Associate Professor Mehera San Roque

Associate Professor

Law & Justice

School of Law, Society & Criminology

Mehera San Roque is an Associate Professor in the School of Law, Society and Criminology. She teaches and researches on evidence law with a particular interests in relationships between forensic science, expert evidence, gender and crime. She is currently Co-Chair of the Women's Wellbeing Academy (UNSW), and a member of the Gender Equality Hub and the Evidence-Based Forensics Initiative at UNSW. Between 2017 and 2022 she was on the governing National Council of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences.

E-mail

m.sanroque@unsw.edu.au

Location

Room 213 Law Building UNSW Kensington Campus

Books | 2021

Hunter J; Metzger J; Henning T; Edmond G; McMahon R; San Roque M; Cockburn H, 2021, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney

Books | 2015

Hunter J; Metzger J; Henning T; Edmond G; McMahon R; San Roque M, 2015, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760020262

Books | 2010

Hunter JB; Steel Z; Pearson LM; Silove DM; San Roque M; Frommer N; Redman R, 2010, Tales of the Unexpected & Refugee Status Decision-Making: Managing and Understanding Psychological Issues Among Refugee Applicants, Faculty of Law and Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Book Chapters | 2022

Napier J; Russell D; Hale S; Spencer D; San Roque M, 2022, 'Training legal interpreters to work with deaf jurors', in Roy C (ed.), Legal Interpreting Teaching, Research, and Practice, Gallaudet University Press, Washington D.C., pp. 246 - 281, https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/legal-interpreting.html

Book Chapters | 2020

San Roque M; Skanlon A; Beaudry J, 2020, 'An Interdisciplinary and Cross-national Analysis of Legal Safeguards for Eyewitness Evidence', in Miller MK; Bornstein BH (ed.), Advances in Psychology and Law. Advances in Psychology and Law, vol 5, Springer, pp. 137 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54678-6_5

Book Chapters | 2017

Edmond G; Kemp R; Porter G; Hamer D; Burton M; Biber K; Roque MS, 2017, 'Atkins v The Emperor, the ‘cautious’ use of unreliable ‘expert’ opinion', in Expert Evidence and Scientific Proof in Criminal Trials, Routledge, pp. 303 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315094205-10

Book Chapters | 2017

San Roque M, 2017, 'Updating Beliefs: Rethinking the Regulation of Identification Evidence Under the UEL', in Critical Perspectives on the Uniform Evidence Law, Federation Press, Sydney

Book Chapters | 2015

San Roque M, 2015, 'Identification Evidence', in The Trial Principles, Process and Evidence, pp. 604 - 661

Book Chapters | 2014

San Roque M, 2014, 'Locating Consent in Similar- Fact Cases: Commentary on Phillips v R', in Douglas H; Hunter R; Luker T; Bartlett F (ed.), Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Re-writing Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 291 - 295, http://www.hartpub.co.uk/Search.aspx?Type=2&Text=Australian%20Feminist%20Judgments
Journal articles | 2025

Akand E; Fan Y; Wobcke W; Sisson SA; Roque MS, 2025, 'Diversity on the bench: An analysis of gendered biases in the language of Australian Family Law Court judgments', Plos One, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331841

Journal articles | 2025

Cunliffe E; Vinuesa CG; Rego R; San Roque M; Edmond G; Gans J; Sato M; Burridge K; Cordner S, 2025, 'AAFS (Victorian branch) Symposium: Science and Medicine in the Courts—Learning from the wrongful conviction of Kathleen Folbigg', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 57, pp. 272 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2024.2419106

Journal articles | 2023

Edmond G; Chin JM; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2023, 'A WARNING ABOUT JUDICIAL DIRECTIONS AND WARNINGS', Adelaide Law Review, 44, pp. 194 - 245

