CJRC member, Associate Professor Michael Flood, spoke with Radio National Life Matters program this morning on the topic of Changing Behaviours around Sexual Consent. The movement for change generated by #metoo and the allegations of sexual assault at Australian universities has brought sexual consent into sharp focus. How…
New Issue: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
A new issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy has been published today. With authors from Brazil/Portugal, Croatia, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, the journal’s global representation continues. There are nine articles in this issue book-ended by Sandra Walklate’s…
Coercive Control Workshop and Celebration of Books
Coercive Control Workshop The concept of ‘Coercive Control’ as a means of making sense of the nature and extent of violence(s) in women’s everyday lives has been around since the early 1980s. However its recent revitalisation by Evan Stark has resulted in rejuvenated interest in it in the…
Media discourse surrounding ‘non-ideal’ victims – The Ashley Madison data breach case
Media discourses surrounding ‘non-ideal’ victims The case of the Ashley Madison data breach Cassandra Cross, Megan Parker and Daniel Sansom Abstract Data breaches are an increasingly common event across businesses globally. Many companies have been subject to large-scale breaches. Consequently, the exposure of 37 million customers of the…
Book: Biometrics, Crime and Security
Crime and Justice Research Centre Dr Monique Mann recently published a book on Biometrics, Crime and Security with co-authors Dr Marcus Smith (Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt University) and Associate Professor Gregor Urbas (Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra).…
Is privacy still relevant in the modern age?
Is privacy still relevant in the modern age? That is the question being debated by Crime and Justice Research Centre researcher Dr Monique Mann and PhD Student Michael Wilson and Professor David Lacey. The OAIC’s Deputy Commissioner, Angelene Falk, will open the event, with the Queensland Privacy Commissioner,…
Publication: “Sleeping the deep, deep sleep – the Hierarchy of Disaster” – Dr. Dean Biron
School of Justice affiliated academic Dr Dean Biron has published a new essay titled “Sleeping the deep, deep sleep.” Co-written with Dr Suzie Gibson of Charles Sturt University, the piece appears in Issue 229 of Overland Literary Journal: https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-229/essay-dean-biron-and-suzie-gibson/ Subtitled “The Hierarchy of Disaster,” the essay considers how…
In the media: “They are calculating: What makes women kill their partners”
Congratulations to QUT School of Justice sessional academic Dr Belinda Parker, who appeared in news.com.au discussing her thesis “Seven Deadly Sins – developing a situational understanding of homicide event motive” – the seven motives that characterize solved homocides, based on the analysis of 149 Australian murders. Read the full article here:…
Crime and Justice Research Centre Seminar Series – Doing Research in the Indigenous space – Associate Professor Hilde Tubex
Crime and Justice Research Centre Seminar Series with speaker Associate Professor Hilde Tubex Topic: Doing Research in the Indigenous Space Date: Tuesday 13 February 2018 When: 4.00pm – 5.30pm Venue: C Block, level 4, room C412, QUT Gardens Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane Register: by Thursday…
US warrants could be used to access Australian data
CJRC member Dr Monique Mann spoke to the ABC today about the upcoming US Supreme Court case US v Microsoft Ireland. This case has global significance as the US government’s position would effectively undermine the data protection and privacy laws of other countries by giving the US government…