CrimNet

17 December 2024

Current Issues in Criminal Justice (CICJ) provides detailed analysis of national and international issues by a range of outstanding contributors. It includes contemporary comments, with discussion at the cutting edge of the crime and justice debate, as well as reviews of recently released books.

CICJ accepts submissions on a rolling basis.

Editor: Professor Colin King, member of the Sydney Institute of Criminology

You can access current (Volume 36 (4), 2024) and previous issues of Current Issues in Criminal Justice here.

If you have a book suitable for review by CICJ, please email the books editor, Celine Van Golde at celine.vangolde@sydney.edu.au 

For more updates, follow CICJ on X here.

The Neurotechnologies from a Multidisciplinary Perspective: Neuroscience, Law, Psychology, and Beyond conference series took place at Kadir Has University in Istanbul on December 16-17, 2024.

Allan McCay, Co-Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology, delivered a talk titled The Many Implications of Neurotechnology for Criminal Justice.

The Australian Institute of Criminology will be hosting the AIC 2025 Conference on 11-12 March 2025. The theme of this year’s conference will be Reducing Online Harms and the aim of the event is to present the latest research on the changing nature of online harms and approaches to preventing, disrupting and mitigating those harms, as well as approaches to support victim / survivor recovery.

Confirmed Sessions Include:

•Scams and fraud

•Ransomware

•Online radicalisation and conspiracy theories

•Sextortion

•Harms from adult-based platforms

•Harms from AI

•The internet and misogyny

•Prevention of online harm

•Victim / survivor recovery

 Speakers:

Keynote – Professor Ethel Quayle, University of Edinburgh

Keynote – Professor Rutger Leukfeldt, Leiden University

•Dr Timothy Cubitt, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Dr Christopher Dowling, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Dr Tahlia Hart, Flinders University

•Professor Nicola Henry, RMIT University

•Dr Siobhan Lawler, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Samantha Lyneham, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Anthony Morgan, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Dr Sarah Napier, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Mariesa Nicholas, eSafety

•Professor Jeremy Prichard, University of Tasmania

•Carol Ronken, Bravehearts

•Professor Michael Salter, University of New South Wales

•Isabella Voce, Australian Institute of Criminology

•Professor Chad Whelan, Deakin University

•Dr Heather Wolbers, Australian Institute of Criminology

Event details

Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025 - Wednesday 12 March 2025 (UTC+11)

Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Flex by ISPT, 4 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600

TICKET PRICING

One Day Ticket - $330 (including GST)

Two Day Ticket - $550 (including GST)

Group Ticket (10 Tickets x 2 Days) - $4400 (including GST)

Bookings available here.

The 9th Annual Future Justice and Corrections Summit will take place from 24th to 26th March 2025 at the Aerial Function Centre, UTS, Sydney-Australia’s leading event dedicated to shaping the future of our justice system. This year’s summit brings together key stakeholders from government departments, private and public operators, architects, health practitioners, and social service organisations to tackle the most pressing issues facing corrections today.

The Summit's agenda is designed to provide you with fresh insights into critical areas including:

•Reducing Recidivism 

•Policy and Governance

•Security and Operations

•Health and Mental Health in Corrections

•Employee Support and Development

•Facility Build and Refurbishment

•Programs and Support in Corrections

•Bail and Remand

•Post-Release Care

•Youth Justice

•First Nations Incarceration

•Lived Experience

Speakers:

•Joseph Tonu, Network (Statewide) Manager Work Health Safety, Wellbeing & Security NSW Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network

•Douglas Hastie, Principal Cultural Capability Officer, Department of Youth Justice QLD

•Christopher Hill, Chief Executive Officer, CORCAN, Correctional Service of Canada

•Xavier Solda, Jail Superintendent, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Philippines

•Anthony M Jamieson, PhD Candidate & Manager Youth Justice Training, Queensland, Griffith University & Department of Children Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

•Sophia Scarpellino, Senior Policy Officer, Youth Justice NSW

•Stuart Borg, General Manager, Recycle for Change

•Simon Fenech, General Manager, Fruit2Work

•Cathy Cooper, Forensic Clinical Specialist, Eastern Health

•Daniel Nicholson, Forensic Clinical Specialist, Eastern Health

•Julie Hourigan, CEO, SHINE for Kids

•Allan Bridges, Resettlement and Reintegration Manager Mount Gambier Prison
G4S Australia & New Zealand

•Gary Stokie, Assistant Director - Security Operations - Security & Emergency Management Group, Court Services Victoria (Tentative)

•Kavan Applegate, Director, Guymer Bailey Architects Pty Ltd

•Luke Anderson, Founder, Fair Collective

•Leah Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Lifeline

•Jenna Harrison, A/Director - Offender Services and Reintegration, Corrections Victoria

•Simon Berg, General Manager, G4S Custodial Services (Mount Gambier Prison)

•Marta Fergusson, Program Delivery Officer – Rehabilitation and Reintegration
Clarence Correctional Centre Serco ASPAC

•Janet Murray, Representative, Alcoholics Anonymous

•Leanne Strommen, General Manager, Centrecare

•Kate Ihanimo, Executive Manager, Centrecare

•Senior Representative from Department of Justice and Community Safety

•Senior Representative from Department of Justice and Community Safety

Event details

Date: 24th - 26th March 2025

Location: Aerial Function Centre, UTS, Sydney

More details available here.

