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Professor Colleen Lewis

Colleen Lewis
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Email: Colleen.Lewis@monash.edu

Research Interests / Publications

My research interests cover three disciplines: criminal justice, public policy and parliamentary studies. They coalesce through my interest in political and public sector accountability. Because my research is motivated by the desire to contribute to the shaping of public policy, I publish in non-referred publications as well as refereed publications and engage in public debate.

Books - Authored

Lewis, C. (1999) Complaints against Police: the Politics of Reform, Hawkins Press, Sydney , 216 pages, ISBN 1 876067 11 X.

Books - Edited

Lewis, C., Ransley, J., Homel, R. (2010) The Fitzgerald Legacy: Reforming Public Life in Australia and Beyond, Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills, 243 pages, ISBN 9781921513350 (pbk).

Hocking, J., Lewis, C. (eds) (2007) Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State, Edward Elgar, London, 224 pages, ISBN 978 1 84542 917 1 (50 per cent).

Hocking, J., Lewis, C. (eds) (October 2003) It’s Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor, Melbourne Publishing Company, Melbourne, 478 pages, ISBN 0 9580938 4 9 (50 per cent).

Goldsmith, A., Lewis, C. (eds.) (2000) Civilian Oversight of Policing: Governance, Democracy and Human Rights, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 331 pages, ISBN 1 84113 030 3 (50 per cent).

Bryett, K., Lewis, C. (eds) (1994) Un-peeling Tradition: Contemporary Policing, Melbourne, Macmillan, 216 pages, ISBN 0 7329 2786 2 (50 per cent).

Davis, G., Weller, P., Lewis, C. (eds) (1989) Corporate Management in Australian Government, Melbourne, Macmillan, 197 pages ISBN 0 7329 0235 5 (25 per cent).

Chapters in Books

Lewis, C., Ransley, J., Homel, R. (2010) ‘The State We Were In’, in Lewis, C., Ransley, J., Homel, R. (eds) The Fitzgerald Legacy: Reforming Public Life in Australia and Beyond, Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills (60 per cent).

Lewis, C.  (2010) ‘Crime and Misconduct Commission: Moving away from Fitzgerald’, in Lewis, C., Ransley, J., Homel, R. (eds) The Fitzgerald Legacy: Reforming Public Life in Australia and Beyond, Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills.

Lewis, C. (2010) ‘Depoliticising Policing: Reviewing and Registering Police Reform’, in Lewis, C., Ransley, J., Homel, R. (eds) The Fitzgerald Legacy: Reforming Public Life in Australia and Beyond, Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills.

Lewis, C., Prenzler, T. (2008) ‘Australian Police Oversight Agencies: Measuring Effectiveness’, in Brian Head, A.J. Brown and Carmel Connors (eds), Promoting Integrity: Evaluating and Improving Public Institutions, Ashgate, Aldershot (50 per cent).

Hocking, J., Lewis, C. (2007) ‘Counter Terrorism and the rise of “Security Policing”’, in Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis (eds) Counter Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State, Edward Elgar, London.

Lewis, C. (2007), ‘Internal Complaints Systems: A Leadership Challenge’, in Margaret Mitchell and John Casey (eds) Police Management and Leadership in Australia, Federation Press, Sydney.

Lewis, C., Wood J. (2006) ‘The Governance of Policing and Security Provision’, in Jenny Fleming and Jennifer Wood (eds), Fighting Crime Together, UNSW Press (50 per cent).

Hocking, J., Lewis, C. (2003) ‘Whitlam as Modernist Politics’, in J. Hocking and C. Lewis (eds.) It’s Time Again, Melbourne Publishing Group, Melbourne (50 Per cent).

Lewis, C., Fleming, J. (2003) ‘The Everyday Politics of Value Conflict: External Oversight Bodies in Australia’, in I. Holland and J. Fleming (eds) Government Reform: Values and New Political Institutions, Ashgate, London, pp.167-184 (50 per cent).

Fleming, J., Lewis, C. (2002) ‘The Politicisation of Police Reform’, in T. Prenzler and J. Ransley (eds), Police Reform: Building Integrity, Hawkins, Sydney, pp. 83-96 (50 per cent).

