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Terry Goldsworthy
Associate Professor in Criminology
Profile
Dr Terry Goldsworthy is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Bond University. He has more than 28 years of policing experience in Australia, achieving the rank of Detective Inspector; he served in general duties, watchhouse and as a motorcycle officer before moving to the Criminal Investigation Branch in 1994, and spent eight years as a Detective Senior Sergeant on the Gold Coast in charge of the CIB at Burleigh Heads.
Dr Goldsworthy has completed a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, Advanced Diploma of Investigative Practice and a Diploma of Policing. As a result of his law studies he was admitted to the bar in the Queensland and Federal Courts as a barrister in 1999. Dr Goldsworthy then completed a Master of Criminology at Bond University, and later completed his PhD focusing on the concept of evil and its relevance from a criminological and sociological viewpoint.