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…
Guest blog by Walter S. DeKeseredy Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research on Violence, and Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University…
Former Queensland Speaker and QUT Justice Sessional Academic John Mickel has been in the news a lot lately commenting on election issues. Here are just a few examples:…
Monash University hosts Addressing Filicide: Moving to prevention- Second International Conference 3rd – 4th June 2015, Monash Centre, Prato Italy Following the success of the Inaugural Conference “Addressing…
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research is hosting a talk by Liz Kelly at UQ next week. De-genderisation and sexual assault services Professor Liz Kelly CBE…
Photo by Simon Schluter Rosie Batty was named Australian of the Year last week in recognition of her work to raise awareness about the shortcomings of Australia’s response…
The Australian Institute of Criminology National Homicide Monitoring report includes information about the number, types, and distribution of homicide in Australia. Contrary to stereotypes about this most violent…
With the Coronial Inquest into the Sydney Lindt Café deaths beginning this week, public attention has focused on what the State Coroner of NSW may find out, and…
Authors: Dr Kelly Richards and Professor Kerry Carrington Since coming to power in 2012, the Newman Government has introduced changes to the youth justice system on the grounds…
ABC’s Fact Check today featured Professor Kerry Carrington’s analysis of crime statistics. ABC found that Newman’s claims of sharp drops in crime in Queensland are exaggerated. Carrington noted…