Goldsmith A., Lewis C. (eds) (2000) ‘Introduction’, in A. Goldsmith and C. Lewis (eds.) Civilian Oversight of Policing: Governance, Democracy and Human Rights, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 1-15 (50 per cent).

Lewis, C. (2000) ‘Civilian Oversight: Democratic Accountability or Lip Service?’ in A. Goldsmith & C. Lewis (eds) Civilian Oversight of Policing: Governance, Democracy and Human Rights, Hart Publishers, Oxford, pp. 19-40.
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Landa, D., Lewis, C. (1996) ‘Making the Police Accountable for their Conduct’, in D. Chappell and P. Wilson (eds) Australian Policing: Contemporary Issues, Second Edition, Butterworths, Sydney, pp. 12-25, (50 per cent).

Lewis, C. (1994) ‘Independent, External, Civilian Review of Police Conduct’, in K. Bryett and C. Lewis (eds) Un-peeling Tradition: Australian Policing, Macmillan, Melbourne, pp. 95-106.

Lewis, C. (1992) ‘Police Accountability: Unintended Consequences of the Reform Process’, in A. Hede, S. Prasser and M. Neyland, (eds) Keeping Them Honest: Democratic Reform in Queensland, UQP, Brisbane, pp. 88-98.

Weller, P., Lewis, C. (1989) ‘Corporate Management: Background and Dilemmas’ in G. Davis, P. Weller and C. Lewis, (eds) Corporate Management in Australian Government, Macmillan, Melbourne, pp.1-16 (50 per cent).

Journals

Refereed

Neesham, Christine; Lewis, Colleen; Holland, Peter;  Donohue, Ross;  Coghill, Ken (2010) ‘Educating and Training Parliamentarians’, Australian Parliamentary Review, Autumn, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 41-48.

Lewis, C. (2009) ‘Accountability’, The Sage Dictionary of Policing edited by Alison Wakefiled and Jenny Fleming, Sage, London, p. 1-3.

Lewis, C. (2009) ‘Civilian Oversight’, The Sage dictionary of Policing, edited by Alison Wakefield and Jenny Fleming, Sage, London, p. 23-25.

Lewis, C., Coghill, K. (2005) ‘Precariously employed politicians?: Initial findings, Just Policy, No. 37, pp. 51-57 (80 per cent).

Prenzler, T., Lewis, C. (2005), ‘Performance Indicators for Police Oversight Agencies’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 64, No. 2, June, pp. 77-83 (50 per cent).

Lewis, C., Coghill, K. (2005) ‘Surveying Research on Parliament and Parliamentary Oversight of the Public Sector’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of PublicAdministration, Vol. 64, No. 1, March, pp. 63-67 (50 per cent).

Lewis, C. (2005) ‘Police, Civilians and Democratic Accountability’, Democratic Audit Discussion Paper Series, ANU, Canberra (2000 words).

Lewis, C. (2004) ‘Superannuation, MPs and Trust’, Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 19 No. 1, Spring, pp 32-42.

Lewis, C. (2002) ‘The Declining Reputation of Politicians: Is it deserved?’ ,Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, Autumn, pp. 131-144.

Lewis, C., Prenzler, T. (1999) ‘Cross Jurisdictional Analysis of Bodies which Oversight Complaints Against Police in Australia’, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, pp. 1-6 9 (50 per cent).

Lewis, C. (1997) ‘The Criminal Justice Commission: A Political Football?’ Queensland Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 1-12.

Lewis, C. (1995) ‘In Support of the Criminal Justice Commission’, Queensland Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 53-57.

Lewis, C., Prenzler, T. (1993) ‘Teaching Police Ethics’, Queensland Researcher, Journal of the Queensland Institute for Educational Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 1-14.

Lewis, C. (1990) ‘Raising the Blue Curtain in Queensland’, Policy Organisation and Society, No. 1, Winter, pp. 49-54.

Non-refereed publications

Coghill, Ken, Ross Donohue, Peter Holland, Colleen Lewis, Cristina Neesham, Andy Richardson, and Kevin Rozzoli. (2008). ‘Building Parliamentary Careers: The Case for Improved Professional Development’. Commonwealth Innovations.

