The Centre for the Study of Science, Religion and Society (CSSRS) will host an upcoming seminar by QUT’s Dr Kelly Richards from 12-2pm on Friday 7th August 2015.
Recently published: “Human Rights, Policing and LGBT Young People”
QUT’s Crime and Justice Research Centre criminologists Dr Kelly Richards and Dr Ange Dwyer recently published their work in a special issue of the Australian Journal of Human Rights on ‘Policing and Human Rights’. Drawing on their combined expertise in the areas of youth justice,…
Young people and custodial remand in Queensland
By Dr. Kelly Richards The custodial remand of young people has recently emerged as a key issue for youth justice in Australia, due primarily to concerns about perceived increases in young people on custodial remand. Richards and Renshaw’s (2013) national study of remand for young people found that…
The Legacy of the Newman Government’s Changes to Youth Justice
By Kerry Carrington and Kelly Richards, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, QUT In 2012 the Newman Government introduced changes to the youth justice system on the grounds that Queensland has been caught in the grip of a youth crime wave, and that young offenders were getting away…
Dr Kelly Richards’ research on reducing sexual offending in the news
Dr Kelly Richards was recently featured in an ABC news story about a South Australian trial of the Circles of Support and Accountability model to reduce sexual offending. Richards’ 2011 article The potential of Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) to reduce child sexual abuse in Australia reviewed…