(Feature image courtesy Getty Images) QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Fiona Crawford (pictured), has co-written a piece for The Conversation this week on the topic, “Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?”. In this piece Fiona…
Family members of prisoners experience a form of incarceration themselves through strict rules, surveillance and emotional regulation imposed during visits, a recent study has found. The study was led by Dr Nicole Ryan, a criminologist in the La Trobe University Law School, in collaboration with Dr Nathan Ryan…
QUT Centre for Justice member Professor John Scott and co-author Dr Zoe Staines were recognised with the Australasian criminology’s top book award in December, for their work Island Criminology (Bristol University Press, 2024). The Christine M. Alder Book Award is designated biannually by the peak regional professional body for justice…
QUT Centre for Justice member Tiziana Ferrero-Regis has provided media commentary on a number of topics over the Christmas period including a discussion on the disposal of coffee pods and the overconsumption of secondhand clothing. Thousands of tonnes of waste generated through the disposal of coffee pods in…
Researchers from QUT Centre for Justice have been looking closely at the cost of Christmas – and the risks that different consumer groups need to be aware of. QUT Centre for Justice Consumer Credit at Christmas Briefing Paper Series QUT Centre…
QUT Centre for Justice Director, Professor Rowena Maguire and research team including Associate Professor Bree Hurst (QUT), Professor Alice Payne (RMIT) and Paige Street (RMIT) have released resources as part of the project, One UNEP Textile Project: Policy Case Studies with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). These…
The latest issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy was published on December 1. Volume 14, Issue 4 publishes a diverse mix of criminology research from the UK, Spain, South Africa, Australia, India, Singapore, Belgium, Sweden and The Netherlands. Included in this issue: Gregory Breetzke discusses…
QUT Centre for Justice members, Associate Professor Danielle Watson (left) and Professor Cassandra Cross have received media attention following their recent Google Academic Research Award for the project, “Strengthening Scam Reporting Mechanisms in the Pacific.” Associate Professor Watson, who has conducted extensive research in the Pacific…
QUT Centre for Justice is joining QShelter in presenting the first seminar in an ongoing series titled, 2032 Housing Legacy Seminar…
Studies of how Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) negotiate their role in place-based disaster risk reduction and resilience reveal a fundamental disconnect between the policy aspiration of ‘shared responsibility’ and its operational reality at a grassroots level. A recent paper published in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management presents findings…
