CJSDRC Member, Professor John Scott was invited to La Trobe University, Department of Social Inquiry on 22 July to head a panel on ŒViolence and Africa: Towards a Southern Criminology¹, This symposium focused on the on a range of problems relating to violence and Africa, including the African diaspora.…

The Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 5th Biennial International Conference was held at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast from 15-17 July 2019.  The conference was officially opened by Tony McAvoy, Australia’s 1st indigenous Senior Counsel and QUT Alumnus of the Year 2018. A Welcome to Country was performed…

Professor Melissa Bull, Director, Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre was delighted to welcome Simone Plug as the recipient of the Centre’s inaugural Early Career Researcher Travel Award. This award was made to an early career researcher within 5 years of completion of their PhD.  The award…

Our fantastic packers are working hard filling 180 conference bags ready for distribution on Monday at our 5th Biennial Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference. We have a great program of speakers and events, and the forecast says the sun will be shining for the whole three…

The School of Justice, Faculty of Law is recruiting for an ongoing full time Lecturer to contribute to real world research and teaching being undertaken in the School. Further information about the position can be found here:  https://qut.nga.net.au/?jati=6D314F87-1547-71C6-6C9D-AD5D84CD5413 Applications close 15 September 2019.

The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is looking to appoint a new Book Review editor – or editors. The Editorial team will consider two editors in this space – one for the Global North and one for the Global South. The International Journal for Crime,…

With just 4 weeks to go until the Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 5th Biennial International Conference on the Gold Coast, we have made some final changes to the conference program. Please be sure to review this latest version which can be found here. We look forward to…

Please join the QUT School of Justice, Respect Inc and #DecrimQLD, for a special event to mark the 30th anniversary of the handing down of the Fitzgerald Inquiry Report in 1989. The event brings together six leading academic and industry experts to discuss sex industry law reform in…

The second issue for 2019 of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is now available. With 10 articles and two book reviews, this general issue includes authors from Fiji, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Belgium, Argentina and the United States. Content includes a discussion of the implications…

The Australian Embassy in Brazil is funding an exchange of family violence experts. The first phase of the project, taking place in June 2019, involves five leading gender and family violence prevention scholars traveling to Brazil to engage in a program of visits to family violence and criminal…