This summer’s School of Justice unit JSB287 featured the inaugural Crime in Popular Culture Writing Prize. The prize was awarded for the best submissions received for the first assessment in the unit, where students were asked to critique a crime-related text (book, film or TV series). The shortlisted…
Law, Technology and Humans (ISSN 2652-4074) is an innovative open access, double blind reviewed journal that encourages research and scholarship on the human and humanity of law and technology. Supported by the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Law, Technology and Humans is advised by a leading International Editorial…
QUT School of Justice Adjunct Professor Maximo Sozzo will speak at University of Oxford Faculty of Law on “Why Southernising Criminology?” This event will be held online on 10 March 2021 from 3.00pm to 4.00pm (UTC) Máximo Sozzo is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the National University of…
The first issue of the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy for 2021 is now available. As always, the journal’s authors reflect its global reach in readership. From Spain, Alberto Alonso Rimo examines the increase in the punishment of conduct preparatory to an offence displayed in recent times in local…
QUT Centre for Justice ran “Summer of Justice” – HDR Summer School from 8-10 February 2021. This was an opportunity for our higher degree research students to gather together in a supportive environment to undertake research methods training and professional development, as well as explore some valuable networks.…
Dr Toby Miles-Johnson QUT C4J member and Senior Lecturer in School of Justice, Dr Toby Miles-Johnson is Guest Editor of a special edition issue of Social Sciences Journal titled, “Policing Vulnerable People: Police, Practice, Policy and Engagement.” This special issue includes papers from three members of QUT C4J.…
The research is funded under the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme. It asks how young women experience systems that were designed for males, with the aim of improving service delivery to young women and thereby reducing their contact with these systems. The project will provide an excellent…
About the scholarship This PhD Scholarship is part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) project investigating the role of non-government organisations (NGOs) in combating modern slavery with ethical consumerism. Through a world-first study of Australia’s anti-slavery advocacy network, this project aims to develop…
Professor Kerry Carrington from QUT Centre for Justice is presenting a seminar at the ‘Decolonising Criminology Network Group’ at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge on Friday 12 February at 9.00am (Friday 12 February at 7pm BRISBANE TIME). The group was formed in January, 2020 with the…
QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Toby Miles-Johnson and Dr Thomas Courtenay of University of Southampton have just published a Q1 article titled, “Recognition and response: policing ‘Forced marriage’ in England” Abstract: Forced marriage occurs when an individual is pressured psychologically or physically into marriage. Methods to detect forced…
