by Professor John Scott While few prison films have enjoyed widespread appeal, save, perhaps The Shawshank Redemption (1994), they have enjoyed an enduring place in cinema and television. The golden age of prison cinema was perhaps the 1930s, which spawned classics such as I am a Fugitive…
Survey on women’s experiences of ‘everyday’ sexual assault
“I need a bodyguard just to go to the cinema”: Women’s experiences of ‘everyday’ sexual assault Have you been groped at the cinema or on the bus, or experienced unwanted attention in the workplace? Researchers at QUT’s School of Justice are encouraging young people to share their experiences…
Sunday Mail names Professor Kerry Carrington a ‘Top Thinker’
by Professor John Scott The Sunday Mail has named QUT criminologist Kerry Carrington one of the ‘Queensland’s Top Fifty Thinkers’. The feature, in the Sunday Mail, invites readers to meet the people whose ideas, innovations and inventions help make Queensland ‘the smart state’. Professor Carrington is one of two criminologists listed in…
Law and order, evidence and values
by Professor Russell Hogg A change of government normally signals (or we would like to think so) changes in policy direction in key areas. Criminologists, like other academics, are usually quick to offer advice to new incumbents, perhaps more so because of the overheated climate that has come…
Degrees of difference? Or different degrees? A study of undergraduate ‘criminology’ degrees at Australian universities
by Dr Kelly Richards ‘Criminology’ degree programs are increasingly popular at Australian universities, with new degrees being introduced regularly, and student enrolments in this discipline increasing substantially in recent years. But what is a ‘criminology’ degree, and what do students learn in them? Across Australia, there is very…
QUT School of Justice leads the way in real-world domestic violence education
A new domestic violence stand-alone course offered by QUT’s School of Justice has attracted 230 students from many disciplines and walks of life for its first semester. QUT researcher and lecturer Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz, who has previously taught the subject in Canada and the United States, said…
Emerging social, health and regulatory issues associated with male escorting: Crime and Justice Research Centre Seminar 5 March, 2015
Our first seminar of the 2015 academic year is on Emerging social, health and regulatory issues associated with male escorting, presented by Professors John Scott and Victor Minichiello There is increasing attention to the fact that global increases in sex work occur not only among female sex workers,…
Abstracts due March 16! 2015 Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference
2015 Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference July 8-10, 2015 QUT Brisbane, Australia 8 July Postgraduate Event followed by Welcome Drinks 9-10 July main conference, keynotes and panels Abstracts are due by March 16, 2015 To submit an abstract visit http://crimejusticeconference.com/call-for-submissions/ Speakers For inquiries, please contact: justice@qut.edu.au…
Abstracts due soon for the Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference
Abstracts are due March 16 for the Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference! 8-10 July, QUT, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane. Instructions for how to submit are here Keynote Speakers Professor Máximo Sozzo, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Santa Fe, Argentina) Professor Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool Panel Speakers…
Recently published – Criminal justice ethics: Cultivating the moral imagination
Associate Professor Sharon Hayes’ latest book Criminal justice ethics: Cultivating the moral imagination offers a fresh new approach to considering ethical issues in a criminal justice context. Rather than simply offering a range of ethical dilemmas specific to various justice professionals, it provides extensive discussion of how individuals…