Child Protection Practitioners Association of Queensland Practice Paper Series Sue Diggles Memorial Practice Paper: Young people and ‘sexting’ Tuesday 8 March 2016 Registration: 5pm Presentations commence: 5.30pm Drinks & Networking to follow
Animal abuse added to US crime tracking
The FBI will track animal abuse as a crime category from 2016. The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is one of the largest datasets on crime in the US, comprised of information from law enforcement agencies. Previously, animal abuse was included as part of “other” crimes. Gathering data…
Young people working for peace
Dr. Helen Berents, lecturer in the School of Justice, recently published Not just victims or threats: Young people win recognition as workers for peace in The Conversation with her colleague Lesley Pruitt from RMIT. The article discusses the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2250 on “youth, peace…
Dr Cassandra Cross elected to the Board of Directors for Police Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYCs) Queensland
At the 2015 annual general meeting for the Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association (QPCYWA), QUT Crime and Justice Research Centre’s Dr Cassandra Cross was elected to the Board of Directors. Her appointment to the Board of Directors comes following an evaluation that her and fellow QUT colleagues…
QUT School of Justice sponsors group discounts for Graduate Certificates
We are pleased to offer a 10% discount (sponsorship) for a group rate of 10 successful applications for the: JS12 Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence JS23 Graduate Certificate in Policy and Governance JS29 Graduate Certificate in Intelligence
Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz headed to European Conference on Domestic Violence
CJRC Director Molly Dragiewicz will travel to the European Conference on Domestic Violence in Belfast from 6-9 September, 2015. She will present Psychological abuse: Insights from emerging research on romance fraud and domestic violence, co-authored with Dr. Cassandra Cross and Dr. Kelly Richards.
CJRC staff headed to European Society of Criminology meetings
Researchers from the Crime and Justice Research Centre are headed to the European Society of Criminology Conference in Porto, Portugal 2-5 September, 2015. They will present a range of individual and collaborative work.
New Domestic Violence Graduate Certificate
The School of Justice in the Faculty of Law at QUT has launched Australia’s first Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence. Students can choose to study two units a semester or take one unit at a time. Full details about the course are available here. Read the news release…
Recently Published – “Family law reform and domestic violence: Lessons from Australia”
Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz recently published “Family law reform and domestic violence: Lessons from Australia” in Comparative Perspectives on Domestic Violence: Lessons from Efforts Worldwide, edited by Rashmi Goel & Leigh Goodmark (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Recently published: Prostitution Ideology and Trafficking Policy
Dr Erin O’Brien just published a new article in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy Debates over the legitimacy and legality of prostitution have characterized human trafficking discourse for the last two decades. Prostitution Ideology and Trafficking Policy: The Impact of Political Approaches to Domestic Sex Work on…