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Associate Professor Vicki Sentas

Associate Professor Vicki Sentas

Associate Professor

LLB/BA (JCU),ÌýPhD (Monash),ÌýAdmitted to Supreme Court of NSWÌý

Law & Justice
School of Law, Society & Criminology

Dr Vicki Sentas joined the Faculty of LawÌýin July 2012 and is a senior lecturer. VickiÌýresearches processes of criminalisation and racialisation in law and policing.Ìý She teaches in criminal law, criminology and policing and coordinates theÌý, an experiential learning course, in partnership withÌý.

Her recent and current research projects examine: the effects of counter-terrorism practices on criminal justice and racialisedÌýpeoples; the criminalisation of armed conflicts, self-determination and diasporas through the use of security lists; police powers and their relationship to diverse forms of regulation including pre-emption and prosecution; police accountability and criminal justice reform.
Phone
+61 (2) 9385 2752
E-mail
v.sentas@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2014
    Sentas V, 2014, Traces of Terror: Counter-Terrorism, Law, Policing and Race, OUP Oxford,
  • Book Chapters | 2018
    Sentas V, 2018, 'Beyond Media Discourse: Locating Race and Racism in Criminal Justice Systems', in Media, Crime and Racism, Springer International Publishing, pp. 359 - 379,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Sentas V, 2018, 'Beyond Media Discourse: Locating Race and Racism in Criminal Justice Systems', in Bhatia M; Poynting S; Tufail W (ed.), Crime, Media, Racism, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 359 - 379,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Durbach A; Edgeworth B; Sentas V, 2017, 'Law and Poverty in Australia Today: A Reassessment', in Durbach A; Edgeworth B; Sentas V (ed.), Law and Poverty in Australia: 40 Years after the Poverty Commission, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 1 - 11
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Durbach A; Edgeworth B; Sentas V, 2017, 'Poverty and the Law in Australia Today', in Durbach A; Edgeworth B; Sentas V (ed.), Law and Poverty in Australia: 40 Years after the Poverty Commission, Federation Press, Sydney
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Sentas V, 2017, 'The Poverty of Criminal Law: Criminalisation and the Limits of Access to Justice', in Durbach A; Edgeworth B; Sentas V (ed.), Law and Poverty in Australia: 40 Years after the Poverty Commission. Editors: Durbach A, Edgeworth B, Sentas V . Federation Press, Sydney 2017, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 249 - 264
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Nadarajah S; Sentas V, 2012, 'The politics of state crime and resistance: Self- determination in Sri Lanka', in Stanley E; McCulloch J (ed.), State Crime and Resistance, Routledge, USA, pp. 68 - 83,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Sentas V, 2012, 'One More Successful War? Tamil Diaspora and Counter-Terrorism after the LTTE', in Poynting S; Whyte D (ed.), Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence, Routledge
  • Edited Books | 2017
    Durbach A; Edgeworth B; Sentas V, (eds.), 2017, Law and Poverty in Australia 40 Years After the Sackville Report
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Sentas V; Boon-Kuo L; Ellis JR, 2024, 'Policing WorldPride: gatekeepers at the festival turnstiles', Current Issues in Criminal Justice,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Green P; Lasslett K; McCulloch J; Rolston B; Keenan J; Tombs S; Wise L; Stańczak D; MacManus T; Regents RMA; Seoighe R; Rothe DL; Kramer RC; Stanley E; Barak G; Cameron H; Whyte D; Scraton P; Barsocchini RJ; Bradshaw EA; Ciocchini P; White R; Williams C; Huggins MK; Poynting S; Meirelles R; Cunneen C; Catello R; Sherwood A; Ward T; McConnachie K; Falk R; Elver H; Bandiera R; Perugini N; Zeffert H; da Silva Filho JCM; Matyakubova D; Sentas V; Giannacopoulos M; Sobout A; Grewcock M; de Nardin Budó M; Forero-Cuéllar A; Darke S; Afana R; McMillan N, 2023, 'INTERNATIONAL EXPERT STATEMENT ON ISRAELI STATE CRIME', State Crime Journal, 12, pp. 126 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sentas V; Boon-Kuo L, 2023, 'PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES OF PANDEMIC POLICING: WHY CRIMINALISATION IS BAD FOR THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 46, pp. 1356 - 1384
    Journal articles | 2021
    Boon-Kuo L; Brodie A; Keene-McCann J; Sentas V; Weber L, 2021, 'Policing biosecurity: police enforcement of special measures in New South Wales and Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 33, pp. 76 - 88,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Grewcock M; Sentas V, 2021, 'Strip searches, Police power and the infliction of harm: An analysis of the New South Wales strip search regime.', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. Advance online publication., 10, pp. 191 - 206,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Sentas V; Grewcock M, 2018, 'Criminal law as police power: Serious crime, unsafe protest and risks to public safety', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 7, pp. 75 - 90,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Sentas V, 2018, 'Redfern Legal Centre: Challenging Everyday Police Powers', Court of Conscience, pp. 40 - 45
