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…
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…
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…
Recently published: Nightcrawler: a moral dilemma of our own making School of Justice sessional tutor Dr Dean Biron has published an article on the 2014 film Nightcrawler, starring…
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…
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…
Professors Kerry Carrington and Reece Walters, Editors’ Report – February 2015 The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is an open access, blind peer reviewed high…
Image from In Their Own Words: 25 Drawings From Children In Detention Blog post by Dr Helen Berents “Australia currently holds about 800 children in mandatory closed immigration…
Blog post by Professor John Scott The serial killer is a modern invention and an integral part of crime and popular culture. The rise of the serial killer…
Professor John Scott will be posting regular blogs about Crime and Popular Culture. Here is the first. Crime on a Desert Island (Part One) In recent years cultural…