The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a research report titled the ‘The Social supply of cannabis among young people in Australia’. The research, funded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, was co-authored by John Scott, QUT, and colleagues from Curtin University’s National Drug Research Institute…
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.
QUT Academics Presenting at the 2015 APSA Conference
Dr Erin O’Brien and Dr Helen Berents from QUT’s School of Justice have been in Canberra this week presenting their research at the Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference.
REMINDER: QUT Crime and Justice Research Centre PhD Scholarships for 2016 Entry
The Crime and Justice Research Centre (CJRC) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) invites applications from prospective PhD students as part of the University’s annual Scholarship Round, closing 30 September 2015 for entry in early 2016.
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.
Recently Published – “Family law reform and domestic violence: Lessons from Australia”
Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz recently published “Family law reform and domestic violence: Lessons from Australia” in Comparative Perspectives on Domestic Violence: Lessons from Efforts Worldwide, edited by Rashmi Goel & Leigh Goodmark (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Helping Ourselves to Deal With the Pain of Others: Secondary Traumatization Syndrome and Vicarious Traumatization
Originally posted on 18/02/2015 by Border Criminologies — Guest post by Shlomit Weiss-Dagan (MSW), a clinical social worker in a social welfare department, Jerusalem, and PhD candidate (social work) at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Shlomit is currently in Oxford.This post is the third instalment of the Border Criminologies Themed Week on Research Methodologies,…
Suspicious Minds and Unwelcome Researchers: Obstacles Encountered When Researching Forced Return in Sweden
Posted on 17/02/2015 by Border Criminologies — 2 Comments ↓ This post is the second instalment of the Border Criminologies Themed Week on Research Methodologies, organised by Prof Mary Bosworth. Guest post by Daniela DeBono, Sofia Rönnqvist, and Karin Magnusson, research fellows at Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Sweden. In this…
Thinking and talking about research methodologies: Why should we bother?
Border Criminologies have generously given us the permission to promote their blogs on our site. Here is the first one. If you want to read more, just click on the hyperlink. Posted on 16/02/2015 by Border Criminologies — 3 Comments ↓ Post by Mary Bosworth, Centre for Criminology,…