    Journal articles | 2018
    Sentas V, 2018, 'Terrorist Organization Proscription as Counterinsurgency in the Kurdish Conflict', Terrorism and Political Violence,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Bastable E; Sentas V, 2016, 'Over policing Indigenous Youth: The Suspect Target Management Plan', Human Rights Defender, 5, pp. 16 - 16
    Journal articles | 2016
    Sentas V, 2016, 'Policing the Diaspora: Kurdish Londoners, MI5 and the Proscription of Terrorist Organizations in the United Kingdom', British Journal of Criminology, 56, pp. 898 - 918,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Sentas V; McMahon R, 2014, 'Changes to Police Powers of Arrest in New South Wales', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 25, pp. 785 - 801,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Sentas V, 2010, 'Terrorist Organisation Offences and the LTTE: R v Vinayagamoorth', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, pp. 159 - 169
    Journal articles | 2010
    Sentas V, 2010, 'The Violence of Terrorist Organisation Bans', Criminal Justice Matters, 82, pp. 16 - 17
    Journal articles | 2009
    Sentas V; Whyte J, 2009, 'Law, Crisis, Revolution', Australian Feminist Law Journal, 31, pp. 3 - 14,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Pettitt A; Sentas V, 2005, 'Terrorism', Alternative Law Journal, 30, pp. 283 - 285,
  • Reports | 2023
    Sentas V, 2023, Submission to Law Enforcement Conduct Commission: Operation Tepito Discussion Paper for the Youth Justice Coalition on the Investigation into Police use of the Suspect Target Management Plan (STMP) for children and young people, Youth Justice Coalition, Sydney
    Reports | 2022
    Gooley G; Sentas V, 2022, Submission to the Law Enforcement Conduct Committee on Operation Tepito (Interim Report)- Investigation into the use by NSW Police Force of the Suspect Targeted Management Plan (STMP), Youth Justice Coalition, Sydney
    Reports | 2022
    McNamara L; Matthews I; Sentas V; Williams L, 2022, Submission to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission NSW: Review of the operation of amendments to the consorting law under Part 3A Division 7 of the Crimes Act 1900, Centre for Crime, Law and Justice, UNSW
    Reports | 2021
    Boon Kuo L; Sentas V; Weber L, 2021, COVID-19 Policing in the Pandemic: Analysis of Reports Submitted to the COVID-19 Policing in Australia Coalition, Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre, Victoria, Melbourne,
    Reports | 2020
    Sentas V, 2020, Submission to Law Enforcement Conduct Commission NSW: Draft Final Report of the Inquiry into NSW Police Force strip search practices
    Reports | 2019
    Appleby G; McNamara L; Sentas V, 2019, Submission to the Department of Justice, Strategic Legislation and Policy on the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Amendment Bill 2019 (Tas),
    Reports | 2019
    Grewcock M; Sentas V, 2019, Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police, UNSW Law, Sydney, ,
    Reports | 2017
    Sentas V; Pandolfini C, 2017, Policing Young People in NSW: A Study of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan, Youth Justice Coalition, Sydney, ,
    Reports | 2014
    Sentas V; Boon-Kuo L; Hayes B; Sullivan G, 2014, Building Peace in Permanent War: Terrorist Listing and Conflict Transformation, International State Crime Initiative, London
    Reports | 2010
    Sentas V, 2010, Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, Submission to the Joint Committee for HumanRights on the Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill (UK), UK
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Grewcock MJ, 2010, 'The Great Escape: refugees, detention and resistance', in [2010] UNSWLR 8, Victoria University of Wellington, presented at State Crime and Resistance Symposium, Victoria University of Wellington, 18 January 2010 - 19 January 2010,
    Reports | 2009
    Sentas V; Dias M, 2009, Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.), Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of the re-listing of Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Kurdistan Workers Party, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations under the Criminal Code Act 1995, Australia
    Reports | 2008
    Sentas V; Dias M, 2008, Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.), Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of the re-listing of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a Terrorist Organisation, Australia

