Lorena Rivas
Border Criminologies
Biography
| Lorena Rivas is a PhD Candidate at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and associated with the Griffith Criminology Institute. She attained a double degree in Psychological Science and Criminology and Criminal Justice and was awarded First Class Honours in Criminology and Criminal Justice for her dissertation that investigated the impact of long-term immigration detention on women detainees' mental health and human rights. Building on this, Lorena's recently submitted doctoral thesis has taken a wider scope to investigate the impact of long-term immigration detention on the physical, mental and social well-being of women detainees. In addition to the area of immigration detention, Lorena also has research experience in the areas of international crimes, transitional justice and atrocity crimes, particularly in Latin America. |