Dave McDonald

Dave McDonald is a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Melbourne. His current research explores social responses to so-called exceptional or excessive criminality, as well as the relationship between law and sexual difference. He lectures in topics including terrorism, transnational and global criminology, and contemporary issues associating with legal mediation of harm in an Australian context.

Articles by Dave McDonald:

14 November 201326 November 2013 · Reflection

Vigilance and the slippery slope to vigilantism

Dave McDonald

In July this year a 44-year-old Bristol man named Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten, set alight and killed. Last week two 24-year-old male neighbours pleaded guilty over their roles in his death. Following this a more complete picture of the circumstances surrounding Mr Ebrahimi’s murder has begun to emerge.