CJSDRC Associate Professor Michael Flood contributed to the opening panel of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Summit on Reducing Violence against Women and their Children. The two-day summit, held over October 2-3 in Adelaide, was an invitation-only event for policy-makers, researchers, advocates, and service providers in the…
Launch of report on attitudes to gender in Australia
CJSDRC member, Associate Professor Michael Flood spoke at the launch of a new report on attitudes to gender in Australia. The report, From Girls to Men: Social attitudes to gender equality in Australia, involved a national survey of over 2,100 people in Australia aged 16 and over, and…
Director – Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre
QUT Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre Director, Professor Reece Walters will be departing QUT to take up a leadership role at Deakin University. Reece’s last day will be Friday 12 October. Reece has been with QUT for seven years, during which time he has made significant leadership contributions…
Public Lecture: Human Rights in Queensland and Beyond
Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre member and Australian Privacy Foundation Board member Dr Monique Mann organised a large public lecture on the topic of Human Rights in Queensland and Beyond. Professor George Williams AO, Dean and Anthony Mason Professor of Law at the University of NSW,…
New Book: Southern Criminology by Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott, Maximo Sozzo and Reece Walters
Southern Criminology By Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott, Máximo Sozzo and Reece Walters, just published! (Routledge, London and New York) Criminology has focused mainly on problems of crime and violence in the large population centres of the Global North to the exclusion of the global countryside, peripheries…
CSIRO Data61 Live Conference
On Tuesday the 18th of September Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre member Dr Monique Mann spoke at the CSIRO Data61Live conference. Data61Live is Australia’s premier science and technology event. More than 2,000 people registered to attend the event from corporates, SMEs and start-ups, universities, government and…
Book: Challenging the Human Trafficking Narrative: victims, villains, and heroes’ by Dr Erin O’Brien
What is the moral of the human trafficking story, and how can the narrative be shaped and evolved? Stories of human trafficking are prolific in the public domain, proving immensely powerful in guiding our understandings of trafficking, and offering something tangible on which to base policy and action.…
Update: ARC Funded Study of Argentina’s Women’s Police Stations
Professor Kerry Carrington with Liliana Pienda Superintendent of Women’s Police, Ministry of Security, Province Buenos Aries. (Photo: Diego Zysman) Professor Kerry Carrington has just returned from Argentina where she is researching women’s police stations (Comisarias de Mujer) with Partner Investigator – Professor Máximo Sozzo Universidad Nacional del…
CALLING ALL STUDENTS – QUT Justice Society Event
Come along to the biggest event of the QUT Justice Society. This is a great opportunity for students to make connections with justice professionals. WHO: The event is open to all students (must be 18+ years old) WHEN: Wednesday 3rd October, 6pm-9pm WHERE: Darling & Co., Paddington DRESS: Business…
Professor Reece Walters – ESC Conference, Sarajevo
Professor Reece Walters (Director, Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre) is pictured above with Professor Gorazd Mesko (President of the European Society of Criminology) at this week’s ESC conference in Sarajevo. Reece has been an International Partner Investigator with Professor Mesko on a Euro$770,000 project examining Water…