Rate My Professor Kerry Wimshurst

Wimshurst has authored or co-authored numerous publications in leading journals. Key works include 'What's in a name? Perceptions of course names for criminal justice professionals' (Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2000), 'The impact of institutional factors on student academic results: implications for 'quality' in universities' (Higher Education Research & Development, 2007), 'Criminal Justice Education, Employment Destinations, and Satisfaction' (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2007), 'Personal and institutional characteristics of student failure' (Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008), 'Intersections in colonial and penal politics: The case of Queensland in the 1870s' (History Australia, 2012), 'Age, prostitution and punishment in the late nineteenth century' (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2014), 'Making sense of the combined degree experience: the example of criminology double degrees' (Studies in Higher Education, 2015), and 'Meaning-making and crime drama: the case of criminology students' (Media International Australia, 2019). Additional contributions cover police education models in the university sector, academic success factors, and the politics of neglect in youth justice. His scholarship addresses practical implications for university quality assurance, curriculum design in criminology programs, and historical understandings of criminal justice systems.