Dr Krystal Lockwood
Research Fellow
TC Beirne School of Law
Affiliate of ARC COE for Indigenous Futures
ARC COE for Indigenous Futures
Researcher biography
Dr Krystal Lockwood is a Gumbaynggirr and Dunghutti woman, and Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures at The University of Queensland. Krystal is an applied justice researcher with experience in using co-design, realist, and Indigenous methodologies. Broadly, she has focused her work on addressing the impact of the carceral system on Indigenous peoples and communities, and is particularly interested in supporting Indigenous knowledges, perspectives, and programs of justice. Krystal's research has focused on influencing evidence-informed practice, with projects in sentencing, Indigenous initiatives in the justice sector, and reintegration programs.
Book Chapters
Lockwood, Krystal (2024). Commentary on The Disenfranchisement of Aboriginal Women. The Feminist Legislation Project. (pp. 77-80) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003372462-8
Lockwood, Krystal, Eriksson, Li, McGee, Tara Renae and Leeson, Sjharn (2024). “Life History Research” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: how Indigenous methodologies inform culturally appropriate research. Frontiers in developmental and life-course criminology: methodological innovation and social benefit. (pp. 67-79) edited by Catia Malvaso, Tara Renae Mcgee and Ross Homel. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003294740-7
Eriksson, Li, Dennison, Susan, Baguley, Chantelle, Lockwood, Krystal, Mazerolle, Paul and McGee, Tara Renae (2023). The life event calendar methodology. Frontiers in developmental and life-course criminology. (pp. 56-66) edited by Catia Malvaso, Tara Renae Mcgee and Ross Homel. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003294740-6
Lockwood, Krystal, Stringfellow, Rachel, Corporal, Stephen and Weidle, Sally (2023). Indigenous people. Culture, diversity, and criminal justice. (pp. 37-48) edited by Alex Workman, Ranya Kaddour and Patricia M. Griffin. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003258032-5
Lockwood, Krystal, Workman, Alex and Liamputtong, Pranee (2023). Health for all? A global health approach for justice reinvestment and indigenous people. Handbook of social sciences and global public health. (pp. 1-21) edited by Pranee Liamputtong. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_125-1
Lockwood, Krystal, Workman, Alex and Liamputtong, Pranee (2023). Health for all? A global health approach for justice reinvestment and Indigenous people. Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. (pp. 1917-1937) edited by Pranee Liamputtong. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-25110-8_125
Lockwood, Krystal and Williamson, Bhiamie (2022). The shackles of masculinity: Indigenous men, settler colonialism, and the carceral archipelago. Prison masculinities. (pp. 24-42) edited by Tess Bartlett and Rosemary Ricciardelli. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003091509-3
Journal Articles
Lockwood, Krystal (2025). Weaving data threads in Indigenous justice research: Indigenous data justice and the use of administrative data in criminology. Journal of Criminology, 58 (4) 26338076251383921, 567-587. doi: 10.1177/26338076251383921
Williams, Corrie, McGee, Tara Renae, Lockwood, Krystal, Thompson, Carleen, Jenkins, Brian, Sapkota, Diksha, Ransley, Janet and Dennison, Susan (2025). Supporting children of incarcerated mothers: the case for a system navigator. Family Relations, 74 (5) fare.70055, 2738-2760. doi: 10.1111/fare.70055
Lockwood, Krystal, Sapkota, Diksha, Thompson, Carleen, McGee, Tara Renae, Ransley, Janet, Williams, Corrie, Jenkins, Brian, Malope-Rwodzi, Nomxolisi, Baar, Laura and Dennison, Susan (2024). What supports do incarcerated mothers and their families need? The views of incarcerated mothers and service providers. Women and Criminal Justice. doi: 10.1080/08974454.2024.2425967
Ogilvie, James M., Thompson, Carleen, Lockwood, Krystal, Little, Simon, Allard, Troy, Thomsen, Lisa and Dennison, Susan (2024). Examining the characteristics of children who experience contact with the youth justice system in Queensland: implications for the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36 (4), 408-432. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2024.2383155
Heenan, Karen, Bond, Christine E.W. and Lockwood, Krystal (2024). Cultural context and sentencing: content analysis of sentencing remarks for Indigenous defendants of domestic violence in the Northern Territory, Australia. Psychology, Crime and Law, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/1068316x.2024.2376226
Campbell, Jennifer Leigh, Lockwood, Krystal, Barnett, Leda, Cook, Becki, Kitson, Greg, Henderson, Leah, Rowland, Dale, Mills, Kyly, Ballangarry, Julie and Corporal, Stephen (2023). Writing retreats as spaces to create Indigenous postgraduate research communities of practice. Studies in Higher Education, 49 (9) 106326, 1684-1697. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2277793
Brubacher, Sonja P., Powell, Martine B., Lockwood, Krystal, Dennison, Susan, McGee, Tara Renae and Ransley, Janet (2023). The importance of enhancing the communication skills of incarcerated mothers*. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 70 101825, 101825. doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2023.101825
Ogilvie, James M, Allard, Troy, Thompson, Carleen, Dennison, Susan, Little, Simon B, Lockwood, Krystal, Kisely, Steve, Putland, Ellie and Stewart, Anna (2021). Psychiatric disorders and offending in an Australian birth cohort: overrepresentation in the health and criminal justice systems for Indigenous Australians. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (12) 00048674211063814, 1587-1601. doi: 10.1177/00048674211063814
Lockwood, Krystal, Hart, Timothy C. and Stewart, Anna (2015). First Nations peoples and judicial sentencing: main effects and the impact of contextual variability. The British Journal of Criminology, 55 (4), 769-789. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azv005
Research Report
Mike Roettger, Krystal Lockwood and Susan Dennison (2019). Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand and the intergenerational effects of incarceration. Sydney: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse.