Each year, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) recognises outstanding contributions to the field through its Early Career Researcher Award, celebrating innovative and impactful research by emerging scholars and practitioners. In 2024, this prestigious award was presented to Megan McElhone for her article, “Gangland and Task Force Gain: An Alternative Account of […]
ANZSOC’s Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher (ECR) Representative, Dr Lisa Wheildon, is launching a new online seminar series tailored specifically to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing ECRs.“We want to create a supportive space where ECRs can learn practical skills, share experiences, and build meaningful connections with others in the field,” she explains. Lisa […]
Strengthening Networks and Advancing Research The Goals of the ANZSOC Policing Thematic Group for 2025 By Dr Joel McGregor, ANZSOC Newsletter Coordinator In Summary The Policing Thematic Group will foster and enhance connections among policing researchers and practitioners across Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. The group will develop innovative, practical, and ethical approaches to policing […]
By Dr Joel McGregor, ANZSOC Newsletter Coordinator In Summary: The term ‘rough sex’ has become a common part of everyday language. Despite its prevalence, there is still limited understanding of how people define and experience ‘rough sex.’ Dr Samantha Keene, with support from the ANZSOC Local Event Support Scheme, hosted a symposium that aimed to […]
We are pleased to announce the 2024 ANZSOC Award Winners, presented at this year’s ANZSOC Conference at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa. There are range of awards from undergraduate to recognising leading corrections research and innovation in teaching and we present the winners of each below. […]
ANZSOC would like to extend their sincere congratulations to Professor Kathleen Daly for her selection as the American Society of Criminology Edwin H. Sutherland Awardee for 2024. The Edwin H. Sutherland award is is given to recognise outstanding scholarly contributions to theory or research in criminology on the etiology of criminal and deviant behaviour, the […]
ANZSOC is thrilled to share this reflective piece from Dr Gemma Hamilton, detailing the progress of her DECRA project. We wish Gemma the best of luck as she continues this important work, and look forward to hearing more. My DECRA project is entitled, ‘Sexual Offence Interviewing: Towards Victim-Survivor Well-Being and Justice.’ This project aims to […]
ANZSOC would like to congratulate Victoria Berezowski on her outstanding scholarship on geographic profiling which earned her the 2023 PhD paper award at our annual conference. The below is a reflection provided by Tori about her research, and future hopes for the use of these techniques in Criminology and Forensic Science. As the 2023 winner […]
ANZSOC is delighted to commemorate NAIDOC week by announcing and warmly welcoming Michelle Gissara to the Committee of Management as one of our First Nations representatives. Michelle is a proud Kardu Diminin and Kardu Yek Naninh Aboriginal woman who grew up in Adelaide and currently lives in Melbourne (Narrm) on Bunurong Country. She is a Vice-Chancellor’s […]
We are pleased to offer new membership rates to ANZSOC members due for membership renewal and to all new members. Most of our membership rates are heavily reduced. Membership renewals will be for the financial year period regardless of time of purchase: until end of June 2025 for annual membership, and until end of June 2026 […]
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.
