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…
Professor John Scott was recently invited to provide a keynote presentation for a two-day annual conference organised by The Korean National Police University (KPNU). The university is a leading research-oriented university in the field of police science and is an institution focused on training future leaders in…
The recently concluded School of Justice unit JSB305 Professional Justice Placement has again proven highly successful, with positive outcomes attributed to every one of the students involved. The unit provides experience in applying discipline knowledge in professional practice to strengthen discipline-specific learning and specialisation. In particular, it provides…
A new Australian study focusing on the attitudes toward masculinity among Australian adolescents shines a light on the realities of what it means to be a teenage boy in Australia today. This survey of adolescents aged between 14-18 years, conducted by The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services…
