The Final Report of ARC Field Research on Women’s Police Stations, Buenos Aires, Argentina is now published in English and Spanish, and free to download from the project page Summary of the Report Women’s Police Stations are unique innovations that emerged from nations of the Global South in…
New Publication: Criminologies of the Global South
‘ ‘Criminologies of the Global South’ authored by six scholars from across four continents and six countries, namely: Kerry Carrington, Bill Dixon, David Fonseca, David Rodríguez Goyes. Jianhong Liu and Diego Zysman, has been published in Critical Criminology (2019) DOI 10.1007/s10612-019-09450-y Abstract: This article attempts an ambitious undertaking…
New Book: Southern Criminology by Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott, Maximo Sozzo and Reece Walters
Southern Criminology By Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott, Máximo Sozzo and Reece Walters, just published! (Routledge, London and New York) Criminology has focused mainly on problems of crime and violence in the large population centres of the Global North to the exclusion of the global countryside, peripheries…
Research scholarship round closing soon!
Interested in undertaking higher degree research for a PhD or Masters with the School of Justice at QUT? It’s not too late to get an application in before the scholarship round ends on 30 September 2018. We are currently looking to supervise students in our areas of expertise: Southern…
Professor Reece Walters – ESC Conference, Sarajevo
Professor Reece Walters (Director, Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre) is pictured above with Professor Gorazd Mesko (President of the European Society of Criminology) at this week’s ESC conference in Sarajevo. Reece has been an International Partner Investigator with Professor Mesko on a Euro$770,000 project examining Water…
Book: Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Centre – Too Dirty, Too Little, Too Much
Professor Reece Walters, Director, CJRC, is one of the Series Editors and also a contributor to the recently released book series, Water, Crime and Security in the Twenty-First Century – Too Dirty, Too Little, Too Much. This series represents criminology’s first book-length contribution to the study of water and…
Call for Abstracts: Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 5th Biennial International Conference 2019
The 5th biennial international conference hosted by the Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology is being held 15-17 July 2019. This conference seeks to further build on and innovate in new and imaginative areas of criminological thought. This conference creates a globally connected…
Research Showcase – Queensland Police Service
On the 8th March the Crime and Justice Research Centre was invite to deliver a Research Showcase at Queensland Police Service. The event, hosted by Frontline Research and information, Organisational Capability Command at QPS and facilitated by our QUT Police Fellow, Inspector Chris Emzin. Four CJRC members: Professor…
Welcome Dr Laura Bedford
On Monday we welcomed Dr Laura Bedford as a new lecturer within the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, at QUT with a morning tea at The Gardens Café at Gardens Point. Laura holds a PhD in Criminology, a MA in Economic History and a B. Soc Sci…
Discovery and DECRA success for the Crime and Justice Research Centre
We are delighted to announce the following successful ARC DECRA and DISCOVERY successes. Dr Angela Higginson has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) entitled, Ethnically Motivated Youth Hate Crime in Australia Total Funding Amount: $344,996 over three years Proposal Summary: This project aims to…