The Policing Thematic Group is gaining traction and building critical mass to bring together policing scholars, practitioners and students from Australia and New Zealand to advance the science of policing and enhance public safety for all people. With me, the Policing Thematic Group Executive (Toby Miles-Johnson, Lisa Tompson, Ross Hendy and Angela Dwyer) have been […]
I am the Chair of the British Society of Criminology’s Learning and Teaching Network. This year we have launched our new podcast series called Talking Teaching with Criminologists and I thought it might be of interest to members. We are also always looking for people to participate in the podcast and it would be great […]
As Program Coordinator for the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) at the University of the Sunshine Coast I am very excited to showcase the work of our first graduating cohort from Honours. We had four students graduate the Honours program in 2021 whose topics explored sexual violence, community safety and CPTED, and motor vehicle theft prevention. […]
Would you like to assist in a Research PhD study conducted by one of our members at the University of South Australia on the topic of Online Scams offending and its impact in Australia? The research being conducted is an investigation into the area of online scams in Australia. The study is focused on the […]
Associate Professor Isa Bartkowiak-Théron announces the publication of an edited collection, Law Enforcement and Public Health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing. Edited with colleagues from Australia, the United States and Scotland, this is the first comprehensive collection on law enforcement and public health. This book brings together the views of multidisciplinary commentators on a wide range […]
In December 2021, we held a very successful Griffith Criminology Institute Lightning Talks and Networking Event for Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers in South-East Queensland. This event brought researchers together from several universities, including Griffith University, University of Sunshine Coast (USC), University of Queensland (UQ), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and Central Queensland University (CQU). […]
Professor John Braithwaite’s new book Macrocriminology and Freedom can be accessed from the ANU Press website. How can power over others be transformed to ‘power with’? It is possible to transform many institutions to build societies with less predation and more freedom. These stretch from families and institutions of gender to the United Nations. Some […]
Your professional opinion matters! What is ‘best-practice’ when it comes to rehabilitation of females who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviours against children? This research project aims to help fill knowledge and practice gaps on the management and treatment of females known to have perpetrated sexual offences against children. To do this, the project involves […]
Jordan Galbraith was the recipient of the 2021 Undergraduate Student Paper Award for his paper ‘Crime and the media – How does the media report on prison/prison alternatives and how does this reflect reality?‘ I wrote the paper ‘Crime and the media – How does the media report on prison/prison alternatives and how does this […]
Dr Tim Cubitt was the Australian recipient of the 2021 PhD Student Paper Award for his paper ‘A machine learning analysis of serious misconduct among Australian police’. I’m extremely thankful to ANZSOC for selecting this paper, titled ‘A machine learning analysis of serious misconduct among Australian police’, for the PhD paper award, fair to say […]
We, the members of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC), acknowledge the traditional custodians of Australia and the sovereignty of the Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.
ANZSOC would like to acknowledge the ongoing Traditional Custodians of the lands for which our constituents conduct their teaching, learning, and research. We would like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and the lands, now called Australia, continue to belong to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Traditional custodians of the lands. ANZSOC would like to pay respects to the Elders who have passed on the legacy of knowledge and culture to the future generations and acknowledge that the future generations hold the hope, the stories and the continued knowledge for current and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. May this knowledge through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing guide you with wisdom and courage.
ANZSOC also recognises iwi Māori and their unceded right to tino rangatiratanga (sovereignty) and their expression of mana motuhaka (self-determination). We acknowledge mātauranga Māori (Māori ways of being and knowing) informs both traditional and contemporary knowledge production and its ability to enhance our collective futures.
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.
