Professor Sandra Walklate is a leading scholar in Criminology, Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Criminology, and recipient of the British Society of Criminology 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology and currently head of department of sociology, social policy and criminology at…
Women’s only police stations to combat violence against women
by Professor Kerry Carrington On International Women’s Day 8 March 2015 it is timely to reflect on Australia’s progress on addressing violence against women. The data shows persistent increases in the incidence of domestic violence – although this could mean an increase in reporting, rather than an increase…
Law and order, evidence and values
by Professor Russell Hogg A change of government normally signals (or we would like to think so) changes in policy direction in key areas. Criminologists, like other academics, are usually quick to offer advice to new incumbents, perhaps more so because of the overheated climate that has come…
Degrees of difference? Or different degrees? A study of undergraduate ‘criminology’ degrees at Australian universities
by Dr Kelly Richards ‘Criminology’ degree programs are increasingly popular at Australian universities, with new degrees being introduced regularly, and student enrolments in this discipline increasing substantially in recent years. But what is a ‘criminology’ degree, and what do students learn in them? Across Australia, there is very…
QUT School of Justice leads the way in real-world domestic violence education
A new domestic violence stand-alone course offered by QUT’s School of Justice has attracted 230 students from many disciplines and walks of life for its first semester. QUT researcher and lecturer Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz, who has previously taught the subject in Canada and the United States, said…
Emerging social, health and regulatory issues associated with male escorting: Crime and Justice Research Centre Seminar 5 March, 2015
Our first seminar of the 2015 academic year is on Emerging social, health and regulatory issues associated with male escorting, presented by Professors John Scott and Victor Minichiello There is increasing attention to the fact that global increases in sex work occur not only among female sex workers,…
Nightcrawler: a moral dilemma of our own making
Recently published: Nightcrawler: a moral dilemma of our own making School of Justice sessional tutor Dr Dean Biron has published an article on the 2014 film Nightcrawler, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo. The piece appeared in the online version of the Australian literary journal Overland. Dean is…