Professor Kerry Carrington of QUT Centre for Justice recently conducted a keynote at the 3rd International Conference on Criminology & Forensic Science in the Global South. The keynote was titled, “Criminology of the Global South: A journey toward…
Open access publication: Women-led police stations: reimagining the policing of gender violence in the twenty-first century
Kerry Carrington, Maximo Sozzo, Vanessa Ryan and Jess Rodgers have an open access article recently published in Policing and Society. The article is titled, “Women-led police stations: reimagining the policing of gender violence in the twenty-first century” Abstract: When domestic violence was criminalised in countries like Australia, United…
Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait Region
Professor John Scott of QUT Centre for Justice, along with colleagues Zoe Staines and James Morton, has published an article in Journal of Sociology titled, “Strong communities and justice practices in the Torres Strait Region” . This article forms part of a body of research conducted by John…
QUT C4J HDR Month: Vicarious Trauma Training
QUT C4J is hosting HDR Month during July. During the month we are running a number of training and development courses to assist and support our students in their research. Last week we ran Vicarious Trauma Training, facilitated by Domestic Violence Supervision and Research Group. The training was…
Submission to Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce
Professor Kerry Carrington, Dr Jess Rodgers and Vanessa Ryan Last week, three members of QUT Centre for Justice made a submission to the Queensland Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce. The core of our submission addresses Part 2 in Discussion Paper 1: How…
QUT C4J Briefing Paper Series: “Occupational Violence Against Healthcare Professionals: Applying a Criminological Lens”
Healthcare professionals provide critical health services to our communities. However, while shouldering a heavy burden of responsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, they have been reportedly abused and bullied by some members of the community for ‘spreading or disseminating the virus’ (Cant, 2020). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates…
QUT C4J and National Summit on Women’s Safety
Professor Kerry Carrington and Associate Professor Michael Flood from QUT Centre for Justice have been invited to the National Summit on Women’s Safety to be held on 29 and 30 July 2021. The summit forms part of the consultation process for for…
Event: Modern Day Slavery – what is it, and how to identify it in Queensland
QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Erin O’Brien, is presenting at the following event for QNEST – Queensland Network to End Slavery and Trafficking. Register here:
Over 1 million views – the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy (IJCJSD) has reached another milestone – hitting one million article abstract views. Launched in 2013, the Journal seeks to publish critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world and is committed to democratising quality knowledge production…
NAIDOC Week: Teaching, practice and research profile – Chris Emzin
Christopher Emzin (LLB, QUT/LLM, Griffith) is a Senior Lecturer and Director, Indigenous Engagement within QUT School of Justice, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, and also a member of QUT Centre for Justice. Chris is an Aboriginal and South Sea Islander…