Journal articles | 2021

Edmond G; White D; Towler A; San Roque M; Kemp R, 2021, 'FACIAL RECOGNITION AND IMAGE COMPARISON EVIDENCE: IDENTIFICATION BY INVESTIGATORS, FAMILIARS, EXPERTS, SUPER RECOGNISERS AND ALGORITHMS', Melbourne University Law Review, 45, pp. 99 - 160, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4074254/03-Edmond-et-al-99.pdf

Journal articles | 2021

Ritchie KL; Cartledge C; Growns B; Yan A; Wang Y; Guo K; Kramer RSS; Edmond G; Martire KA; Roque MS; White D; San Roque M, 2021, 'Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world', Plos One, 16, pp. e0258241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258241

Journal articles | 2021

San Roque M, 2021, 'Special Issue: Genealogies of Indefinite Detention', Social and Legal Studies, 30, pp. 3 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0964663920963394

Journal articles | 2020

Chin JM; San Roque M; McFadden R, 2020, 'The New Psychology of Expert Witness Procedure', SYDNEY LAW REVIEW, 42, pp. 69 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.31228/osf.io/t954x

Journal articles | 2020

Parker J; Ramshaw S; San Roque M, 2020, 'Contents & Introduction, Law Text Culture, volume 24', Law Text Culture, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/ltc.720

Journal articles | 2020

Parker J; Ramshaw S; San Roque M, 2020, 'Introduction: Sounding Justice in Pandemic Times', LAW TEXT CULTURE, 24, pp. 1 - 8

Journal articles | 2019

Edmond G; Cunliffe E; Martire K; San Roque M, 2019, 'Forensic Science Evidence and the Limits of Cross-Examination', Melbourne University Law Review, 42, pp. 858 - 920, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/3256077/05-Edmond-et-al.pdf

Journal articles | 2018

Napier J; Spencer D; Hale S; Roque MS; Shearim G; Russell D; San Roque M, 2018, 'Changing the international justice landscape: Perspectives on deaf citizenship and jury service', Sign Language Studies, 19, pp. 240 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sls.2018.0034

Journal articles | 2017

Edmond G; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2017, 'Expert reports and the forensic sciences', UNSW Law Journal, 40, pp. 590 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/ipwz9949

Journal articles | 2017

Hale SB; San Roque M; Spencer D; Napier J, 2017, 'Deaf citizens as jurors in Australian courts: participating via professional interpreters', International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 24, pp. 151 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.32896

Journal articles | 2017

Spencer D; San Roque M; Napier J; Hale SB, 2017, 'Justice is blind as long as it isn’t deaf: excluding deaf people from jury duty – an Australian human rights breach', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 23, pp. 332 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2017.1392479

Journal articles | 2016

Edmond G; Found B; Martire K; Ballantyne K; Hamer D; Searston R; Thompson M; Cunliffe E; Kemp R; San Roque M; Tangen J; Dioso-Villa R; Ligertwood A; Hibbert D; White D; Ribeiro G; Porter G; Towler A; Roberts A; Hibbert B, 2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969

Journal articles | 2016

Stockdale M; Smith E; San Roque M, 2016, 'Bad Character Evidence in The Criminal Trial: the English Statutory/Common law Dichotomy--Anglo-Australian Perspectives', Journal of International and Comparative Law, 3, pp. 441 - 471

Journal articles | 2014

Edmond G; Martire KA; Kemp RI; Hamer D; Hibbert B; Ligertwood A; Porter G; San Roque M; Searston R; Tangen J; Thompson M; White D, 2014, 'How to cross-examine forensic scientists: A guide for lawyers', Australian Bar Review, 39, pp. 174 - 197, http://mbthompson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Edmond-HowToCross-ExamineForensicScientists.pdf

Journal articles | 2014

Edmond G; Roque MS, 2014, 'Honeysett v The Queen: Forensic Science, 'Specialised Knowledge' and the Uniform Evidence Law', SYDNEY LAW REVIEW, 36, pp. 323 - 344

