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Dr Phillipa Evans

Dr Phillipa Evans

Senior Lecturer

PhD

Master of Social Work

Masters of Criminology

Bachelor of Social Work

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Social Sciences

Dr Phillipa Evans is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Arts, Design and Architecture, 91É«ÇéƬ. Dr Evans worked for over 18 years’ as a social worker in clinical, policy and academic roles across a variety of contexts including youth justice, child protection and mental health. Dr Evans successfully obtained her PhD examining effective methods of challenging pro-criminal attitudes and behaviours of justice involved young people. Dr Evans is currently working on an ARC linkage grant examining the effectiveness of a training and coaching program for youth justice custodial staff. This study aims to increase the interpersonal and behaviour management skills of youth justice staff through specialist training, coaching and supervision.

Phone
(02) 9065 3563
E-mail
p.evans@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 115 Morven Brown Building
  • Book Chapters | 2026
    Evans P; Trotter C, 2026, 'Family Therapy Approaches with Adolescents Who Have Offended: What Works', in Langton C; Worling J; Craig L; Dixon L (ed.), The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended: Theory, Research, and Practice, Wiley,
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Evans P; Pereira C; van Gestel D; Trotter C, 2024, 'COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA', in The Routledge Handbook on Global Community Corrections, pp. 481 - 501,
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Evans P; Trotter C, 2024, 'IMPLEMENTING A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY WORK IN YOUTH JUSTICE', in Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research Knowledge Building Application and Impact, pp. 203 - 216,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Evans P; Pereria C, 2019, ''Five-Minute Interventions' in prison: rehabilitative conversations with offenders', in The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice, Taylor & Francis Group,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Pereria C; Evans P, 2019, '‘Five-Minute Interventions’ in prison', in The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice, Taylor & Francis, pp. 444 - 452,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Trotter C; Evans P, 2019, 'Working with young people in prison', in The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 766 - 775,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    , 2012, 'Supervision skills in juvenile justice', in Offender Supervision, Willan, pp. 156 - 178,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Evans P, 2012, 'Supervision skills in juvenile justice', in Offender Supervision New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice, Routledge
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Evans P; Trotter C, 2026, 'Factors associated with completion and non-completion of family work with justice-involved young people and their families', Probation Journal,
    Journal articles | 2026
    Kruger E; Evans P, 2026, '‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 61, pp. 296 - 306,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Trotter C; Evans P; Powers T, 2024, 'Improving Social Climate In Youth Detention', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 68, pp. 353 - 369,
    Journal articles | 2024
    White J; Evans P; Katz I, 2024, 'Children dually involved with statutory child protection and juvenile justice in Australia: A developmental cascade framework', Children and Youth Services Review, 161, pp. 107645 - 107645,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Trotter C; Evans P, 2023, 'Developing evidence based practice skills in youth justice', European Journal of Probation, 15, pp. 147 - 161,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Trotter C; Evans P; Baidawi S, 2020, 'Collaborative Family Work in Youth Justice', Australian Social Work, 73, pp. 267 - 279,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Trotter C; Evans P; Baidawi S, 2017, 'The Effectiveness of Challenging Skills in Work with Young Offenders', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 61, pp. 397 - 412,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Flynn C; Bartlet T; Arias P; Evans P; Burgess A, 2015, 'Responding to children when their parents are incarcerated: exploring the responses in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia', Law Context: A Socio-Legal journal
    Journal articles | 2015
    Trotter C; Baidawi S; Evans P, 2015, 'Good Practice in Community-based Supervision of Aboriginal Youth Offenders', Australian Social Work, 68, pp. 5 - 18,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Evans P, 2012, 'The effectiveness of family and relationship therapy: A review of the literature', Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia
    Journal articles | 2012
    Trotter C; Evans P, 2012, 'An analysis of supervision skills in youth probation', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 45, pp. 255 - 273,
  • Reports | 2018
    Trotter C; Evans P; Oliaro L; Cooper J, 2018, Evaluation of the pilot integration of Filial Therapy into Primary Schools Final report
    Theses / Dissertations | 2017
    Evans P, 2017, Challenging pro-criminal attitudes and behaviours of juvenile offenders, Monash University
    Reports | 2017
    Trotter C; Evans P; Flynn C; Pereria C; Powell C, 2017, Interviews with court advice and prosecution service
    Reports | 2017
    Trotter C; Evans P; Oliaro L, 2017, Evaluation of Eternity Aid, Monash University Criminal Justice Research Consortium,
    Reports | 2017
    Trotter C; Evans P; Sheehan R; Pereria C; Powell C, 2017, Observation study of Administration of general risk assessment tools used in Corrections Victoria
    Reports | 2012
    Trotter C; Evans P, 2012, Review of the change company ‘Interactive Offender Workbooks'
    Reports | 2009
    Trotter C; Evans P, 2009, Evaluation of Comprehensive Assessment Form (CAF)

My Research Supervision

PhD

Kelly Austin 'Staff sexual misconduct and sexual assault of women in prison' (current).

Isabella Kristo 'The Effects of Extending the Out-of-Home Care Age to 21: Understanding the Outcomes of Extended Care Policy and Legislation in New South Wales' (current).  

Sarah Tucker 'Drawing Respect: Ethical and Creative Approaches to Prison Art Programs in Australia' (current).

Jordan White 'A Critical Systems Approach to Children and Young People’s Meaning-Making of Dual-Intervention by Statutory Child Protection and Youth Justice Systems' (current).

Professional Doctorate

Maureen MacGinley 'Surfacing Shame: the lived experiences of shame reported by adults who have experienced sexual abuse in childhood' (current).

Masters thesis

Dom van Gestel '​​An examination of the impact of facilitator skills on staff skill development in peer based supervision model’s within a correctional setting​' (current). 

My Teaching

SOCW3006: Socio Legal Practice in Social Work Settings

SOCW4013: Child and Family Practice