Dr Rachel King
Research Officer

B Beh St (Hons) (UQ), PhD (UQ)

Biography

Dr Rachel King joined the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault in 2009 as a Research Officer. Dr King is a researcher specialising in legal responses to rape complaints.

Her PhD research, completed in 2009, investigated the perceptions of women, support workers, police officers and potential jurors regarding rape, with a specific focus on the manner police officers respond to rape complaints.

Specialist areas

• Legal responses to rape
• Procedural fairness in rape cases
• Feminist and multi-disciplinary frameworks

Selected recent publications

• King, R.F. (2009). Women’s Fear of Crime on University Campuses: New Directions? Security Journal Special Edition, 22 (1), 87-97 (Invited Paper from Editors).

Presentations

• See also Staff papers and presentations
• King, R. (2008). When Rape is not Rape: Marital ‘Sex’. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) 21st Annual ANZSOC Conference, Canberra Convention Centre, Canberra, 25-28 November, 2008.
• King, R., Newcombe, P., van den Eynde, J., and Bond, C. (2008). When No Means Yes: Issues with Consent Definition in Queensland Police Officers’ Perceptions. Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, 18-20 June, 2008.
• King, R., Newcombe, P., van den Eynde, J., and Bond, C. (2007). Legal Responses to Rape: Survivors' Accounts of Police Responses. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) 20th Annual ANZSOC Conference “Criminology: Building Bridges”, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, 23-26 September, 2007.
• King, R. (2007). (Invited Speaker) "Reclaim the Night" Brisbane. Speech titled "Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Violence". King, R. (2006). Legal Responses to Adult Female Rape Victims. Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference Gold Coast, Queensland, 2 November, 2006.