Cindy Davids

Cindy Davids

Associate Professor

Ph.D Law UNSW, M.Pol & Law La Trobe, B.A (Hons) La Trobe, Dip Ed La Trobe, PG Cert Corruption Studs HKU

Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Phone: +61 3 924 43845
Email: cindy.davids@deakin.edu.au

  • Boyce G and Davids C. (forthcoming in October 2010) “A social accountability framework for public sector conflict of interest: Private interests, public duties, and ethical cultures” – in Osborne S P and Ball A, eds. Social Accounting and Public Management: Accountability for the Public Good, Routledge
  • Davids, C. (2008) Conflict of Interest in Policing: Problems, Practices, and Principles.  Sydney: Sydney Institute of Criminology (in association with Federation Press)
  • Boyce, G. and Davids, C. (2009) “Conflict of Interest in Policing and the Public Sector: Ethics, Integrity, and Social Accountability”, Public Management Review, 11(5), pp. 601–640.
  • Davids, C., and Boyce, G. (2008) “The Perennial Problem of Police Gratuities: Public Concerns, Political Optics, and An Accountability Ethos”, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 3(1), pp. 44–69.
  • Boyce, G., Greer, S., Blair, B., and Davids, C. (2008), Asian Social Science, 4(3), pp. 48–58.
  • Davids, C. (2006) “Conflict of Interest and the Private Lives of Police Officers: Friendships, Civic and Political Activities”, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 1, pp 14–35.
  • Davids, C. and Hancock, L. (1998) “Policing, Accountability, and Citizenship in the Market State”, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 31(1), pp 38–68. (recipient of the inaugural Allen Austin Bartholomew Prize for the best article published in the Journal during 1998 –1999.)
  • Davids, C. (1998) “Shaping Public Perceptions of Police Integrity: Conflict of Interest Scenarios in Fictional Interpretations of Policing”, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 9(3), pp 241–261.
  • Macquarie University Innovation Award for Innovative Partnership. Project: Understanding Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector (2009)
  • National Institute of Accountants Award for the best paper presented at the Second Innovation in Accounting and Corporate Governance Education Conference (2007)

Teaching Interests

  • Police and the Law
  • Law for Managers
  • International Financial Crime (Corruption and Foreign Bribery)

Research Interests

  • Conflict of Interest and Corruption
  • Policing, Criminology, and Criminal Justice
  • Legal Regulation and Accountability
  • Financial Crime
  • International Policing and Law Enforcement, particularly in the Pacific Region
  • Policing and Human Rights
  • Professional and Public Sector Ethics
  • Interdisciplinary Research in Law and Related Disciplines

Professional Affiliations

  • Honorary Fellow – Australasian Institute of Policing
  • Member – Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

27th January 2012