Dr Kelly Richards from the Crime and Justice Research Centre has recently been featured in an ABC News report discussing Youth Detention in Tasmania. Dr Richards explains that youth detention is incredibly ineffective in rehabilitating young offenders and reducing their rates of recidivism. Instead, she argues that community-based rehabilitative…
Recently Published: “Addressing the offending-related needs of non-violent Indigenous offenders” by Dr Kelly Richards
Dr Kelly Richards, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice, and a member of QUT’s Crime and Justice Research Centre, recently released a research report on the needs of non-violent Indigenous offenders. The research was funded by the Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse (IJC), which aims to…
Recently Published: “The ACA effect: Examining how current affairs programs shape victim understandings and responses to online fraud”
Dr Cassandra Cross and Dr Kelly Richards, both researchers in the Crime and Justice Research Centre, recently published an article in a special issue of Current Issues In Criminal Justice, guest edited by Dr Alyce McGovern of the University of…
CJRC Research Being Presented at 2015 ANZSOC Conference
The Crime and Justice Research Centre has been well-represented by Centre members and postgraduate students at this year’s annual ANZSOC conference in Adelaide, hosted by Flinders University.
Evaluation of the crime prevention and community safety impacts of Police-Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYCs) in Queensland
In 2013, the Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association (QPCYWA) provided funding for researchers from QUT’s Crime and Justice Research Centre to undertake an evaluation of the crime prevention and community safety impacts of Police-Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYCs) in Queensland. The researchers – Dr Cassandra Cross, Dr Angela…
New Book — “Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia (5th Ed)”
QUT Crime and Justice Research Centre criminologist Dr Kelly Richards has released a new book with Oxford University Press, with co-authors Professors Chris Cunneen (UNSW) and Rob White (UTas). The book, Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia, Fifth edition explores young people…
Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz headed to European Conference on Domestic Violence
CJRC Director Molly Dragiewicz will travel to the European Conference on Domestic Violence in Belfast from 6-9 September, 2015. She will present Psychological abuse: Insights from emerging research on romance fraud and domestic violence, co-authored with Dr. Cassandra Cross and Dr. Kelly Richards.
CJRC staff headed to European Society of Criminology meetings
Researchers from the Crime and Justice Research Centre are headed to the European Society of Criminology Conference in Porto, Portugal 2-5 September, 2015. They will present a range of individual and collaborative work.
Today’s Seminar with QUT’s Dr Kelly Richards: “Restorative Justice, Risk, and Circles of Support and Accountability: Managing Child Sex Offenders in the Community”
Dr Kelly Richards from QUT’s School of Justice will present a seminar today about the practice of Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) being used to support convicted child sex offenders with their reintegration into communities following their release from prison. This presentation will use the practice of CoSA as a case…
New Publication: “Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia”
Senior lecturer Dr Kelly Richards from QUT’s School of Justice has recently co-authored a book title Juvenile Justice: Youth and Crime in Australia.