Lewis, C. (2006), ‘Papua New Guinea’, World Police Encyclopedia, Editor-in-Chief, Dilip Das, Routledge, NY, (2500 words).

Lewis, C. (2006) ‘Fiji’, World Police Encyclopedia, Editor-in-Chief, Dilip Das, Routledge, NY, (2500 words).

Lewis, C. (2006) ‘Nauru’ ,World Police Encyclopedia, Editor-in-Chief, Dilip Das, Routledge, NY (2000 words).

Lewis, C. (2006) ‘Marshall Islands’, World Police Encyclopedia, Editor-in-Chief, Dilip Das, Routledge, NY (2000 words).

Lewis, C. (2006) ‘ Samoa’ World Police Encyclopedia, Editor-in-Chief, Dilip Das, Routledge, NY (2000 words).

Baker, D., Lewis, C (2006) ‘Australia’, World Police Encyclopedia, Editor-in-Chief, Dilip Das, Routledge, NY, (5000 words) (50 per cent).

Lewis, C. (2005), ‘Camel by committee: an insight into the oversight of Victoria Police’, Law Institute Journal, Vol. 79, No.12. Invited article, (3200 words).

Coghill, K., Lewis, C. (2004), ‘Reforms to Protect Parliament’s Reputation’, The Parliamentarian, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2500 words) (50 per cent).

Lewis, C. (2000) ‘Police, Governments and Democratic Values’, in Policing in Democratic Societies, Vol. 1, No. 3 April, 2000, pp. 1-2.(Published electronically by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Ottawa, Canada.)Invited contribution.

Lewis, C. (1996) ‘Police Complaints Systems in Australia: A Synopsis’, International Connections, Journal of International Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-2.  Invited entry.

Lewis, C. (1996) ‘Independent Oversight of Complaints Against Police: Problems and Prospects’, Research Paper No.30, Centre for Australian Public SectorManagement, Griffith University, Brisbane, pp.1-16.

Criminal Justice Commission (1995) External Oversight of Complaints Against the Police: A Cross Jurisdictional Comparison, CJC, Brisbane, pp. 1-39. (Publication acknowledges that I was primarily responsible for researching and writing the research paper.)

Lewis, C. (1993) ‘A Progress Report on the CJC’, in Administrative Law: Cases & Material by Roger Douglas and Melinda Jones, The Federation Press: Sydney. (Contribution to a book chapter.)

Lewis, C. (1992) ‘Transitions in Police Education’, Research Paper No. 25, Centre for Australian Public Sector Management, Griffith University, Brisbane, February, pp.11-18.

Lewis, C. (1992) ‘Transitions in Police Education’, Queensland Police Union Journal, August.  (This was a modified version of a previous research paper.)

GRANTS

External

2008 –ARC Linkage Grant, Parliamentary Careers: Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Improved Professional Development. Chief Investigator (C1) with colleagues from Business and Economics Faculty, Monash and colleague from Sydney University. Industry partners AusAid and Inter-parliamentary Union, Geneva.. 

2001-2003 – Chief Investigator (C1) on ARC Strategic Partnership with Industry Research and Training (SPIRT) Scheme Grant (with Hon Dr Ken Coghill).  Protecting the reputation and standing of the institution of parliament: a study of expectations, realities and reforms.  Industry partner, the Parliament of Victoria.

SUBMISSIONS

Government Inquiries

2010 – Victorian Government, Review Inquiring into Victoria’s Integrity and Anti-corruption system. Chairperson Ms Elizabeth Proust (Proust Review).

Parliamentary Committees

2008 – Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Australian Crime Commission and Australian Commission on Law Enforcement Integrity.  Law enforcement integrity models.

1995 - Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee.

1991 - Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee.

Commissions of Inquiry

2002 - Royal Commission into the West Australian Police (Kennedy Inquiry).

1997- The Inquiry into the Future Role, Powers and Function of the Criminal Justice Commission (Connolly-Ryan Inquiry).

