Dr Krystal Schaffer

Dr Krystal Schaffer
NameDr Krystal Schaffer
Email Addresskrystal.schaffer@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleSenior Lecturer (Social Work and Human Services)
QualificationsBA Qld, MSocWk Griffith, PhD USQ
DepartmentSchool of Psychology and Wellbeing
AffiliationsInstitute for Resilient Regions
Centre for Health Research
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-4831
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BA
Qld
2009
MSocWk
Griffith
2019
PhD
USQ
2024

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
The Resonance Between First Nations Well-being Practices Long-term, Psychodynamically-informed Group Art-Psychotherapy: A Potential Model for Reducing Juvenile Detention of First Nations YouthAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2025
The impact of family court reports on familiesAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
The Australian News Media and its influence on the mainstream perceptions of gender based violence in Australia: The implications for Social WorkAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
Towards Individualized Care: A Comparative Exploration of the Impact of Process-based Therapy OutcomesAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
Whaddup Toowoomba! Exploring Regional Youth Group Engagement and Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander YouthAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2019

Professional registration of social work: A blunt instrument for creating professional identity?

Chester, Polly, Schaffer, Krystal, Harris, Sera and Drake, Gabrielle. 2025. "Professional registration of social work: A blunt instrument for creating professional identity? " Australian Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2025.2485449

A Blueprint for Domestic and Family Violence Education in Social Work Through Virtual Reality Design

Schaffer, Krystal L., Rivory, Joshua, Martin, Neil I., Lawrence, Jill E. and Bryce, India R.. 2025. "A Blueprint for Domestic and Family Violence Education in Social Work Through Virtual Reality Design." Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education. 25 (2).

Child Femicide

Bryce, India and Schaffer, Krystal. 2024. "Child Femicide." Cortes-Perez, Oscar Ivan (ed.) Forensic Victimology and Femi(ni)cide A Transdisciplinary Approach on Forensic Evidence and its Contexts (Volume I). Switzerland. Springer. pp. 99-116

Motivations for Juvenile Offending

Bryce, India and Schaffer, Krystal. 2024. "Motivations for Juvenile Offending ." Cortes, O. (ed.) Forensic Victimology and Femi(ni)cide A Transdisciplinary Approach on Forensic Evidence and its Contexts (Volume II). Springer.

What simulations bring to teaching soft skills

Brown, Daniel, Schaffer, Krystal and Stewart, Kim. 2024. "What simulations bring to teaching soft skills." Times Higher Education (THE).

Enhancing social work education about domestic and family violence through virtual reality simulations

Schaffer, Krystal Lee. 2024. Enhancing social work education about domestic and family violence through virtual reality simulations. PhD by Publication Doctor of Philosophy . University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/z78y6

Unveiling graduate readiness to respond to domestic and family violence in Australian social work programmes

Schaffer, Krystal L., Martin, Neil I., Lawrence, Jill E. and Bryce, India R.. 2024. "Unveiling graduate readiness to respond to domestic and family violence in Australian social work programmes." The British Journal of Social Work. 54 (5), p. 2087–2106. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae021

Child Femicide

Bryce, India and Schaffer, Krystal. 2024. "Child Femicide." Cortes, O. (ed.) Forensic Victimology and Femicide : A Transdisciplinary View of Evidence and its Concepts. Mexico. Ubijus Editorial . pp. 171-200

Motivation for juvenile violent behavior and femicide

Bryce, India and Schaffer, Krystal. 2024. "Motivation for juvenile violent behavior and femicide." Cortes, O. (ed.) Forensic Victimology and Femicide : A Transdisciplinary View of Evidence and its Concepts. Mexico. Ubijus Editorial . pp. 707-748

Separated Parents' Experiences with the Australian School System: An Overview

Desmarchelier, Renee, Bryce, India, Schaffer, Krystal, Lawrence, Jill and Cantrell, Kate. 2024. "Separated Parents' Experiences with the Australian School System: An Overview ." The Australian Educational Researcher. 51 (1), pp. 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00596-3

Protecting and Promoting Client Rights

Schaffer, Krystal. 2021. Protecting and Promoting Client Rights. London, United Kingdom. Elsevier.

Understanding multitudinous and collaborative investigative responses to child sexual abuse

Lowe, Andrew and Schaffer, Krystal. 2020. "Understanding multitudinous and collaborative investigative responses to child sexual abuse." Bryce, India and Petherick, Wayne (ed.) Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management. London, United Kingdom. Elsevier. pp. 421-434

Reunification of intrafamilial child sex abusers

Schaffer, Krystal. 2020. "Reunification of intrafamilial child sex abusers." Bryce, India and Petherick, Wayne (ed.) Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management. London, United Kingdom. Elsevier. pp. 539-552