Assoc Prof Rosemary Sheehan - Researcher Profile

Biography

Rosemary works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Qualifications

PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1980

SOCIAL WORK

Institution: LaTrobe

Year awarded: 1975

SOCIAL STUDIES

Institution: Sydney University

Year awarded: 1972

Publications

Books

Sheehan, R., McIvor, G., Trotter, C. (eds), 2010, Working With Women Offenders in the Community, Willan Publishing, USA.

Sheehan, R.J., 2001, Magistrates' Decision-Making in Child Protection Cases, Ashgate, Aldershot England.

Trotter, C.J., Sheehan, R., Liddell, M.J., Strong, D., Laragy, C., 1999, Evaluation of the statewide implementation of family group conferencing, Victorian Government Dept of Human Services, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Sheehan, R., 1998, A Study of Children and the Legal Process, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

Brown, T.C., Sheehan, R., Hewitt, L., Frederico, M., 1998, Resolving Violence to Children Within the Family Court, Family Violence & Family Court Research Program, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Brown, T.C., Hewitt, L., Sheehan, R., Frederico, M., 1998, Violence in Families: Report No 1: The Management of Child Abuse Allegations in Custody & Access Disputes before the Family Court of Australia, Dept Social Work Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Sheehan, R.J., 2013, Justice and community for women in transition in Victoria, Australia, in Women, Punishment and Social Justice, eds Margaret Malloch and Gill McIvor, Routledge, UK, pp. 121-135.

Sheehan, R.J., Rhoades, H., Stanley, N., 2012, Conclusion, in Vulnerable children and the law, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK, pp. 347-354.

Sheehan, R.J., 2012, Deciding the best interests of the child: Legal responses to child protection concerns, in Vulnerable children and the law, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK, pp. 333-346.

Sheehan, R.J., Rhoades, H., Stanley, N., 2012, Introduction, in Vulnerable children and the law, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK, pp. 11-22.

Sheehan, R., McIvor, G., Trotter, C., 2010, Introduction, in Working with women offenders in the community, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor, Chris Trotter, Willan Publishing, USA, pp. xvii-xxvi.

Sheehan, R., 2010, Policy developments in Australia, in Working with women offenders in the community, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor, Chris Trotter, Willan Publishing, USA, pp. 72-95.

Sheehan, R., McIvor, G., Trotter, C., 2010, Working with women offenders in the community: What works?, in Working with women offenders in the community, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor and Chris Trotter, Willan Publishing, USA, pp. 342-363.

Sheehan, R.J., McIvor, G., Trotter, C.J., 2007, Introduction, in What Works with Women Offenders, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor, Chris Trotter, Willan Publishing, UK, pp. xv-xxi.

Sheehan, R.J., McIvor, G., Trotter, C.J., 2007, What does work for women offenders?, in What Works with Women Offenders, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor and Chris Trotter, Willan Publishing, UK, pp. 300-310.

Sheehan, R.J., Flynn, C.A., 2007, Women prisoners and their children, in What Works with Women Offenders, eds Rosemary Sheehan, Gill McIvor, Chris Trotter, Willan Publishing, UK, pp. 214-239.

Journal Articles

Sheehan, R.J., 2012, Forensic social work: A distinctive framework for intervention, Social Work in Mental Health [P], vol 10, issue 5, Routledge, UK, pp. 409-425.

Borowski, A., Sheehan, R.J., 2012, Magistrates' perspectives on the criminal division of the children's court of Victoria, Australian Social Work [P], vol Online, Routledge, UK, pp. 1-16.

Trotter, C.J., Sheehan, R.J., McIvor, G., 2012, The effectiveness of support and rehabilitation services for women offenders, Australian Social Work [P], vol 65, issue 1, Australian Association of Social Workers, Australia, pp. 6-20.

Baidawi, S., Turner, S., Trotter, C., Browning, C., Collier, P., O'Connor, D., Sheehan, R., 2011, Older prisoners—A challenge for Australian corrections, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice [P], vol 426, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia, pp. 1-8.

Sheehan, R.J., 2011, Parents as prisoners: A study of parent-child relationships in the Children's Court of Victoria, Journal of Social Work [P], vol 11, issue 4, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 358-374.

Sheehan, R., 2010, Parental imprisonment and child protection: A study of children presented to the Melbourne children's court, Australian Social Work [P], vol 63, issue April, Routledge, Australia, pp. 164-178.

