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Dr Justin Ellis is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Law and Justice, College of Human and Social Futures, at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He holds a PhD in Criminology, a Master's in Criminology, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney, with an undergraduate background in history. Ellis specialises in the impact of digital media technologies on crime and criminalisation processes, particularly how social media and amateur videos expose police excessive force and affect accountability. His research explores the intersections of technology, identity, and justice, encompassing digital criminology, misinformation, policing legitimacy, technosocial biases, algorithmic discrimination, and LGBTQ+ community responses to hate and exclusion in technocratic societies. Fields of research include technology, crime and surveillance, and law, gender and sexuality.

Ellis has produced over twenty publications, including two sole-authored monographs: Representation, Resistance and the Digiqueer: Fighting for Recognition in Technocratic Times (Bristol University Press, 2023) and Policing Legitimacy: Social Media, Scandal and Sexual Citizenship (Springer, 2021). His articles feature in leading journals such as Criminology & Criminal Justice, Crime, Media, Culture, Policing & Society, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, and the British Journal of Criminology. Key works include 'The end of symbiosis? Australia police-media relations in the digital age' (Policing & Society, 2016, with A. McGovern), 'Renegotiating police legitimacy through amateur video and social media: lessons from the police excessive force at the 2013 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade' (Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2019), and recent contributions on digiqueer criminology and LGBTIQ hate crimes. Previously, he worked on a law and social justice radio program at the University of Technology Sydney. Ellis contributes to public debate via The Conversation, supervises higher-degree research, coordinates courses including Media Criminology and Victimology, and collaborates with corporates, government, and non-government organisations on technosocial issues.