerman served as a police officer in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. He has lived in Australia since 2013 and holds Australian citizenship. Contactable at +61 (0)7 5552 8013, his ORCID is 0000-0002-7660-7672.

Ackerman's research centers on intimate partner violence, also referred to as domestic violence, which he has studied using complex survey methods for over 20 years. His publications address key issues including overreporting in self-report data, as in 'Assessing Conflict Tactics Scale Validity by Examining Intimate Partner Violence Overreporting' (2017) and 'Over-reporting Intimate Partner Violence in Australian Survey Data' (British Journal of Criminology, 2016). He explored ethnic group differences in police notifications in 'Ethnic Group Differences in Police Notification About Intimate Partner Violence' (Violence Against Women, 2014). Other works include 'The Degree of Specialization among Female Partner Violence Offenders and the Role of Self-Defense in Its Explanation' (Victims & Offenders, 2019), 'The Role of Self-Control in Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration' (Journal of Family Violence, 2023), 'Intention to Act: Predicting Bystander Intervention in Violent Victimization' (Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2024), and 'Smartphone sharing with intimate partners in Australia: Characteristics and implications for cybersecurity' (New Media & Society, 2026). Ackerman has co-authored on children in technology-facilitated domestic violence cases (2020, Griffith University news) and domestic violence advocate co-location at Queensland police stations. He has received funding from the United States Department of Justice and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN). His research influences methodological advancements in criminology, understandings of IPV dynamics, offender specialization, bystander responses, and digital cybersecurity risks in relationships, with over 1,000 citations recorded on academic profiles.