Sheehan, R., 2010, Social work and the law: collaboration or domination?, Social Work Now [P], vol 45, Child, Youth and Family, New Zealand, pp. 2-7.

Ryan, M., Sheehan, R.J., 2009, Research articles in Australian social work from 1998-2007: A content analysis, Australian Social Work [P], vol 62, issue 4, Routledge, Australia, pp. 525-542.

Humphreys, C., Healy, K., Harries, M., Bob, L., Mendes, P., McHugh, M., Sheehan, R., 2009, Shifting the child protection juggernaut top earlier intervention, Children Australia [P], vol 34, issue 3, La Trobe University, Australia, pp. 5-8.

McIvor, G., Trotter, C.J., Sheehan, R.J., 2009, Women, resettlement and desistance, Probation Journal [P], vol 56, issue 4, Sage Publications, UK, pp. 347-361.

Sheehan, R.J., 2006, Alternative dispute resolution in child protection matters: the Victorian experience, Australian Social Work, vol 59, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 157-171.

Sheehan, R.J., 2006, Emotional harm and neglect: the legal response, Child Abuse Review, vol 15, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, York UK, pp. 38-54.

Sheehan, R.J., Levine, G., 2005, Parents with mental illness: decision-making in Australian children's court cases involving parents with mental health problems, The Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol 27, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 17-30.

Sheehan, R.J., 2004, Partnership in mental health and child welfare: social work responses to children living with parental mental illness, Social Work in Health Care, vol 39, issue 3/4, Haworth Press Inc, Binghamton US, pp. 309-324.

Sheehan, R.J., 2003, The marginalisation of children by the legal process, Australian Social Work, vol 56, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, Carlton South Vic Australia, pp. 28-39.

Brown, T.C., Sheehan, R.J., Frederico, M., Hewitt, L., 2002, Child Abuse in the Context of Parental Separation and Divorce, Children Australia, vol 27, issue 2, Oz Child Australia, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 35-40.

Brown, T.C., Frederico, M., Hewitt, L.D., Sheehan, R.J., 2001, De Myth rond echtscheiding en kindermishandling, Tijdischrift over kinder Mishandeling, vol 15, issue 3, Leveringsvoorwaarden, Netherlands, pp. 5-8.

Sheehan, R.J., 2001, Icarus project: Reflections from down under, Social Work in Europe, Russell House Publishing, Dorset UK, pp. 54-61.

Brown, T.C., Frederico, M., Hewitt, L.D., Sheehan, R.J., 2001, The child abuse and divorce myth, Child Abuse Review, vol 10, issue 2, Wiley (J) & Sons, UK, pp. 113-124.

Sheehan, R.J., 2001, The place of social work in the contemporary university: Meeting the challenges of the profession and the academy, Australian Social Work, vol 54, issue 4, Australian Association of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 79-84.

Sheehan, R.J., 2001, Working together for children at risk: conference report, Children Australia, vol 26, issue 3, pp. 79-84.

Trotter, C.J., Sheehan, R., 2000, Family Group Conferencing in Child Protection, Children Australia, vol 25 issue 4, Oz Child & La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 37-41.

Sheehan, R., 2000, Family preservation and child protection: The reality of Children's Court decision-making, Australian Social Work, vol 53 issue 4, Australian Association of Social Workers, ACT Australia, pp. 41-46.

Ryan, M., Sheehan, R., 2000, Research education in Australian BSW Programs: Results of a Survey, Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, vol 3 issue 1, AASWWE, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 136-151.

Sheehan, R.J., 2000, Revealing the existence of child abuse in the context of marital breakdown and custody and access disputes, Child Abuse and Neglect, Pergamon Press, USA, pp. 849-859.

Brown, T.C., Frederico, M., Sheehan, R., Hewitt, L., 2000, Revealing the existence of child abuse in the context of marital breakdown and custody and access disputes, Child Abuse and Neglect, vol 24 issue 6, Pergamon Press, USA, pp. 849-859.

Sheehan, R., 1999, The Children's Court and Child Protection: The primacy of the socio-legal response to child abuse, Australian Social Work, vol 52 issue 4, Australian Assn of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 5-10.

Brown, T.C., Hewitt, L., Sheehan, R., Frederico, M., 1998, Child Abuse & the Family Court, Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends and Issues Series, vol issue 91, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-6.

Sheehan, R., Levine, G., 1998, If Your Worship Pleases: An Australian Perspective on the Role of the Magistrate in Child Protection, Child Abuse Review, vol 7 no 4, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Norwich UK, pp. 254-265.

