Dr. Mohammed M. Ali

Dr. Mohammed M. Ali 

Dr. Mohammed M. Ali is a research fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI) for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University. He completed his PhD in Criminology at Griffith University in 2023. He holds a graduate diploma (Psychology) from Deakin University and a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) from RMIT University. Owing to his cross-disciplinary training, Dr. Ali conducts research in the areas of forensic psychology and criminology with a focus on culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations. Dr. Ali is currently pursuing three lines of research: (1) antecedents of attitudes towards legal authorities, (2) pathways into and out of violence, and (3) crime prevention and intervention programming. Dr. Ali (with co-authors Kristina Murphy and Adrian Cherney) was awarded the 2023 Allen Austin Bartholomew award by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology for the best paper in the Journal of Criminology in 2022.

Presentation

The intersection of high harm offending, peer affiliation, and social media use among justice-involved young people

The presentation will address the intersection of high harm offending, peer affiliation, and social media use among justice-involved young people, emphasising the increasing prevalence of platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat in their lives. Despite the widespread use of social media among young people more generally, research continues to show the consequences of extending social media use for youth. However, the role and impact of social media use in the youth justice context, and more specifically high harm and peer-affiliated offending, remains poorly understood. This presentation provides an overview of this emerging area of research, presenting initial findings from ongoing research conducted by Deakin University researchers.