DrKate Thomas

Kate is lecturer at the UTS Faculty of Law. 

Her primary research interests are in legal responses to domestic and family violence. Kate's doctoral research with the UTS Law Faculty, “Domestic violence protection orders and civil procedure: Assessing risk and enhancing safety”, examined how risk of domestic and family violence is considered in the making of Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders in NSW, using qualitative interviews with magistrates, lawyers and court support services. Recently, Kate, with collegaues Associate Professors Jane Wangmann and Miranda Kaye, were engaged by NSW Legal Aid to evaluate the Hearing Support Pilot Project which provided support to victim/survivors whose criminal or AVO proceeding was being defended in in the Local Court of NSW.

Kate has a substantial background in legal and criminological research examining domestic and family violence, including previous roles as a Research Officer with the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Inc, Senior Research Officer at Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety, and as a Research Assistant with the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and University of Queensland.