Jason Hartley is lecturer in criminology at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is a former police officer with 23 years of experience, and has trained personnel for deployment in Timor Leste, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. Jason specializes in, and has published on engagement with Muslim communities, Indigenous Polynesian approaches to rehabilitation and reducing recidivism, and Asian Organised Crime. Jason also completed a community internship in Hebron on the West Bank.
Katherine is a security and risk specialist with 25 years’ experience in an Australian Police Force, leading teams and responding to emergency events, complex investigations, and counterterrorism. She has led and managed several major crime, counterterrorism and public safety operations and investigations, and coordinated teams within police operations centres and major incident rooms. She has delivered training across multiple Australian jurisdictions in emergency response, counterterrorism, and investigations; and specialised in cyber operations in the counterterrorism environment for a number of years. She has also been deployed to international jurisdictions supporting complex war crimes investigations and prosecutions. Since moving into the private sector, Katherine has provided consulting and training services in the areas of security and risk, organisational governance & investigations, and cybersecurity. Katherine is a sessional tutor in tertiary education in criminal justice studies specialising in counterterrorism, global law, crime and justice, and cybercrime. She has presented to state and national security, cybersecurity and governmental conferences on contemporary physical & cyber threats and risk management. Katherine has also been involved in research teams examining government responses to terrorism and extremism, and cybersecurity policy.
