by Professor Rick Sarre, School of Law, University of South Australia, and President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) Professor Kerry Carrington, Head of School of…
By Dr Cassandra Cross An estimated A$75,000 is lost by Australians everyday to online fraud, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Given that this is…
By Dr Cassandra Cross Nearly everyone has received spam emails. The annoying emails that seem completely ridiculous and ask for money or ask for your bank details…
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,…