The Queensland University Centre for Justice will host a free online forum on Wednesday, 1 July from 12-1pm AEST, ‘Understanding and responding to female perpetrated child sexual abuse: What can be learned from listening to women who sexually abuse children?’. Professor Kelly Richards and Dr Bricklyn Priebe from the ANZSOC Understanding, Preventing and Responding to […]
What do global anti–money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules actually achieve, and at what cost? These questions sat at the heart of a recent book launch for Doing business with criminals: Between exclusion and surveillance (Cambridge University Press), and panel discussion that brought together academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students from across the corporate and financial […]
What does receiving this ANZSOC award mean to you? I am honoured to receive this award, alongside Professor Elizabeth Stanley and Zeni Gibson. Receiving the Allen Austin Bartholomew Award shows that there is support for the mahi (work) that we have undertaken on state violence, and for the morehu (survivors) of this violence. Could you […]
Each year, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) recognises emerging scholars whose research makes an outstanding contribution to the field through the Best Honours or Masters Thesis in Criminology Award. At the 2025 ANZSOC Conference, we were delighted to celebrate Lara, recipient of this year’s award, in recognition of her Honours thesis […]
Congratulations on your appointment as ANZSOC’s Aotearoa Vice President. What does taking on this role mean to you, and what drew you to it at this point in your career? I think it’s really important to have good collegiality in academia. There is a risk with the way in which academic success is marked, funded, […]
Helen Farley’s passing caught many of us off guard. She approached her journey through cancer with hope and positivity, always dealing with “what is” rather than “what if”. She thankfully remained incredibly well throughout most of that journey, and we were working with Helen on many inspiring projects. Those involved benefited from her seemingly boundless […]
Each year, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) recognises exceptional emerging scholarship through the PhD Candidate Award, celebrating the best sole or lead-authored paper in criminology by a PhD candidate. At the 2025 ANZSOC Conference, this award was presented to Michelle Wieberneit from the University of Western Australia for her co-authored journal […]
Each year, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Policing Thematic Group recognises emerging scholars whose research makes an outstanding contribution to policing research. At the 2025 ANZSOC Conference, we were delighted to celebrate Katie, who received the award in recognition of her innovative and timely research examining anti-police sentiment in Australia. Drawing on cutting-edge […]
This is a guest post from Professor Andrew Lynch, Dean at UNSW Law & Justice. This message was sent by Andrew to David Brown’s colleagues at UNSW following his passing. Andrew has kindly agreed to share this message on the ANZSOC PacifiCrim website. As quite a few of you will have already heard, Emeritus Professor […]
Each year, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) recognises outstanding contributions to the field through its Christine Alder Award, celebrating an outstanding book which has made a valuable and outstanding contribution to criminology. At the 2025 ANZSOC Conference, we celebrated the achievements of Associate Professor Katherine McLachlan, who received highly commended for the […]
