Nina Hudson

Dr Nina Hudson is a Research Fellow in the Research and Evaluation: Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence team at AIFS. She has a background in law and criminology, with 20 years of research, policy and law reform experience in sentencing, criminology, mental health, disability, family and sexual violence, and child safety and wellbeing. Nina's doctorate in law at the University of Tasmania explored therapeutic jurisprudence and judicial court-craft in communicating sentencing decisions to intimate partner violence offenders in Tasmanian and Victorian courts. Her academic and professional work intersect in examining legal, policy and practice responses to behaviour in a range of systemic contexts, including criminal justice, civil justice, child protection, and education. 

Nina has a particular interest in approaches that draw on therapeutic, restorative, and trauma-informed frameworks for behaviour-change and those that promote the rights, voices, safety and wellbeing of children and young people, and adults whose experiences and circumstances elevate the risk of abuse and neglect.

Nina has expertise in conducting legal and socio-legal empirical research, including use of qualitative and quantitative methods, and conducting review of academic and grey literature across a wide range of disciplines. She is currently working on an AIFS project to develop a national resource on myths and misconceptions regarding sexual assault for professionals working in the justice system.