About ANZSOC
Statement of Purpose
The Society
The Association acknowledges the consequences and harms that continue to be inflicted by the criminal justice systems of Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand on Indigenous peoples in the region and seeks through its activities to address these harms and to work to prevent them from continuing in the future.
The purposes for which The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Inc. is established are:
- to promote study, understanding, and co-operation in the field of Criminology;
- to bring together persons actively engaged, or who have been actively engaged, in teaching and/or practices in the field of Criminology;
- to encourage and support the inclusion of the Indigenous peoples of Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand in the activities and work of the Association and to support their scholarship, practice and development in the field of criminology;
- to foster training and research in Criminology in institutions of learning, and in law enforcement, judicial, and correctional agencies;
to encourage communication within the field of Criminology through publications and conferences; - to promote and foster understanding of Criminology by parliaments, governments, and the public.
The Committee of Management
The initial constitution of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Inc. was confirmed by the Executive of the Society on December 5, 1967 pursuant to a resolution of the inaugural general meeting of the Society.
This inaugural meeting had been held on October 24, 1967 at the University of Melbourne and was attended by 47 people.
President
Assoc. Professor Angela Higginson
- Queensland University of Technology
- president@anzsoc.org
Vice President – Aotearoa New Zealand
Dr Susann Wiedlitzska
- The University of Auckland
- susann.wiedlitzka@auckland.ac.nz
Officers and Committees
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Inc. is comprised of Officers and a Committee of Management which include representatives from New Zealand and all the states and territories of Australia.
The Officers and the Committee of Management are elected at the Society AGM, held to coincide with the annual conference. The Officers and the Committee of Management meet at the Annual conference and at other times throughout the year as needs be.
Nominations for committee membership
Members are encouraged to email the secretary by August 31 of each year their nomination for election for any vacant positions. The incumbent will be informed by the secretary 4 weeks ahead of the AGM of any other nominations. If the incumbent wishes to continue stand, a biography of 100 words will need to be completed (by all relevant candidates) for circulation to the membership 3 weeks ahead of the AGM, and there will then be an election at the AGM. Nominations may also be made from the floor at the AGM and, if so, that person will be entitled to speak briefly to their nomination.
The following positions will be declared vacant at the 2024 AGM which will be held at the ANZSOC Conference in Christchurch, December 2024:
Office Bearer
- President
- Vice President Australia
- Secretary
- Treasurer
Committee Members
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- New Zealand
- Postgraduate Early Career Researcher Representative
- Newsletter Editor
- Historical Advisor
Committee Members
Aotearoa New Zealand Representative
Assoc. Professor Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni
- University of Auckland
- s.suaalii-sauni@auckland.ac.nz
Aotearoa New Zealand Representative
Dr James Mehigan
- University of Canterbury
- james.mehigan@canterbury.ac.nz
First Nations Representative
Dr Moses Faleolo
- Victoria University of Wellington
- moses.faleolo@vuw.ac.nz
Journal Editor Editor-in-Chief
Professor Rebecca Wickes
- Griffith University
- r.wickes@griffith.edu.au
2025 Conference Convenor
Dr Michael Chataway
- Queensland University of Technology
- michael.chataway@qut.edu.au
2025 Conference Convenor
Assoc. Professor Jodi Death
- Queensland University of Technology
- jodi.death@qut.edu.au
2023-24 New CoM including our outgoing members L-R (backrow): Lisa Wheildon, Rebecca Wickes, Natalie Gately, Mary Iliadis, Susann Wiedlitzka, Melissa de Vel-Palumbo, James Mehigan, Julie Barkworth, Michelle Sydes, Katalina Foliaki. L-R (front row): Andrew Goldsmith, Jason Payne, Asher Flynn, Rachel Loney-Howes, Angela Higginson, Emily Corner, Hanna Robertson, Emily Moir
2023-24 CoM Executive team L-R: Susann Wiedlitzka, Angela Higginson, Rachel Loney-Howes, Michelle Sydes and Kelly Hines who is not in this photo
