Dr Diane Solomon Westerhuis
Lecturer
PhD JCU, Dip.Ed.(Sec) Syd, BA(Hons) Syd
Diane Solomon Westerhuis
Charles Sturt University School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies
Email Diane Solomon Westerhuis
Building C6
Bathurst Campus
NSW
2795
Australia
Ph:(02) 6338 4648
Fax:(02) 6338 4401
Bio
Diane has extensive experience in both large and small research projects, and in qualitative and quantitative research methods. For example Diane has undertaken research and analysis in projects such as an ARC funded Foster Care Project as well as classification systems in Juvenile Justice and in a program for the evaluation of alternative education and training programmes for reintegrating young recidivist offenders into their communities.
Diane has co-ordinated and taught Social Research Methods, Teaching Ethics and Research Project Management subjects.
Teaching
- Restorative Justice - JST330
- Foundations in Criminology - JST104
- Restorative Justice JST534
- Deconstructing Difference - JST524
- Social Research - SOC205
- Crime Delinquency & Social Welfare - JST204
- Crime Prevention and Young People JST331
- Violence in Socidty - JST517
- Crime Prevention and Young people - JST535
Research
- Juvenile Justice
- Youth detention
- Recidivism
- Children in Care
Recent publications
- Westerhuis, D.S. 2007. 'Social Construction', in Hartwig, M. (ed.) Dictionary of Critical Realism. USA: Routledge.
- Westerhuis, D.S. 2006. Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice. Discourse & Society 17(3) 422-424.
Recent Conference Papers
- Thorpe, R. and Westerhuis, D.S. 2006. “You need to walk in their shoes.” Foster carers’ views on what makes a good foster carer. Joint paper presented at the 2006 Centre for Research on Community and Children's Services (CROCCS) International Foster Carer Conference: August 2006, Mackay, Queensland.
- Coventry G. and Westerhuis, D.S. 2006. Cyclone Larry's Rewards? Prisoners, Reintegration and Quality of Life. Seminar Paper, James Cook University, Townsville.
Membership of professional associations and groups
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSC)
- The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
