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A Matter of Crime, Episode 2: How do we reduce the risk of terrorism?

It’s one of society’s great conundrums, how best to counter violent extremism, that has become a part of modern life. In this episode, we speak… Read More

A Matter of Crime, Episode 1: Should Australia have a sex offenders registry?

In this episode, we speak to Griffith University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice senior lecturer Dr Danielle Harris about whether public registers should… Read More

The Sydney Immigrant Survey: Final Technical Report

By Kristina Murphy,… Read More

Exploring the impact of retirement on police officers’ wellbeing

By Lyndel Bates, Elise Sargeant and Christine Carney* This brief is based on the following paper published by the authors: Carney, C.,… Read More

30th Anniversary of the Report: Tony Fitzgerald Lecture

The Fitzgerald legacy is multi-faceted. Most directly, the inquiry ended widespread, systemic corruption and misconduct in the Queensland: Government, Police Force and Public Service. It… Read More

Press freedom in Australia needs much more than piecemeal protection

By Keiran Hardy This article first appeared on The Interpreter, published by the Lowy Institute. This week in the Australian parliament, the Joint… Read More

The enforcement of young driver behaviour within graduated driver licensing systems

By Lyndel Bates This brief is based on the following paper: Bates, L., Rodwell, D. & Matthews, S. (2019)… Read More

Future of Policing Symposium

Contemporary policing faces many challenges, at global, national and local levels. In 2014, Griffith University together with the Queensland Police Service (QPS) hosted an… Read More

Queensland Youth Justice Forum

Co-organised for the fifth year by GCI’s Hennessey Hayes with Queensland Restorative Practices International, the 2019 Queensland Youth Justice Forum held on the 31 July… Read More

Australia New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse Biennial Conference

The 9th biennial Australia New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ANZATSA) international research, theory and practice conference was co-organised by GCI member… Read More