Michael Flood at ANROWS Community of Practice Workshop Michael Flood at Evidence to Action & Action as Evidence Forum Associate Professor Michael Flood contributed to two Sydney events on violence prevention hosted by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). The first event was a forum on violence…
Publication: Gender and Age in the Construction of Male Youth in the European Migration “Crisis”
The following article was recently published by Dr. Helen Berents from QUT School of Justice and member of CJRC, along with colleagues from Monash University and Salvation Army UK. This article was published in Signs – a leading journal (Q1) for feminist politics. Abstract: Displacement is clearly gendered;…
Publication: Victim Stories and Victim Policy – PhD Student Kara Beavis
Congratulations to QUT School of Justice PhD student Kara Beavis whose article on Victim stories and victim policy has been published in Sage Criminology’s Crime, Media and Culture International Journal. The focus of the article is Rosie Batty’s influence on public policy and popular discourse in Australia. Kara co-authored…
Associate Professor Michael Flood features on Radio National Life Matters: Changing Behaviours around Sexual Consent
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…