GANA, UniSC & AAG Co-present a Hybrid event
Everyone Matters: Protecting Older Adults from Harm
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Join us for a seminar exploring current UniSC research on the proactive prevention of sexual violence and abuse against older adults. PhD candidates Jessica Lockitch and Madeline Lee will present their work, with the session chaired by Dr. Emily Moir.
Madeline’s research focuses on how environmental criminology perspectives can inform prevention and response efforts, with a particular focus on the situational dynamics of these offences.
Jessica’s research focuses on how staff in aged care institutions can act as guardians to prevent and intervene in sexual violence and abuse of older adults.
Register to:
- Learn gaps on sexual offences.
- Identify avenues for proactive and evidence-based prevention of sexual abuse.
- Explore perspectives on safeguarding and response on sexual violence and abuse.
Hear from our speakers:
Emily Moir
Senior Lecturer
University of the Sunshine Coast
Emily Moir is a senior lecturer in Criminology and Justice at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Emily is interested in how certain environments and situations enable opportunities for crime. Her research focuses on how regular people can help to detect, respond to, and prevent crime. Her research on elder abuse has focused on the abuse of older adults in Queensland and in rural and remote communities, financial abuse through power of attorney documents, and abuse of older adults with cognitive impairments. In 2025, Emily appeared as an expert at the Inquiry into Elder Abuse in Queensland.
Madeline Lee
pHD Candidate
University of the Sunshine Coast
Madeline’s research focuses on how environmental criminology perspectives can inform prevention and response efforts, with a particular focus on the situational dynamics of sexual offences against older adults. Her research aims to bridge critical knowledge gaps around how these crimes unfold to identify possible avenues for proactive, evidence-based prevention.
Jessica Lockitch
pHD Candidate
University of the Sunshine Coast
Jessica’s research focuses on how staff in youth-serving and aged care institutions can act as guardians to prevent and intervene in sexual violence and abuse of children, young people, and older adults. Her research explores staff perspectives on safeguarding, with the aim of strengthening institutional and staff capabilities and willingness in detecting, identifying and responding to institutional sexual violence and abuse.
Garry Reynolds for the Picture Yourself project