Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre member and Australian Privacy Foundation Board member Dr Monique Mann organised a large public lecture on the topic of Human Rights in Queensland and Beyond. Professor George Williams AO, Dean and Anthony Mason Professor of Law at the University of NSW,…
Publication: The legal geographies of transnational cyber-prosecutions: Extradition, human rights and forum shifting
Crime and Justice Research Centre member Dr Monique Mann, along with Deakin University colleagues Dr Ian Warren and Ms Sally Kennedy, recently published ‘The legal geographies of transnational cyber-prosecutions: Extradition, human rights and forum shifting’ in the leading international (Q1) journal Global Crime. The article describes legal and…
Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence: RSVP by 17 April 2015
Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence: Challenges and Recommendations for Justice Responses QUT’s Crime and Justice Research Centre and CQU’s Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research for a discussion about research and practice to improve justice responses to domestic and family violence in Queensland. We…
Women’s only police stations to combat violence against women
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 increases in the incidence of domestic violence – although this could mean an increase in reporting, rather than an increase…
Abstracts due March 16! 2015 Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference
2015 Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference July 8-10, 2015 QUT Brisbane, Australia 8 July Postgraduate Event followed by Welcome Drinks 9-10 July main conference, keynotes and panels Abstracts are due by March 16, 2015 To submit an abstract visit http://crimejusticeconference.com/call-for-submissions/ Speakers For inquiries, please contact: justice@qut.edu.au…
The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
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 detention for indefinite periods, with no pathway to protection or settlement. This includes 186 children detained on Nauru. Children and…
International Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Vol 3 (3) will be pubished 1 December 2014
A bumper end of year edition of the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy was published on 1 December 2014. This edition brings a selection of authors from across the northern and southern hemispheres together to address several key themes around sexual violence, risk and sex…