Janet B.L. Chan

Janet Chan is a professor at the School of Social Science and Policy, University of New South Wales. She is also a part-time commissioner of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

Chan’s research interest has been in reforms and innovations in criminal justice, policing, and, more recently, creativity in the arts and sciences. She has published extensively on criminal justice policy and practice.

Her publications include: e-Policing: The Impact of Information Technology on Police Practices (with Brereton, Legosz and Doran, 2001); Managing Prejudicial Publicity: An Empirical Study of Criminal Jury Trials in New South Wales (with Chesterman and Hampton, 2001); and Fair Cop: Learning the Art of Policing (with Devery and Doran, 2003).