Rate My Professor Kyle Mulrooney

Kyle Mulrooney is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of New England, serving in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences since 2017. He earned his Ph.D. in Cultural and Global Criminology from the University of Kent and Universität Hamburg, M.A. in the Sociology of Law from the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Spain, and B.A. (Hons) in Criminology and Justice from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (now Ontario Tech University). Previously a Fellow at the University of Kent's School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, Mulrooney is the Co-Director of the UNE Centre for Rural Criminology, where he leads key projects including the 2020 New South Wales Farm Crime Survey, evaluations of smart tag technology for livestock theft prevention in partnership with NSW Police, and comparative studies on rural policing across Australia, the UK, and France.

His academic interests center on rural criminology, exploring the influence of cultural geography and locational context on crime patterns, responses, and services; the sociology of punishment; crime prevention; policing; and drug policy, including human enhancement drugs. Mulrooney has made significant contributions through authorship of Resisting the Politics of Punishment: The evolution of Canadian criminal justice policy (Routledge, 2022), which analyzes how local histories and cultures shape criminal justice; co-editing Human Enhancement Drugs (Routledge, 2019), introducing emerging issues in performance and image enhancing substances; and an upcoming monograph Farm Crime (Bristol University Press). Notable peer-reviewed articles include 'Social suppliers: Exploring the cultural contours of the performance and image enhancing drug (PIED) market amongst bodybuilders in the Netherlands and Belgium' (International Journal of Drug Policy, 2017, 122 citations), 'The symbiotic evolution of anti-doping and supply chains of doping substances' (Trends in Organized Crime, 2015, 98 citations), and 'The impact of rurality on opioid-related harms' (International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020). As an international expert, he advises policymakers, industry, and media, holds the position of Vice President (elect) of the International Society for the Study of Rural Crime, co-founded the Human Enhancement Drug Network serving on its Executive Board, and teaches courses like CRIM100 Understanding Crime and CRIM190 Crime in Rural Communities.