1996 - Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police (Wood Royal Commission).

1989 - The Inquiry into Possible Police Misconduct and Associated Issues (Fitzgerald Inquiry).

My submissions to committees and inquiries have been cited and/or referred to in subsequent commission of inquiry and royal commission reports and parliamentary committee reports.

EXPERT EVIDENCE – Parliamentary Committee

2008 - Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Australian Crime Commission and Australian Commission on Law Enforcement Integrity, Melbourne, October.

HANSARD

Citations and/or opinions referred to in the Victorian Parliament’s Legislative Assembly debates on police corruption and organized crime (2 June 2004) and in relation to the Major Crime (Special Investigations Monitor Bill) on 15th& 16th September 2004.  In the Victorian Legislative Council debates my opinions are referred to on 9 June 2004 in debates on police corruption and organized crime debates, on 11 November 2004 in relation to the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Bill, on 22 November 2005 in respect of the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security Bill, again on 22 November in relation to the Investigative, Enforcement and Police Powers Acts (Amendment) Bill, on 22 August 2007 in relation to the establishment of an anti corruption commission and on 5 December 2007 in reference to police corruption matters.

MEDIA

Opinion Pieces – non refereed publication (approx 800-900 word each)

2009

A real review would broaden the fight against corruption Sunday Age 29 November.

2008

This tragedy proves better police training is essential, Sunday Age, 14 December.

Victoria Police has gone into the breach one time too many, The Age, 3 December.

Where is the integrity in the OPI’s push for more power? The Age, 28 February.

Exposing Victoria’s Underbelly: not if, but when, ABC News Online
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/14/2162337.htm) 14 February

2005

A calamity caused by bad policy, The Age, 10 August

2004

Why our police must face a probe, The Age, 6 April

How best to use Fitzgerald, The Age, 4 June

Good reasons for a commission, The Age, 21 June

When spin hurts the spinner, The Age, 25 August (with Ken Coghill)

The wrong way to fight corruption, The Age, 28 August

Let us have a say on increased police powers, Mr Bracks, The Age, 9 December

2003

How we must fight organised crime, The Age, 16 August

1998

Why Corrigan is wrong to criticise the police, The Age, 21 April

Invited expert commentary to the media

Electronic media.

Print media

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS – past 15 years

July 2010. 28th International Congress of Administrative Sciences IASS-IASIA, Climate Change and sustainability post Copenhagen: addressing the knowledge gap, Bali, Indonesia 12-17 July. Joint paper and joint delivery with Associate Professor Hon. Ken Coghill. International conference.

July 2010. Ninth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Measuring Parliamentary Performance,  Wroxton, Oxfordshire.  Presented the paper authored by Ross Donohue, Colleen Lewis, Ken Coghill, Christina Neesham and Peter Holland). International workshop.

December 2009 University of Limerick, Who should investigate complaints against police? Police Accountability, Governance and Accountability Conference, December. International conference

September 2008. Federal Criminal Justice Forum, Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity: strengths, weaknesses and prospects for effective oversight, Canberra.  This forum was preceded by a roundtable forum in Melbourne (by invitation) which identified issues to be addressed at the Federal criminal justice level.

April 2008.  International Round-Table, Policing Male Violence, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, Vancouver. By invitation.

September 2007, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement, Professional Accountability, Invited presentation to national forum.

October 2006, Canadian Association for the Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, Civilian Oversight: Challenges and Prospects, Invited paper to international session.  International forum.

November 2005 – Invited seminar for Institute for Transitional Justice, University of Ulster, Belfast. Presentation drawn from the Hocking and Lewis paper presented at the Democracy atthe Crossroads international forum in September 2005.

October 2005 – Monash-Menzies Public Policy Seminar Series, London. Presentation drawn from the Hocking & Lewis paper presented at the Democracy at the Crossroads international forum in September 2005.

September 2005 – Centre for Australian Studies and Criminal Justice and Criminology, Monash University, Democracy at the Crossroads?: Counter-terrorism and the post-democratic state. Co-presenter with Associate Professor Jenny Hocking of paper, Phantoms of Lost Liberty: the rise of the security state, Prato, Italy. International forum.