Journal articles | 2014

Edmond G; San Roque M, 2014, 'Honeysett v The Queen: Forensic Science, ‘Specialised Knowledge’ and the Uniform Evidence Law', The Sydney Law Review, 36, pp. 323 - 344, http://sydney.edu.au/law/slr/slr_36/slr36_2/SLRv36n2EdmondSanRoque.pdf

Journal articles | 2014

Edmond G; san roque ; Hamer D; Ligertwood A, 2014, 'Christie, section 137 and forensic science evidence (after Dupas v The Queen and R v XY)', Monash University Law Review, 40, pp. 389 - 412

Journal articles | 2014

Hunter JB; Pearson L; San Roque M, 2014, 'Mental health expertise in refugee status decision-making: judging or caring?', International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 18, pp. 310 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijep.2014.18.4.462

Journal articles | 2013

Edmond G; San Roque M; Cole S; Kemp R; Martire KA; Porter G; Tangen J, 2013, 'Justicia's Gaze: Surveillance, evidence and the criminal trial', Surveillance and Society, 11, pp. 252 - 271

Journal articles | 2013

Hunter J; Pearson L; Roque MS; Steel Z, 2013, 'Asylum Adjudication, Mental Health and Credibility Evaluation', Federal Law Review, 41, pp. 471 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205x1304100304

Journal articles | 2013

Hunter J; Pearson L; San Roque M; Steel Z, 2013, 'Asylum adjudication, mental health and credibility evaluation', Federal Law Review, 41, pp. 471 - 495, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=162042134667173;res=IELHSS

Journal articles | 2013

Hunter JB; Tay K; Frommer N; Silove D; Pearson L; San Roque M; Redman R; Bryant R; Manicavasagar V; Steel Z, 2013, 'A mixed method study of expert psychological evidence submitted for a cohort of asylum seekers undergoing refuggee status determination in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, 98, pp. 106 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.029

Journal articles | 2013

San Roque M, 2013, '‘A woman like you’: gender, uncertainty and expert opinion evidence in the contemporary criminal trial (Review Essay: Emma Cunliffe, Murder Medicine and Motherhood, Hart Publishing 2011)', feminists@law, 3

Journal articles | 2013

Smith GJD; San Roque M; Westcott H; Marks P, 2013, 'Surveillance texts and textualism: Truthtelling and trustmaking in an uncertain world', Surveillance and Society, 11, pp. 215 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ss.v11i3.5079

Journal articles | 2011

Edmond G; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2011, ''Mere guesswork': Cross-lingual voice comparisons and the jury', Sydney Law Review, 33, pp. 395 - 425, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=532339284270660;res=IELHSS

Journal articles | 2011

Edmond G; San Roque M; Kristy M, 2011, 'Unsound law: Issues with ("expert") voice comparison evidence', Melbourne University Law Review, 35, pp. 52 - 112, http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=LT&userGroupName=unsw&tabID=T002&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=2&contentSet=GALE%7CA276808495&&docId=GALE%7CA276808495&docType=GALE&role=

Journal articles | 2010

Edmond G; Kemp RI; Hamer D; Burton M; Biber ; San Roque M, 2010, 'Atkins v The Emperor: The “Cautious” use of Unreliable “Expert” Opinion', International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 14, pp. 146 - 165, http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/staff/EdmondG/docs/atkins_vs_emperor.pdf

Journal articles | 2010

Vines PE; San Roque M; Rumble E, 2010, 'Is "nervous shock" still a feminist issue? The duty of care and psychiatric injury in Australia', Tort Law Review, 18, pp. 9 - 32, http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/files/2010/10/j19_v018_TORTLREV_pt01_vines_sanroque_rumble.pdf

Journal articles | 2009

Edmond G; San Roque M, 2009, 'Quasi-justice: Ad hoc expertise and identification evidence', Criminal Law Journal, 33, pp. 8 - 33

Journal articles | 2006

Redman R; San Roque M; Hunter JB; Hambley TW; Martin H, 2006, 'Three tales of asylum: trauma, credibility and expert evidence', Human Rights Defender, 15, pp. 17 - 19

