Mary Iliadis

Mary Iliadis is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University, Australia, and co-convenor of the Deakin Research into Violence Against Women Hub. Her research adopts a socio-legal framework to examine, critique and impact the rights and treatment of victims of sexual violence in criminal justice systems. More broadly, Mary researches police and prosecutorial discretion in response to gendered violence, including domestic, family and sexual violence, and explores how access to justice...See more

Mary Iliadis is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University, Australia, and co-convenor of the Deakin Research into Violence Against Women Hub. Her research adopts a socio-legal framework to examine, critique and impact the rights and treatment of victims of sexual violence in criminal justice systems. More broadly, Mary researches police and prosecutorial discretion in response to gendered violence, including domestic, family and sexual violence, and explores how access to justice is negotiated by victims in criminal trials. In 2019, she was awarded a St Mary's College Visiting Women's Fellowship at Durham University, UK and a visiting scholarly position at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She was also nominated as a Semi-Finalist for The Bridge Create Change Award (Seven News Young Achiever Awards (2019)). In 2020, Mary won the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology prize for best ECR publication in criminology. This recognises her standing and leadership in intellectual contributions to her field. Her research has featured in government circles, and she has also received outstanding recognition of her submission to Northern Ireland's Gillen Review into The Law and Procedures in Serious Sexual Offences. See less