Domestic and family violence, community safety and crime prevention, evaluation and feminist methodologies, transnational and resource crime, policing and criminal justice reform.

With postgraduate degress in social anthropology and criminology, Dr Judy Putt has undertaken extensive research in crime and justice with a focus on action-oriented and collaborative research, mixed-methods, and on practice and policy relevance. In the field of public criminology, Dr Putt has authored or co-authored more than 50 reports, papers and articles on a wide range of topics, such as gendered and inter-cultural crime and justice, missing persons, crime in the fishing industry, and people trafficking. Since joining the Department of Pacific Affairs, she has undertaken major projects on police and justice responses to domestic and family violence, crime and community safety, and criminal justice reform. Currently, she is a chief investigator on two major studies in Papua New Guinea - on service delivery and on child safety.