Journal articles | 2006

San Roque M; Bilber K, 2006, 'The trouble with pictures: law and visual culture', Law Text Culture, 10, pp. 1 - 4

Journal articles | 2005

Biber K; San Roque M, 2005, 'The trouble with pictures', LAW TEXT CULTURE, 10, pp. 1 - +, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213359100001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Journal articles | 2005

Brennan S; Healey DJ; Hunter JB; Johnson D; San Roque M; Wolff LT, 2005, 'Indigenous Legal Education at UNSW: A Work-In-Progress', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, pp. 26 - 29

Journal articles | 1999

Roque MS, 1999, 'Popular trials/criminal fictions/celebrity feminism and theBernardo/HomolkaCase', Australian Feminist Law Journal, 13, pp. 38 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13200968.1999.11077310
Preprints | 2020

Chin JM; San Roque M; McFadden R, 2020, The New Psychology of Expert Witness Procedure, http://dx.doi.org/10.31228/osf.io/t954x

Reports | 2020

White D; Towler A; Jeffery L; Kemp R; Palermo R; Ballantyne K; Curby K; Edmond G; Martire K; O'Toole A; Phillips J; San Roque M; Wilmer J; Carter T; Dunn J; Tullberg C; Ferguson D; Geach J; Heyer R; Michalski D; Moreton R; Noyes E; Ritchie K; Sutherland C, 2020, Evaluating face identification expertise: Turning theory into practice, https://socialsciences.org.au/workshop/evaluating-face-identification-expertise-turning-theory-into-practice/

Conference Papers | 2018

Napier J; Russell D; Hale S; Spencer D; San Roque M, 2018, 'Evidence-based training for legal interpreters to work with deaf jurors', in Winston B; Monikowski C; Lee RG (eds.), Reaching New Heights in Interpreter Education: Mentoring,, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, pp. 256 - 275, presented at 2018 Conference of Interpreter Trainers, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 31 October 2018 - 03 November 2018, https://www.cit-asl.org/new/past-conferences/proceedings/2018-proceedings/

Conference Presentations | 2017

Napier J; Hale SB; Spencer D; San Roque M, 2017, '"I had doubts about how it would work and then I was surprised at how well it did work"', presented at IAFL Porto 2017: 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, Porto, Portugal, 10 July 2017 - 14 July 2017, https://iaflporto2017.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/programme_vfinal.pdf

Other | 2017

Spencer D; San Roque M; Hale SB; Napier J, 2017, The High Court Considers Participation of Deaf People in Jury Duty, The Law Society of New South Wales, https://lsj.com.au/articles/the-high-court-considers-participation-of-deaf-people-in-jury-duty/

Conference Presentations | 2015

Hale SB; San Roque M, 2015, 'Deaf citizens as jurors: communicating via court interpreters', presented at IAFL 12th Biennial Conference on Forensic Linguistics, Guangdong, China, 06 July 2015 - 09 July 2015

Other | 2015

Tay AK; Frommer N; Hunter J; Silove D; Pearson L; San Roque M; Redman R; Bryant RA; Manicavasagar V; Steel Z, 2015, Corrigendum to "A mixed-method study of expert psychological evidence submitted for a cohort of asylum seekers undergoing refugee status determination in Australia" [Soc Sci Med 98 (2013) 106-115] DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.030

Conference Papers | 2004

San Roque M; Redman R; Frommer N, 2004, '`Narratives of trauma: credibility, expert evidence and the refugee determination process` Traumas of Law', in Traumas of Law, 2004 Conference of the Law and Literature Association of Australia, Giffith University, presented at Traumas of Law, 2004 Conference of the Law and Literature Association of Australia, Giffith University, 09 July 2004 - 11 July 2004

Preprints |

Chin J; San Roque M; McFadden R, The New Psychology of Expert Witness Procedure, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3564796