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‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown
By Jennifer Boddy, Amy Young and Patrick O’Leary This spotlight was first published on As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, we’re… Read More
Trauma of young people in youth detention centres
By Tony Jamieson* Young people in youth detention centres In Queensland there are over 250 beds between the existing two youth detention centres in Brisbane… Read More
Specialization among Female Partner Violence Offenders and the Role of Self-Defense
By Heather Wolbers This brief is based on the following paper: Wolbers, H., & Ackerman, J. (2020). Read More
More data transparency is needed about the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care
By Clare Tilbury* and Natalie Lewis** In recent years, Australian state and territory governments… Read More
Tackling Cybercrime
GCI Member Jacqueline Drew talks about the prevalence of cybercrime and how the dual criminology/IT degree offered in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice… Read More
Indigenous people in Australia and NZ and the intergenerational effects of incarceration
By Mike Roettger,* Krystal Lockwood and… Read More
Federal court decision confirms need for urgent law reform to protect journalists
By Keiran Hardy On Monday, the… Read More
Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference
Griffith Criminology Institute, in partnership with the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, hosted the seventh annual Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference… Read More
Family Law Court orders for supervised contact in custodial disputes – unanswered questions
By Emily Schindeler This brief is based on the following paper: Schindeler E (2019). Read More
When does someone radicalise and deradicalise?
By Keiran Hardy Researchers in terrorism studies frequently ask questions about radicalisation – what… Read More
