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School of Social Work and Social Policy

Allan Borowski

Professor




   
Room: 512
Building: Health Sciences 2
Phone: (03) 9479 2413
Email: a.borowski@latrobe.edu.au
   
Unit/s Coordinated:

Postgraduate Research Seminars

SWP4HON Social Work Honours Program

SWP4SPP Social Policy & Practice B

SWP34FOP Juvenile Crime, Justice and Corrections

   
   

Qualifications 

BCom, Dip Soc Stud, MA (Hons) University of Melbourne; PhD Brandeis University
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.

Research Interests

Economics of ageing; juvenile corrections; international population movements

Recent Publications

Borowski, A. Robert Hudson and John McCormack. (2008). “Elder Participation and Senior Power in Australian Electoral Politics”.  Journal of Aging and Social Policy. Vol 21, No 1.

Borowski, A. (2008) “Back at the Crossroads: The Slippery Fish of Australian Retirement Income Policy.” Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol 43, No 2 (Winter), pp. 311-334.

Borowski, A. and McDonald, P. (2007) 'The dimensions and implications of Australian population ageing', in A. Borowski, S. Encel and E. Ozanne (eds) Longevity sand Social Change in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 15-39.

Borowski, A. and Olsberg, D. (2007) 'Retirement income policy for a long-lived society', in A. Borowski, S. Encel and E. Ozanne (eds) Longevity and Social Change in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 189-218.

Borowski, A. and Ajzenstadt, M. (2007) 'Achieving justice for children', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol 51, pp. 191-211.

Schulz, J.H. and Borowski, A. (2006) 'Economic security in retirement: reshaping the public-private pension mix', in R.H. Binstock and L.K. George (eds) Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 6th edn, Academic Press, New York, pp 360-379.

Borowski, A. (2005) 'The revolution that faltered: two decades of reform of Australia's retirement income system', International Social Security Review, vol 58, no 4, pp 45-65.

Ajzenstadt, M. and Borowski, A. (2005) 'Setting things straight: probation officers' perspectives on the impacts of the introduction of public defenders on the Juvenile Court in Israel', Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice, vol 4, no 1, pp. 33-50.

Borowski, A. and Ajzenstadt, M. (2005) 'A solution without a problem: judges' perspectives on the impacts of the introduction of public defenders on the Juvenile Court in Israel', The British Journal of Criminology, vol 14, no 2, pp. 183-200.

Schmid, H. and Borowski, A. (2004) 'Selected issues in the delivery of homecare services to the elderly a decade after implementing Israel's long-term care insurance law', Social Security, (special English edn), pp. 87-114.

Borowski, A. (2004) Book Review of Caro, F.G., Morris, R. and Norton, J. (eds) Advancing Ageing Policy as the 21st Century Begins in International Psychogeriatrics, vol 16, no 3, pp. 375-377.

Borowski, A.
(2004) Book Review of Frederikson, G.M. Racism: A Short History in Australian Social Work, vol 57, no 2, pp. 199-201.

Borowski, A.
(2003) 'The danger of strong causal reasoning in policy and practice: the case of juvenile crime and corrections', Australian Social Work, vol 56, no 4, pp 340-351.

Borowski, A. (2000) 'Creating a virtuous society: immigration and Australia's policies of multiculturalism', Journal of Social Policy, vol 29, part 3, July, pp 459-475.

Schmid, H. and Borowski, A. (2000) 'Israel's long-term care insurance law after a decade of implementation', Journal of Ageing & Social Policy, vol 12, no 1, pp 49-71.




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