Dr Chris Laming - Researcher Profile

Chris Laming

Address

School of Applied Media and Social Sciences, Monash University
Gippsland Campus, Northways Road, Churchill, VIC 3842 AUSTRALIA

Contact Details

Email: Chris.Laming@monash.edu


Biography

Dr. Chris Laming works at the Gippsland School of Applied Media and Social Sciences, as a Senior Lecturer.

Chris is a social worker who has worked and taught in rural India, engaged in community development projects. He has also worked with homeless people, and developed a men’s behaviour change program in Gippsland, as part of an integrated response to family violence. Chris has taught at the Gippsland campus of Monash since 2002.  His PhD, A Constructivist Approach to Challenging Men’s Violence Against Women, (http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2374) is published as Laming (2008) below.

Research interests

  • Gender Based Violence and men’s responsibility
  • Men's violence against women and children
  • Men's behaviour change programs
  • Police and community integrated responses to family violence
  • Group work and applications of Personal Construct Theory
  • Responses to men's violence in developing countries
  • Supporting the networklearning.org website for NGOs in developing countries
  • Encouraging reflection in the welfare sector, about issues and concerns arising from practice situations, using the Practice Reflexions Journal:
    http://www.acwa.org.au/content/practice-reflexions
  • Developing practice based research and evaluation methodologies

Related Links:

  • PhD thesis: A constructivist approach to challenging men's violence
  • Practice Reflexions
  • the Badilika (change) project

Research & Supervision Interests

    Current research projects

    • Chief Investigator (CI) on an ARC Linkage project (2007-12) with the University of Melbourne, Victoria Police, Department of Human Services, Department of Victorian Communities and the Department of Justice, titled "Family Violence Reform: Using knowledge to Develop and Integrate Policy and Practice". This project is now more widely known as SAFER (Safety and Accountability in Families: Evidence and Research).
    • Principal Investigator on the Badilika (change) Research Project with incarcerated sex offenders in Kenya. Currently awaiting the result of an AusAid Development Research Awards Scheme (ADRAS) application for funding.

Keywords

men's behaviour change, gender based violence, sex offender program, integrated responses to DV

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - SOCIAL WORK
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 2006
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1994
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK (HONS)
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1989
DIPLOMA OF HINDI
Institution: Agra University - Central Hindi Institute, Delhi India
Year awarded: 1976
DIPLOMA OF GENERAL STUDIES - SOCIOLOGY/ASIAN STUDI
Institution: Swinburne Institute
Year awarded: 1973

Publications

Books

Laming, C.J., 2008, Challenging Men's Violence Against Women: A Constructivist Approach, VDM, Saarbrucken Germany.

Laming, C.J., Fontana, M., 2008, Toolkit for family safety : a book for men, OCLC, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia.

Laming, C.J., 2005, SHED Manual: For Workers engaged in men's behaviour change to shed abusive beliefs and violence, CeLTS, Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Laming, C.J., Crinall, K.M., 2012, Walking together for safer communities with local action supported by family violence policy reforms, in Reconciliation in Regional Australia:Case Studies from Gippsland, eds Andrew Gunstone, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 89-107.

Laming, C.J., 2009, Strengthening governance to stop men's violence against women and children, in Strengthening Governance in Asia-Pacific: Myths, Realities and Paradoxes, eds Sharif As-Saber, Amita Singh, Raza Ahmad and Jennifer Jalal, Macmillan Publishers India, Delhi India, pp. 372-384.

Laming, C.J., 2006, Shedding violent expressions of anger constructively, in Working with Anger: A Constructivist Approach, eds Peter Cummins, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester UK, pp. 25-43.

Laming, C.J., 2005, 'What if?' Learning from the past and looking to the future, in Journeys in Fatherhood, eds Belfrage, Noel. et. al, No to Violence Male Family Violence Prevention Association, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 25-32.

Journal Articles

Laming, C.J., Davies, L., 2007, The young Aboriginal men's SHED (YAMS), Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol 10, issue 4, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, Churchill Vic Australia, pp. 15-27.

Laming, C.J., 2006, A constructivist approach to challenging men's violence against women, Practice Reflexions, vol 1, issue 1, Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers, Churchill Vic Australia, pp. 53-62.

Laming, C.J., 2005, Shedding Abuse and Finding New Meanings, Australian Journal of Psychology, vol 57, APS, Australia, p. 4.

Conference Proceedings

Laming, C.J., Fontana, M., 2003, Men's behaviour change programs in a regional and rural context, RSWAG 6th National Conference Proceedings, 10 July 2003 to 11 July 2003, Australian Association of Social Workers, Mildura, pp. 61-67.

Other

Crinall, K.M., Laming, C.J., 2012, Raising Voices: Supportive Communication in Disability Accomodation Services, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia, pp. 1-56.

Laming, C., Crinall, K., Hurley, J., Patten, S., Goodall, D., Yarram, D., Hamer, K., McDonald, P., 2011, The Gippsland CommUNITY Walk against Family Violence, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia, pp. 1-44.

Crinall, K.M., Laming, C.J., 2008, Evaluation of the Structured Approach to Students @ Risk Pilot Project: An initiative of the partnership between the Department of Human Services and Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Gippsland Region, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia, pp. i-65.

Laming, C.J., 2005, A constructivist approach to challenging men's violence against women.

Crinall, K.M., Laming, C.J., 2005, Evaluation of the Gippsland Family Violence Service Coordination Pilot Project, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia, pp. 1-82.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
AT RISK: CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS WOMEN'S BODIES AND CULTURE.
Supervisors:
Crinall, K (Main), Gunstone, A (Associate), Laming, C (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Community Participation in Policing: Prospect and Problem in Bangladesh.
Supervisors:
Laming, C (Main), Crinall, K (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The incidence of suicide and attempted suicide within Gippsland's Aboriginal communities.
Supervisors:
Maybery, D (Main), Laming, C (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Gruis, H.
Program of Study:
Mental Health resiliency in East Gippsland Aboriginal Communities. 2010.
Supervisors:
Maybery, D (Main), Chesters, J (Associate), Laming, C (Associate).