The International Journal of Justice and Police Sciences (IJJPS) is pleased to invite submissions for its inaugural issue, scheduled for publication in January 2025. This open-access journal provides a platform for research, case studies, and reviews in Justice and Police Sciences, offering insights into both theoretical developments and practical applications. IISN and indexing is awaited.

Scope and Areas of Interest

The journal welcomes submissions in the following fields and related areas:

Justice Sciences

Criminology & Criminal Justice, Criminal Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Victimology and Victim Justice, Criminal Laws and Justice Administration, Criminal Justice Governance & Public Policy, Criminal Justice Social Work, and International Criminal Laws and Allied Justice Sciences.

Police Sciences

Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics, Police Science, Crime Analysis and Crime Science, Evidence-Based Policing, Translational Criminology, Embedded Policing, Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Security Management, Forensic Odontology, Forensic Victimology and Allied Police Sciences.

Article Types

The journal welcomes submissions of original research articles, case studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and short communications that contribute to the fields of justice and police sciences. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review.

All submissions should :

• Be within the word count: 5,000-10,000 (excl. References) for Research Articles (Theoretical / Empirical), and up to 5,000 (excl. references) for other types of articles and intext citations and references should be according to APA 7 Guidelines. Please note: Law Articles may use Bluebook Citation.

• Include a 150-word abstract and 5-8 keywords.

• Include page numbers (after keywords).

• Use Times New Roman pt. 12 font throughout.

• Use 1.5 line spacing.

• Use footnotes in case of law articles.

• Include a separate document with a brief bio for each author, including any social media handles (4 lines per person max).

Failure to adhere to the above guidelines could result in automatic rejection.

Submission Instructions

Manuscripts should be formatted as per APA 7 Guidelines (Law Articles can use Blue Book Citation). A cover letter detailing the manuscript’s originality, relevance, and contribution to the journal’s scope must accompany each submission.

Manuscripts must be submitted here.

Key Dates

•Submission Deadline for Volume 1, Issue 1: December 25, 2024
•Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2025
•Publication Date: January 30, 2025

For more details visit here.

How can the law best address sexual offences in an appropriately sensitive way? How can complainants be properly supported despite the adversarial nature of our legal system? In this episode, Just Cause co-director Rachel Killean talks to Julia McLean about courtroom questioning in sexual offence proceedings, about Ground Rules hearings and recognising witnesses as diverse human beings, and about improving complainants' experiences with the criminal justice system.

Julia McLean is a solicitor at the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. She has also worked at the NSW Law Reform Commission and as a Headnote Reporter for the Council of Law Reporting for NSW.

Julia completed the public prosecutor-in-residence program at the University of Sydney Law School in early 2024, where her research project focused on courtroom questioning of complainants in adult sexual offence prosecutions, including an examination of section 41 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) and the use of Ground Rules Hearings.

Listen here.

The Victims of Crime Commissioner (Victoria) is reviewing the Victims’ Charter Act 2006 (Vic) (Victims’ Charter). The Victims’ Charter is a law in Victoria with 17 principles guiding how justice agencies and victims’ services must treat people who have experienced crime.

The consultation report applies the work of Institute members Drs Robyn Holder and Tyrone Kirchengast who have examined the role of victims’ commissioners found throughout Australia and internationally, drawing from the special issue of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice on victim rights enforcement, edited with Prof. Paul Cassell (Utah).

Significantly, the consultation report applies Holder and Kirchengast’s (2021) enforcement pyramid which sets out a hierarchy of compliance processes leading to the enforcement of victim rights specified under instruments including the Victims’ Charter.

The review will examine how the Victims’ Charter is working and how it helps victims. Specifically, the Victims of Crime Commissioner will look at:

•victims’ awareness and understanding of the Victims’ Charter

•victims’ views on the effectiveness of the Victims’ Charter

•the effectiveness of the Victims’ Charter in ensuring justice and victim service agencies respect victims’ entitlements

•the effectiveness of any reforms made to the Victims’ Charter since it was first introduced in 2006

•whether further reform to the Victims’ Charter for the benefit of victims is necessary, including:

•whether victims should have new or different entitlements

•what should happen if an agency breaches a principle or entitlement

The full terms of reference can be found here. 

Key dates

Written submissions are open until  17 January 2025 with the final report due to the Attorney-General by 7 September 2025.

The website may be accessed here.

Drawing on a survey of 13,302 online Australians, this study examines the characteristics and behaviours of respondents who viewed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and fringe or radical content online, or both.

In the past 12 months, 40.6 percent of respondents had viewed fringe or radical content and 4.5 percent had viewed CSAM. Among respondents who viewed CSAM, 64.7 percent had also viewed fringe or radical content, while 7.1 percent of those who viewed radical content had also viewed CSAM.

Respondents who viewed only CSAM or only fringe or radical content were similar to one another. Respondents who viewed both were more likely to be younger and male and had higher rates of criminal justice system contact and diagnosed mental illness. Their online activity, including the platforms used, also differed.

Read here.

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