Troy Allard Email and Phone Number

Troy Allard is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning & Teaching) in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University and is a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute. Troy has expertise in youth justice and focuses on serious and persistent offending and ‘what works’ to reduce this offending. As co-lead of the Queensland Cross-sector Research Collaboration (QCRC), he has an ongoing partnership with Queensland Government to promote use and oversight of the 1983, 1984 and 1990 linked longitudinal birth cohorts. He has considerable experience evaluating innovative programs and using complex administrative data to promote effective and efficient policies and practices. Previous roles included co-lead of Justice Modelling @ Griffith (2008-2010) and lead researcher on the Griffith Youth Forensic Service Neighbourhoods’ Project (2013-2015) that designed, implemented and evaluated crime prevention activities in two communities to reduce youth sexual violence and abuse. Dr Allard’s research has attracted over $4 million funding and outputs include one edited book and over 80 peer reviewed articles, book chapters and reports. These outputs inform decision making processes and are used by those developing, justifying or evaluating interventions and programs.