1. Your research focuses on police responses to technology-facilitated domestic and family violence. What drew you to this area of research, and what is one finding or insight from your PhD that you think researchers, practitioners, or policymakers should pay more attention to? My interest in police responses to technology-facilitated domestic and family violence (TFDFV) […]
On 6 May 2026, AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett stood before the cameras and said something that’s hard to ignore: “It used to take months or years to radicalise an individual, but now, in some cases, it is happening within days.” The occasion was the announcement of $74 million in federal funding for a new Counter […]
The recently released From Pressure to Purpose report from the Queensland Child Safety Commission of Inquiry offers a sobering but familiar account of a system operating at the limits of its design. For those working at the intersection of forensic social work and criminology, the findings are less revelatory than confirmatory: they reflect what frontline practice has long […]
Bold Ideas. Real Impact. As we edge closer to the ANZSOC 2026 Conference in Glenelg, Adelaide, we invite you to reflect on the powerful conversations at the centre of this year’s event. Our central theme Justice Reimagined: Bold Ideas, Real Impact challenges us to think beyond traditional responses and consider what the future of justice […]
ANZSOC is pleased to offer two bursary streams to support our members to attend this year’s annual conference hosted by Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, from December 1-3: Conference Registration bursary and Carer’s bursary. The bursary streams will open after July 14, once conference abstract outcome notifications have been received. At this time, we will […]
The ANZSOC Committee of Management (CoM) welcomes our two newest members, Dr Jess Woolley, ECR Representative from Monash University and Dr Bricklyn Priebe, Newsletter Coordinator from the University of the Sunshine Coast. Jess and Bricklyn have been elected to their positions following the recent ANZSOC by-election. Jess and Bricklyn share their visions for their respective […]
The ANZSOC 2026 Conference will be held in Adelaide, Kaurna Land, on 1-3 December 2026, hosted by Flinders University. We are delighted to share that the ANZSOC 2026 website is now live and the Call for Abstracts is officially open: https://anzsoc2026.com.au/ Held in South Australia for only the third time, the conference theme Justice Reimagined: Bold Ideas, […]
ANZSOC welcomes the new co-convenors to the Cybercrime and Digital Criminology Thematic Group, Dr Sahana Sarkar, Flinders University, Dr Tahlia Hart, Flinders University and Dr Rahul Sinha-Roy, LaTrobe University. Sahana, Tahlia and Rahul are working to set their agenda for moving the thematic group forward with a focus on further developing ECR engagement and fostering […]
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 […]