Brown, T.C., Hewitt, L., Sheehan, R., Frederico, M., 1998, Problems & Solutions in the Management of Child Abuse Allegations in custody and access disputes in the Family Court, Family & Conciliation Courts Review, vol 36 no 4, Sage Publications Inc, London England, pp. 431-443.

Sheehan, R., 1998, The Administration of Justice: The Use of Mediation to Improve Public Access to Dispute Resolution and to Avoid Court in Child Welfare Matters, Administration, vol 46 no 3, Journal of the Institute of Pub Admin Ireland, Dublin Ireland, pp. 53-59.

Conference Proceedings

Sheehan, R.J., 2002, From Mountjoy to Melbourne: women, crime and punishment in Ireland and Australia, 2001, Remembered Nations, Imagined Republics: Proceedings of the Twelfth Irish-Australian Conference, 2-5 June 2002, The Australian Journal of Irish Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia, pp. 144-151.

Sheehan, R., Ryan, M., Hawkins, L., 1999, Postgraduate social work education in Australia: Findings of a preliminary survey, Advances in social work education, Melbourne 1996, Australian Assn of Social Work & Welfare Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 109-117.

Brown, T.C., Sheehan, R., Hewitt, L., 1998, Child Protection and Family Courts, Protecting Children: Innovation and Inspiration, Auckland NZ 6-9 September 1998, Ispcan, Auckland NZ, pp. 189-190.

Trotter, C.J., Sheehan, R., Liddell, M.J., Strong, D., Laragy, C., 1998, Family Group Conferencing in Victorian Child Protection, Protecting Children: Innovation & Inspiration, Auckland NZ 6-9 September 1998, ISPCAN, Auckland NZ, p. 236.

Sheehan, R., 1998, Idealising Ireland: An Australian member of the scattering looks at Politics, Sex and Religion in Contemporary Ireland, Ireland and Australia: 1798-1998 Book of Abstracts, Melbourne 28 September - 2 October 1998, La Trobe University, Bundoora Vic Australia, p. 34.

Sheehan, R., 1998, The Marginalisation of the Child by the Legal Process, Representing the Child, Caulfield Vic, 2-3 October 1998, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 22.

Sheehan, R., 1998, The child protection - mental health interface in the Children's Court, Melbourne, Australia, Personal Social Services in Northern Ireland, Ballyconnell Ireland 28 November 1997, Dept of Health & Social Services, Belfast Ireland, pp. 135-145.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Critical analysis of the child welfare regime in Nepal.

Supervisors:

Alston, M (Joint), Sheehan, R (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Exploring client-social worker relationships in contemporary social work practice..

Supervisors:

Mason, R (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

FAMILY BURDEN AND SOCIAL SUPPORT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND AFFECTIVE (MOOD) DISORDER.

Supervisors:

Petrakis, M (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Power, Knowledge and Identity: The Politics of the Postnatal Self.

Supervisors:

Bay, U (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Researching the lives of mothers of men with dual disablities in Victoria.

Supervisors:

Sheehan, R (Main), Western, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Satisfaction and Outcomes Following Psychiatric Triage Assessment at Public Hospital Emergency Departments.

Supervisors:

Sheehan, R (Main), Trotter, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The experience of transition from prison to community among aging offenders in Victoria, Australia..

Supervisors:

Trotter, C (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The journey of a thousand miles: What are the early intervention strategies and lost opportunities that have impacted on children in kinship care?.

Supervisors:

Brown, T (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The love ethic in international rural community work.

Supervisors:

Alston, M (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Working definitions of neglect: Does being an Indigenous make a difference?.

Supervisors:

Sheehan, R (Main), Wilson, J (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Flynn, C.

Program of Study:

Waiting for mum: the impact of maternal incarceration on adolescent children. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Sheehan, R (Main), Trotter, C (Associate).

Student:

Gallagher, E.

Program of Study:

Children's Violence to Parents: A critical Literature Review. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Goddard, C (Main), Sheehan, R (Joint).

Student:

Locke, M.

Program of Study:

Putting the baby down. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Brown, T (Main), Sheehan, R (Associate).

Student:

Mulholland, N.

Program of Study:

IMMIGRANT YOUNG SAHEL AFRICAN WOMEN LIVING IN MELBOURNE: THEIR HEALTH, WELLBEING AND ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Sheehan, R (Main).