ÌýResearch Supervision Award, ARC 2018

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Memberships and Boards

Editorial Board,ÌýÌý(2007-2022)

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Appearances beforeÌýParliamentary Committees (2018-):

  • expert evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on the re-listing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party as a Terrorist Organisation (September 2018)
  • expert evidence to the Law and Safety Committee, Legislative Assembly of NSW: Inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW (March 2018)

Submissions to Public Inquiries:

Ìý1995,ÌýÌýSeptember 2018.Ìý

, January 2018.

Redfern Legal Centre,Ìý, September 2017 (co-authored with Sophie Parker)

Campaign Against Criminalising Communities,ÌýSubmission to the Joint Committee for Human Rights on the Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill (UK),ÌýOctober 2010.

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.),ÌýSubmissionÌýto the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security,ÌýReview of the re-listing of Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Kurdistan Workers Party, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations under the Criminal Code Act 1995,October 2009 (co-authored with Marika Dias)

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.),ÌýSubmissionÌýto the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of the re-listing of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a Terrorist Organisation,May 2008 (co-authored with Marika Dias)

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.),ÌýSubmissionÌýto the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of the listing provisions of the Criminal Code Act 1995,February 2007 (co-authored with Marika Dias)

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.),ÌýSubmissionÌýto the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of the listing of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a Terrorist Organisation,ÌýJanuary 2006

‘Part III: Monitoring the Impact of Terrorism Laws on Muslim and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities’ (co-authored with Agnes Chong and Marika Dias) in, Combined Community Legal Centres’ Group (NSW) Inc. et al,ÌýAustralian NGO Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights,ÌýMarch 2006

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic.),Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005Ìý(Cth), November 2005(co-authored with Marika Dias)

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My Research Supervision

  • M. McElhone, 'Policing the 'Arab Other' in New South Wales' (jointly with D.Dixon and M.Grewcock)
  • T. Hopkins, 'Preventing Racial Profiling' (jointly with J.Chan)
  • S. Dametto,' Is the countering of terrorism financing through legislation an effective way to prevent terrorism? ' (jointly with J. Hunter and N.McGarrity)
  • F. Ramsay, 'Sovereign Pleasures and Prohibitions: Law and Law Breaking in the Prohibition Era in the United States of America (1919-1933), (jointly with B.Golder)
  • A.ÌýSmith, working on techniques of offshore migration governance under the Security, Precarious Populations and the Neoliberal Age Scientia Project (jointly with B.Golder and D. McLoughlin)
  • S.ÌýQadir, working on discourses of security and counter-terrorism in Pakistan under the Security, Precarious Populations and the Neoliberal Age Scientia Project (jointly with B.Golder and D.McLoughlin)

My Teaching

Crime and the Criminal Process

Police Powers Clinic