QUT Centre for Justice was delighted to welcome Dr Susann Wiedlitzka from University of Auckland to co-present a seminar with QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Angela Higginson. The Australian Youth Safety Survey (AYSS) is an online survey of young people aged 14 to 25, focusing on…
Publication: Policing in the Pacific Islands
QUT Centre for Justice members, Associate Professor Danielle Watson and Professor Melissa Bull have co-authored a book with Loene Howes (University of Tasmania), Sinclair Dinnen (ANU Department of Pacific Affairs) and Sara N. Amin (University of South Pacific) titled, “Policing in the Pacific Islands”. This open access book…
Media: Cassandra Cross
QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Cassandra Cross has been in the media recently commenting on the various scams in operation. On 15 January 2023 Cassandra spoke with Channel 7 on hackers creating websites identical to some leading Australian retailers. Listen here. On 2 February 2023…
Seminar: Alternative reporting options for sexual violence survivors
QUT Centre for Justice was delighted to welcome Dr Rachel Loney-Howes to a roundtable event to present her research on “Alternative reporting options for sexual violence survivors”. Dr Loney-Howes provided participants with an opportunity to reflect on the enduring complexities and challenges survivors of sexual violence face when…
Publication: “Political investorism in Australia: unnatural insiders and the insider/outsider dynamics of market lobbying”
QUT Centre for Justice member, Associate Professor Erin O’Brien (pictured right) has published new research with Ainsley Elbra from Sydney University, Martijn Boersma from Notre Dame University and QUT HDR student, Justine Coneybeer (pictured left). The paper was published in the Australian Journal of Political Science, the top-ranking…
Rosa del Olmo Prize
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy (IJCJSD) has announced the establishment of a prize for best article(s). The Rosa del Olmo Prize is awarded biennially for the IJCJSD article(s) that, in the Editors’ opinion and based on the recommendations of a panel of experts, most contributes to…
Amy McQuire: Winner 2022 Hilary McPhee Award
“We do not know how many Aboriginal women have gone ‘missing’ in this country. The archives are filled with the ‘missing’: the Aboriginal women who are no longer here to speak; the Aboriginal women who do not have names; the Aboriginal women who do not have graves or…
Publication: Island Criminology
Ten percent of the world’s population lives on islands, but until now the place and space characteristics of islands in criminological theory have not been deeply considered. A new book by John Scott and Zoe Staines draws on diverse literature, including popular culture, historical and philosophical texts to…
Vale Retired Inspector Regan Carr
QUT Centre for Justice was saddened to learn of the passing of Retired Inspector Regan Carr. Regan passed away on 25 January 2023 after battling cancer for the last few years. Regan was Queensland’s senior police officer in the area of Domestic and Family Violence. She established the…
Research Impact: Dr Gina Masterton
QUT Centre for Justice and Carumba Institute Australian Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Gina Masterton, has appeared in the media for her research associated with Domestic and Family Violence. Gina was the lead author on a research paper published by the QUT Centre for Justice in May on how…