Bernadette McSherry
| Bernadette McSherry | |
|---|---|
| Born | Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Institution | University of Melbourne |
| Field | Mental health law, criminal law |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne, Monash University, York University |
Bernadette McSherry is a professor of law, specialising in mental health law and criminal law. She is currently the Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute[1][2] and an Adjunct Professor of law at Monash University and the Melbourne Law School. She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia[3] and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.[4]
Life and career
In 1984 McSherry received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne, followed by a Masters of Law degree in 1990. Her PhD thesis Insanity, Automatism and Criminal Responsibility was completed at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto in 1996. She then completed a Graduate Diploma in Psychology at Monash University in 2001.
After working as a solicitor at Coltmans and as an Associate for the then Justice James Gobbo at the Supreme Court of Victoria, McSherry commenced her academic career in the Monash Law School in 1991. She was appointed in 2005 to the position of Louis Waller Chair of Law and Associate Dean (Research). She became the Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health in June 2011 and in that year she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.[5] During her time at Monash University, McSherry was awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching and a Vice-Chancellor's Special Commendation for Postgraduate Supervision. She has been the recipient of five Australian Research Council grants, two Criminology Research Council grants and numerous consultancies. She became an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in December 2007.
McSherry has co-authored Issues Papers for the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council and the Law Reform Commission of Victoria and has acted as a consultant on enquiries by other state governments. From 2001, she has served as a Legal Member of the Mental Health Review Board of Victoria (now the Mental Health Tribunal) and was a Legal Member of the Psychosurgery Review Board of Victoria from 2005 – 2010.
McSherry is a member of the editorial committees of the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health; Psychology, Public Policy and Law; Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and is the co-editor of the Legal Issues Column for the Journal of Law and Medicine.
Current research
McSherry's current research examines laws relating to the involuntary disorder and treatment of those with severe mental health problems, preventive detention of those considered at high risk of offending and the use of seclusion, physical restraint and chemical restraint in mental healthcare. She is leading a National Mental Health Commission project looking at best practice in reducing or eliminating seclusion & restraint in mental health facilities.[6]
Personal life
McSherry lives in Victoria with her partner. She is an avid Collingwood Football Club supporter and Twitter user.
Select Publications
Books
- 2014, Managing Fear: The Law and Ethics of Preventive Detention and Risk Assessment, McSherry, B., Routledge, ISBN 978-0415632393
- 2013, Coercive Care: Rights, Law and Policy, McSherry, B., Freckelton, I., (eds), Routledge, ISBN 978-0415628198
- 2011, 'Dangerous' People: Policy, Prediction and Practice, McSherry, B., Keyzer, P., (eds), Routledge, ISBN 978-0415884952
- 2010, Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws, McSherry B., Weller P., (eds), Hart Publishing, ISBN 978-1849460835
- 2009, Confidentiality for Mental Health Professionals: A Guide to Ethical and Legal Principles, Kämpf, A., McSherry, B., Ogloff, J., Rothschild, A., Australian Academic Press, ISBN 978-1921513428
- 2009, Sex Offenders and Preventive Detention, McSherry, B., Keyzer, P., Federation Press, ISBN 978-1862877634
- 2009, Regulating Deviance: The Redirection of Criminalisations and Futures of Criminal Law, McSherry, B., Norrie, A., Bronnitt, S., (eds), Hart Publishing, ISBN 978-1841138909
- 2008, International Trends in Mental Health Laws, McSherry, B., (ed), Federation Press, ISBN 978-1862877214
- 2005, Principles of Criminal Law, Bronitt, S., McSherry, B., LBC, ISBN 978-0455226125
Open access articles
- 2014, Throwing Away the Key: The Ethics of Risk Assessment for Preventive Detention Schemes, McSherry B., Routledge, Paper presented at the R. G. Myers Memorial Lecture, Monash University, Melbourne, November 2013.
- 2013, The Preventive Detention of “Dangerous” Sex Offenders in Australia: Perspectives at the Coalface, Keyzer P., McSherry B., International Journal of Criminlogy and Sociology, Vol. 2, pp. 296–305
References
- ↑ "Directorate, Melbourne Social Equity Institute".
- ↑ Dukes, Kate (10 June 2014). "No longer justifiable: seclusion and restraint practices". The Age. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ "Professor Bernadette McSherry". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Academy of Law Fellows". Australian Academy of Law. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ "Professor Bernadette McSherry, Staff Profile, University of Melbourne".
- ↑ "National Seclusion and Restraint Project". National Mental Health Commission. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
External links
Bernadette McSherry on Twitter
