Before 9/11, Australia had no counter-terrorism laws, now we have 92 — but are we safer?
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh* and Keiran Hardy This spotlight first appeared on The Conversation Australia is… Read More
Friendlyjordies producer arrest: what is the NSW Police Fixated Persons Investigations Unit and when is it used?
By Keiran Hardy This spotlight was first published on The Conversation A producer for YouTube comedian Friendlyjordies was recently arrested for… Read More
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders for Indigenous Australians: a population-based birth cohort study
By James Ogilvie, Stacy Tzoumakis, Troy Allard, Carleen Thompson, Anna Stewart This brief is based on the following paper: Ogilvie, J. M., Tzoumakis, S., Allard,… Read More
China’s forced invisibility of LGBTQ communities on social media
By Ausma Bernot This article first appeared in The Interpreter, published by the Lowy Institute. This week, Chinese multinational technology giant Tencent … Read More
The Attitudes to Authority During COVID-19 Survey – Wave 2
By Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Molly McCarthy & Elise Sargeant This technical report presents the… Read More
How Loss Prevention can Future Proof the Retail Sector
By Michael Townsley and Benjamin Hutchins This brief is based on the following paper: Townsley, M., & Hutchins, B. (2020). How Loss Prevention… Read More
Policing Pandemics and Protest 9 December 2020
The ANZSOC Policing Thematic Group aims to bring together policing scholars, practitioners and postgraduate students from Australia and New Zealand to advance the science of… Read More
Bringing the “alternative” back into restorative justice: how restorative practices can inform innovation and alternatives to institutional restorative justice 25 November 2020
Recent social movements such as Black Lives Matter have brought issues of social justice to the forefront of social responses to crime and offending. These… Read More
Assaults on Public Officers: A Review of Research Evidence
By Christine Bond, Louise Porter, Margo van Felius and Tiahna Mulholland* This report, commissioned by the Queensland… Read More
The Attitudes to Authority During COVID-19 Survey
July 2020 By Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Elise Sargeant & Molly McCarthy To cite this report: Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Elise… Read More
Coronavirus spike: why getting people to follow restrictions is harder the second time around
By Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Jennifer Boddy and Patrick O’Leary This article was first published on With residents in… Read More
Big Data: Criminology at the Edge
By Benoit Leclerc and Jesse Cale This brief is based on the second instalment to Criminology at the Edge book series, published… Read More
Show me a man or a woman alone and I’ll show you a saint: Changes in the frequency of criminal incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Tarah Hodgkinson and Martin Andresen This brief is based on the following paper: Hodgkinson, T., & Andresen, M.A. (2020). Read More
Feeling hopeless? There are things you can do to create and maintain hope in a post-coronavirus world
By Patrick O’Leary, Amy Young, Jennifer Boddy and Jianqiang… Read More
Trends in Youth Offending in Queensland, 2008 to 2017
By Molly McCarthy A copy of the full report can be accessed here. The Griffith Criminology Institute was commissioned by the… Read More
Will Eased COVID-19 Restrictions Mean More Complacency and Less Compliance?
By Kristina Murphy, Patrick O’Leary, Harley Williamson and Jennifer Boddy As COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease across Australia, some restraints on… Read More
Morals, duty or risk?: Examining predictors of compliance with COVID-19 social distancing restrictions
By Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Elise Sargeant and Molly McCarthy This brief is based on the following article: Murphy, K., Wiliamson,… Read More
Trends in Youth Offending in Queensland, 2008 to 2017
By Molly McCarthy This brief is based on the following report: McCarthy, M. (2019). Trends In Youth Offending In Queensland, 2008 to 2017. Griffith… Read More
Australia doesn’t need more anti-terror laws that aren’t necessary – or even used
By Keiran Hardy This spotlight was first published on Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has introduced a new bill that will amend the… Read More
Can we really rely on people to isolate when they’re told to? Experts explain
By Patrick O’Leary, Amy Young, Donna McAuliffe and Jennifer Boddy This spotlight was first published on A country-wide shutdown… Read More
