Jenna Mizzi

  • Research Associate
  • CSI Flinders

Jenna Mizzi is a Research Associate working at the Centre for Social Impact at Flinders University (CSI Flinders) and across Criminology in the College of Business, Government and Law.

Her doctorate research turns a critical gaze towards the criminal justice system and the impacts of imprisonment on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities. Recent CSI research has explored civil society perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for communities that house prisons to better support (re)integration.

Jenna is the Chief Investigator for the Wayfinding App study, a co-design project with stakeholders from across government, not-for-profit, industry and community sectors. The ‘wayfinding’ app is a digital tool to connect correction staff and social and health service providers with the aim to better assist individuals with post-prison reintegration and desistance journeys.

Jenna has a background in anthropology and public health and has a strong interest in working alongside regional and remote communities.

Focus areas

  • Post prison reintegration
  • Decarceration and alternatives to imprisonment
  • Decolonial methodologies and action research
  • Mizzi, J., Hughes, C., Halsey, M., Cleary, J., Deegan, S., and Goodwin-Smith, I. (2024). Beyond Bars: Exploring Challenges and Solutions to the Problem of Short Custodial Stays in Regional South Australia. Centre for Social Impact, Flinders University. https://doi.org/10.25957/5r7j-c662
  • Halsey, M. and Mizzi, J. (2023). Co-Desistance From Crime: Engaging the Pro-Social Dimensions of Co-Offending, The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 134–150, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab123

Contact: jenna.mizzi@flinders.edu.au

RELATED LINKS

New grant funding to develop wayfinding app
Beyond Bars: Exploring Challenges and Solutions to the Problem of Short Custodial Stays in Regional South Australia
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