Young people with cognitive disabilities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. While about 4% of young men and 3% of young women have a cognitive disability in Australia, a much higher proportion of young people in detention (about 14%) has some form of cognitive impairment. To contribute…
Publication: Police perceptions of prejudice: how police awareness training influences the capacity of police to assess prejudiced motivated crime
CJRC member, Dr Toby Miles-Johnson has recently published an article in the journal Policing and Society, Volume 28, Issue 6, August 2018. This is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online. ABSTRACT Prejudice motivated crime (PMC) is defined as crimes motivated by bias, prejudice or hatred towards members…
Research Showcase – Queensland Police Service
On the 8th March the Crime and Justice Research Centre was invite to deliver a Research Showcase at Queensland Police Service. The event, hosted by Frontline Research and information, Organisational Capability Command at QPS and facilitated by our QUT Police Fellow, Inspector Chris Emzin. Four CJRC members: Professor…
Professor John Scott keynote at Indian National Justice Conference
Professor Scott is presented with gifts by Professor Sibnath Deb, Dean of Law, Pondicherry University. Professor John Scott has recently returned from Puducherry (a part of French India until 1954), India where he presented a keynote conference paper on the theme of ‘Southern criminology and cognitive justice’. The…
QUT Justice Alumnus wins IAWP Officer of the Year Award
Acting Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz has been globally recognised after she was presented with the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Officer of the Year Award at a luncheon in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday. Debbie is a QUT Justice Alumnus who completed a Graduate Certificate in Justice and…