Journal ranked as Q1 in latest rankings The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been ranked by Scopus as a Q1 (Quartile 1) for journal quality in the subject category, ‘LAW’ in the latest Scimago* rankings. The Journal is the only Law journal in Australia…
In this seminar, criminologist David R. Goyes and journalist Nina Lakhani meet to discuss Lakhani’s book ‘Who killed Berta Cáceres’, and so shed light on the work of and threats against environmental activists through the life of Berta Cáceres. Berta, in the words of Lakhani, ‘would be mostly…
Professor Kerry Carrington See below details of an upcoming international webinar, “Understanding the COVIC-19 crisis – Critical reflections on the contributions of the Sociology of Law”. Professor Kerry Carrington, Head of School, School of Justice will be speaking as part of a panel on “Domestic Violence, violence against…
QUT Centre for Justice Director Professor Melissa Bull announces support for new PhD students interested in pursuing social justice research. QUT Centre for Justice conducts transdisciplinary research that focuses on finding solutions to social injustice, regardless of social status or geo-political spatial location in a globalised world. A…
Dr Danielle Watson International Society on the Study of Rural Criminology – Roundtable Rural crime and criminal justice practices and responses face different challenges from those experienced in urban contexts. This International Society on the Study of Rural Criminology has introduced a roundtable series to investigate these challenges…
International Journal of Crime, Justice and Social Democracy A new issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been published. This second issue for 2020 features diverse articles from scholars in Canada, US, UK, PNG, Vietnam, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago and Australia. Included in this issue: Sharynne…
QUT Centre for Justice is delighted to welcome Michael Hogan as an Adjunct Professor to QUT School of Justice, Faculty of Law. Michael Hogan brings expertise, skills and networks built over 30 years of executive experience in the public and community sectors in public policy making, organisational leadership,…
As part of Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Month, QUT Centre for Justice are profiling some of our research in this area. Today we are profiling the work of Dr Lisa Durnian from QUT Centre of Justice around children who kill in response to family violence. Patricide and…
Achieving gender equality in STEMM hospital and health service research Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan announced an Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage grant: Achieving gender equality in STEMM hospital and health service research which will result in critically-informed, pragmatic strategies that enable health service organisations to detect and redress gender…
ARC Linkage Grant – Reducing young women’s offending through improved service delivery Young women’s contact with justice and welfare agencies has increased rapidly across Australia and the world, creating a crisis that is costly and harmful, especially for young Indigenous women. Pathways into these systems are gendered; but…
