The CJRC would like to congratulate Adjunct Professor Liqun Cao on receiving the 2016 Highly Commended Paper Award presented by the Emerald Literati Network.
Upcoming CJRC Seminar – “Regulation in the Security Space”
The Crime and Justice Research Centre are hosting an upcoming seminar on Regulation in the Security Space with speakers Dr Roger Clarke and Dr Monique Mann.
“Heads held high” – Amnesty International Report on Indigenous young people in Detention in Queensland
Amnesty International has recently published a research report highlighting extensive concerns and systemic issues regarding the mistreatment and over-representation of Indigenous young people in detention in Queensland.
Latest Issue of the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Available Now
The latest issue of the International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy has just been published online. Volume 5, No 3 is a special edition on’ Left Realism Today’, providing provocative analyses of the relevance of Left Realism to Critical Criminology, with CJRC Adjunct Professor Walter DeKeseredy as…
The incarceration of children in Australia
The Guardian has recently published an infographic highlighting the current status of children being incarcerated in Australia. It also details relevant and confronting research about the implications and effects of incarcerating young offenders.
CJRC Researcher Attends Garran Strategy Series in Canberra
On Monday 22nd of August, Crime and Justice Research Centre member Dr Monique Mann attended the Garran Strategy Series at the Attorney-General’s Department in Canberra.
Upcoming CJRC Seminar – “The Women in Blue Helmets: Gender, Policing, and the UN’s First All-Female Peacekeeping Unit”
The Crime and Justice Research Centre is hosting an upcoming seminar with speaker Dr. Lesley Pruitt from Monash University, who will be presenting on the UN’s first all-female peacekeeping unit.
In the News: Petition for QLD Government to reform juvenile justice
Professor Kerry Carrington from School of Justice, Faculty of Law, along with other academics and youth justice advocates, have petitioned the QLD Government to make significant reforms to juvenile justice practices and policies in the state. The petition is gaining momentum and was today featured in a Brisbane…
The victims’ verdict: what happens when they try to report online fraud
This post authored by Dr. Cassandra Cross and Dr Kelly Richards originally appeared on The Conversation on Tuesday 23rd August 2016. Reporting a crime should not be as traumatic as the experience of the crime itself. But unfortunately this is the sad reality for many victims of online fraud.
PETITION – Qld Government: stop locking up our children and young people
Prof. Kerry Carrington (QUT); Lisa Durnian (Griffith University); Damien Atkinson (Barrister & Chair of Youth Advocacy Services, Qld); and Shane Duffy (CEO of ATSILS) petition the Queensland Government to cease the over reliance on remand, stop detaining children aged below 13 years of age in juvenile detention, and…