April 2005 – Centre for Research, Work and Society in the Global Era, Precariously Employed Politicians? Presented paper written with Hon Dr Ken Coghill to symposium Living Precariously: The Struggle for Social and Economic Citizenship. Principal author of this paper.

February 2005 - Australian and New Zealand Society for Criminology Annual Conference, Police Policy on the Run: A Victorian Case Study. Peak Australasian Criminology conference which attracts leading criminologists from around the world. International conference.

October 2004,  Abuse of Power in Policing and Security: keeping the exceptional accountable, Integrated Governance Conference, Prato, Italy. International conference.

August 2004 – Monash-Menzies Centre, Public Policy Seminar Series, London. Presentation drawn from Lewis and Coghill paper presented at the Sixth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, July 2004.

July 2004 - Delivered paper written with Hon Dr Ken Coghill  - Sixth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Analysis and Evaluation of the Findings from the Research, Project Protecting the Reputation and Standing of the Institution of Parliament: A Study of Expectations, Realities and Reform. International workshop/conference.

July 2004 – Dr Coghill delivered paper written by Genevieve Grant, Colleen Lewis and Ken Coghill - Sixth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Training MPs for Professional Standards of Governance, International workshop/conference.

April 2004 - Delivered paper written with Hon Dr Ken Coghill - Victoria’s reforms: implications for the standing of Parliament, Australian Study of Parliament Group Annual Conference, Perth.

October 2003  Australian and New Zealand Society for Criminology Annual Conference, Cops and Terrorism. Peak Australasian Criminology conference which attracts leading criminologists from around the world. International conference.

November 2003, Complaints Against Police, Northern Ireland Ombudsman, Belfast, Counter-Terrorism, Police Powers and Police Accountability. International conference.

October 2002 - Australasian Study of Parliament Group Annual Conference, Politicians:A Privileged Few?  Parliament House, Melbourne.

October 2002 - Transparency International (Russia) and St Petersburg Centre for Human Rights and Political Studies, Anti Corruption Commissions: Australian Experiences, Pushkin, St Petersburg. International conference. Invited Paper - only speaker from the ‘West’.

June 2002 - Fifth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, analysis of focus group stage of Protecting the Reputation and Standing of the Institution of Parliament: A Study of Expectations, Realities and Reform. International workshop/conference.

December 2001 - The Centre for Legislative Development, Manila, The World Bank Small Grants Program, Paragon, Regional Governance Program for Asia (UN Development Program). Global Forum on Effective Legislative Oversight for Transparency and Accountability, External Independent Oversight Bodies: The Policy with a Sting. International Conference.

April 30, 2001 - Privatisation and Public Accountability Centre, Monash University Faculty of Law, Colloquium, Keeping Governments Accountable. By invitation.

May 2001 - Parliamentary Studies Unit, Monash University, Politicians: Are their reputations deserved?, Parliament House, Victoria .Conference attracted international speakers and leading Australian politicians and practitioners.

July 2001- Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, The Politics of Reform: Police Management, Unions and Government, Brisbane.

December 1999 – Monash University and Lions Club of Melbourne’s conference ‘Chartering Good Governance’, Anti-Corruption Agencies: are they effective? By invitation.

September 1999 - International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement 15th Annual World Conference, Sydney. Delivered paper in the opening plenary session Global Perspectives on Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement and in a concurrent session - Parliament and the Accountability of Civilian Oversight Bodies. International conference. Both papers by invitation.

October 1998 - International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement 14th Annual World Conference, Seattle. Minimising Political Interference in the Oversight Process. International conference. Invited paper.

July 1998 - Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology .Police Accountability: Power and Intent. Peak Australasian criminology conference. International conference.

July 1997 - Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology. The Criminal Justice Commission: A Political Football? Peak Australasian criminology conference. . International conference.

September 1996 - International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement 12th Annual World Conference, Washington. Threats to Civilian Oversight Bodies. International conference. Invited paper.

September 1995 - International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement 11th Annual World Conference, Vancouver. Necessary Features of a Successful Complaints Review Model. International conference.