This post authored by Niki Widdowson originally appeared on QUT News 24 February 2016. . Mobile women’s police stations are needed to reach women in regional and rural areas to provide information, advice and support to help prevent domestic abuse, says Professor Kerry Carrington head of QUT’s School…
Latest Issue of the British Journal of Criminology Available Now with Featured Article by CJRC Members
The latest issue of the British Journal of Criminology has just been published with the featured article “Southern Criminology” by the CJRC’s Professor Kerry Carrington, Professor Russell Hogg and Adjunct Professor Máximo Sozzo. This issue also includes a book review of “Sex, Love and Abuse: Discourses on Domestic Violence and Sexual…
Professor Kerry Carrington to Present at “All About Women” Festival in Sydney!
Professor Kerry Carrington has just been announced in the line-up for the Sydney Opera House flagship talks festival, “All About Women!” taking place on March 6, 2016, where she will discuss issues surrounding Women and Violence.
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.
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy surpasses 100,000 downloads!
It has been a great year for the journal: our most successful ever. Today the journal has surpassed 150,000 abstract views and 100,000 pdf downloads. Also this year the journal was selected for inclusion into the elite data bases of Scopus and Web of Science. This is a…
CALL FOR PROPOSALS — ROUTLEDGE BOOK SERIES: “VICTIMS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY”
Call for Proposals for Routledge Book Series – “Victims, Culture and Society.” Series editors: Professor Kerry Carrington, QUT, Brisbane, and Professor Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool
Recently Published: “Irrational Addicts and Responsible Pleasure Seekers: Constructions of the Drug User”
QUT’s Dr Margaret Pereira and Professor Kerry Carrington from the School of Justice have recently published an article in the international journal Critical Criminology.
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.
Recently Published: “Southern Criminology”
QUT’s Professor Kerry Carrington, Professor Russell Hogg and Adjunct Professor Máximo Sozzo have recently published their article “Southern Criminology” in the British Journal of Criminology. Abstract: Issues of vital criminological research and policy significance abound in the global South, with important implications for South/North relations, and for global security and justice.…
Evidence that Women Only Police Stations effective in combatting Domestic Violence, Presented to the National Policing Summit, Melbourne 5 August
Responding to domestic and family violence, which account for around 41% of all homicides in Australia, is complex and challenging. Professor Kerry Carrington, the Head of the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, QUT, will present evidence to the National Policing Summit in Melbourne on 5 August, that…