Matthew Mitchell

Dr Matthew Mitchell is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University.

Matthew’s research focuses on LGBTQ people’s interactions with legal systems, media representations of gendered and sexual harm, and technology-facilitated violence.

Matthew has experience conducting community and industry-engaged research with organisations like Transgender Victoria, the International Commission of Jurists, the Judicial College of Victoria, and the criminal defence firm Doogue + George. This partnership received an international award for community-engaged research from the American Society of Criminology.

His forthcoming book, under contract with Bristol University Press, examines the legal regulation of transgender young people’s access to gender-affirming care in Australia.