Amnesty International has recently published a research report highlighting extensive concerns and systemic issues regarding the mistreatment and over-representation of Indigenous young people in detention in Queensland.

Professor Kerry Carrington from the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, spoke to ABC’s Lateline program last night about the alarming human rights violations and mistreatment of young people in Queensland’s juvenile detention centres.

     The Crime and Justice Research Centre will be hosting an upcoming seminar on ‘Southern Criminology’, with speakers Professor Kerry Carrington, Professor Russell Hogg, Dr Helen Berents and Professor John Scott.

CJRC Adjunct Professor Sandra Walklate from the University of Liverpool, UK, has recently co-edited a book titled “Liquid Criminology: Doing Imaginative Criminological Research”. The book also features chapters by CJRC researchers Professor Kerry Carrington and Dr Claire Ferguson, PhD candidate Ashleigh Larkin, and Adjunct Professor Walter DeKeseredy. 

Head of School and Professor Kerry Carrington, Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz, and Associate Lecturer Harriet Horsfall will speak on Gendered justice: What needs to change? at the Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association Conference 2016. See the full program here.

The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Criminology, edited by Adjunct Professor Joseph Donnermeyer, has recently been published and features chapters by CJRC researchers Professor Kerry Carrington, Professor Russell Hogg, Professor John Scott and Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz. 

       The Sydney Institute of Criminology will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a lecture by QUT’s Professor Kerry Carrington discussing “Southern Criminology and Global Justice”. Date: Tuesday 19th April 2016 Time: 5-6:30pm Location: Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney…

Editors: Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg and John Scott, Crime and Justice Research Centre, QUT, Australia Maximo Sozzo, Universidad Nacional de Litorel, Argentina Call for Book Chapter Proposals Almost 85% of the world’s population live in what might be termed the ‘global south’, comprising three continents . A large…

Professor Kerry Carrington from the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, presented at the All About Women Festival held at the Sydney Opera House over the weekend. She spoke about women’s experiences of violence and also women’s offending and incarceration trends. 

           Professor Kerry Carrington from the Crime and Justice Research Centre at QUT has been featured in the media discussing women’s offending and incarceration trends. Professor Carrington explains how the increasing number of women in Australian prisons is being driven by factors such as their…