Meredith Rossner

Areas of expertise

• Criminology
• Courts And Sentencing
• Criminological Theories
• Law And Society
• Legal Institutions (Incl. Courts And Justice Systems)
• Sociological Methodology And Research Methods

Research interests

• Restorative justice
• Emotions and criminal justice
• Online and virtual courts
• Lay participation in justice
• Juries and jury deliberation
• Courts and tribunals
• Architecture, technology, and justice
• Sociology of punishment

Meredith Rossner is Deputy Director and Professor of Criminology at the Centre for Social Research & Methods at the ANU. Previously she was Associate Professor of Criminology at the London School of Economics. She holds a PhD in Criminology and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her research focuses on emotions, rituals, the built environment, and technology in justice practices. Past and current projects include investigations into the emotional dynamics of restorative justice, therapeutic courts, the dynamics of jury deliberation, the role of courtroom design on access to justice, and the use of video technology in courts.