New research from Professor Belinda Carpenter Police are ill-equipped to investigate non-criminal deaths and face a challenge to avoid re-traumatising bereaved families as well as emotionally protecting themselves,…
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…
“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…
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…
Professor Sandra Walklate is a leading scholar in Criminology, Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Criminology, and recipient of the British Society of Criminology 2014 Lifetime Achievement…
by Professor Kerry Carrington On International Women’s Day 8 March 2015 it is timely to reflect on Australia’s progress on addressing violence against women. The data shows persistent…
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,…
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…