Sydney Institute of Criminology
CrimNet
14 April 2023
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Institute Events and Activities
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How neurotechnology could endanger human rights Allan McCay, TEDxSydneySalon
In this talk, Sydney Institute of Criminology deputy director, Dr Allan McCay, presents important questions around the implications of advances in neurotechnologies that society is not well prepared for, such as how these technologies could be used in sentencing, criminal justice, workplace surveillance, and who will have access to the data captured in implants?
Dr McCay argues that considering the ethical, legal and social problems stemming from this technology, the existing legal protections and definitions, such as in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are no longer fit for purpose.
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Expression of Interest: Research and development
Corrective Services NSW
Q&A session - 10am – 12pm, 26 April 2023
EOI Closes: 02 June 2023
Digital technology is a fundamental social utility throughout society. It also has the potential to be harnessed to support people in prison on their journey to desist from crime.
A prisoner accessible digital platform is being established in NSW correctional centres with the ambition of transforming prisoner rehabilitation. Research and development is needed to realise this ambition. There is a lack of research knowledge, and associated digital tools, to inform practice about how digital technology can support rehabilitation and people’s desistance from crime.
Corrective Services NSW is seeking to partner with research teams and industry on R&D projects to develop this knowledge and capability. It is expected that this research will have international significance in the application of digital technology in rehabilitation. The invitation for expressions of interest is the first step in a process of establishing these research partnerships. Invitations to develop a partnership in research will be offered after the completion of the first stage of the EOI.
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2023/24 Criminal Law CPD Series
The 2023/24 Criminal Law CPD Series, presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology, is an innovative educational program made up of 8 recorded webinars.
Our series covers a wide range of criminal law topics, including criminal procedure, evidence law, and criminal advocacy. Led by experienced legal professionals, our webinars are designed to help you stay up to date with the latest developments in criminal law and earn your mandatory CPD points.
A new webinar will be released each month from April to November and will include a quiz to test your comprehension of the material being discussed.
Register now for the full series or individual webinars and enjoy the flexibility of watching at your own pace from any location at any time.
Information for lawyers and barristers
If this educational activity is relevant to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim 1.5 MCLE/CPD points per seminar attended.
Practitioners are advised to check with the CPD governing body in their jurisdiction for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Find out about interstate accreditation.
Cost: Full series (8 x webinars) = $300
Individual webinar(s) = $50
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Criminal Law CPD Series 2023/24
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Substantive Law
Dr Andrew Dyer - Available 27 April 2023
The Attorney-General of Western Australia has asked that State’s Law Reform Commission to review Western Australia’s sexual offence laws. In December 2022, the Commission published a Discussion Paper that deals with the law relating to sexual consent and the operation of honest and reasonable mistake of fact in non-consensual sexual offence proceedings. This seminar will consider the various reform options.
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Criminal Law CPD Series 2022/23
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Dr Andrew Dyer – Available now
It is common for people to deceive other people into engaging in sexual activity with them. But there is sharp division about whether all such deceitful people should be convicted of a sexual offence and, if all or some of them should, which offence(s) should be convicted of.
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Brett Hatfield – Available now
In a system subject to growing case numbers, increasingly regulated pre-trial processes, plea negotiations, and broad discretion, how are those priorities managed? Crown Prosecutor Brett Hatfield will consider those competing priorities and how they are balanced in practice.
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Associate Professor Helen Paterson – Available now
Eyewitness testimony can provide critical leads in investigations and can be extremely persuasive in court. However, inconsistencies or inaccuracies in eyewitness accounts can undermine the perceived credibility of the witness and the value of the evidence.
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Talitha Hennessy – Available now
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the administration of justice and essential services of courts continued through the increased use of communication technologies. The shift to digital or virtual justice in both civil and criminal jurisdictions accelerated with varying degrees of success.
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Professor David Hamer – Available now
Following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Uniform Evidence Law jurisdictions are implementing reforms to the tendency and coincidence evidence provisions. These reforms aim to relax the exclusionary rules so that the prosecution can more readily rely upon other allegations against the defendant and the defendant’s prior guilty pleas.
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John Stratton SC – Available now
Appearing in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal can be an intimidating prospect. Seeking leave, applications brought out of time, questions of law, questions of fact, mixed questions: senior criminal law barrister John Stratton SC will consider these issues and offer best-practice tips developed over the course of his career.
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Judge Paul Lakatos SC - Available now
Balancing the competing priorities of offenders with mental health diagnoses, the community, and the criminal justice system more broadly, is complicated. At the intersection of those interests sits the Mental Health Review Tribunal. The Tribunal endeavours to acknowledge and respect the dignity, autonomy, diversity and individuality of those whose matters it hears and determines. But how are these outcomes achieved?
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Current Issues in Criminal Justice
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.
You can access current 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
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Reflecting on 25 Years of the Young Offenders Act 1997 in NSW
Date: 3 May
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building/ Hybrid event
In April 1998, the Young Offenders Act 1997 commenced in New South Wales. It provided a legislative basis for the diversion of young people from formal court proceedings and introduced, amongst other things, youth justice conferences. A panel discussion involving key actors in the development and initial implementation of the YOA will reflect on this history and discuss the challenges of implementing the legislation and the benefits of diverting young people from more formal criminal justice interventions.
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Statewide action overdue amid new data showing continuing sexual exploitation of children in residential care
Commissioner for Children and Young People, 5 April 2023
New data show that Victoria’s most vulnerable children in state residential care are continuing to be harmed by organised and opportunistic sexual exploitation almost two years after an inquiry by the Commission for Children and Young People made recommendations to the Victorian Government to tackle it.
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Finding Ukraine’s stolen children and bringing perpetrators to justice: lessons from Argentina
Francesca Lessa and Svitlana Chernykh, The Conversation, 13 April 2023
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s children commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova on March 17.
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How this unlikely group is targeted by disinformation after US mass shootings
AFP, SBS, 13 April 2023
Before police identified the gunman who killed five people at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, users on the fringe internet forum 4chan speculated that the shooter was transgender.
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Victoria's public drunkenness laws to be lifted on Melbourne Cup day
ABC, 13 April 2023
Victorian police fear they will not have sufficient powers to act when the state's public drunkenness laws are lifted on Melbourne Cup Day.
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Former UWA student Luigi Rayapen jailed for Rottnest Island sexual assault following appeal
Joanna Menagh and David Weber, ABC, 13 April 2023
A former University of Western Australia law student who initially avoided being sent to prison for sexually assaulting a woman on Rottnest Island during end-of-exam celebrations has been jailed for more than three years by the state's highest court.
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Police destroy $20 million illegal tobacco plantation in central west NSW
Hugh Hogan, ABC, 11 Apr 202
Police have found and destroyed a 16-tonne crop of illegal tobacco in central west New South Wales.
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US Grand jury charges mother of first-grader who shot teacher with neglect over lax gun storage
ABC, 11 April 2023
A grand jury in the US state of Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to school and shot his teacher.
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Thousands of people like me are locked up with no fixed release date all because of New Labour’s political arms race
Terence Smith, The Guardian, 5 April 2023
Nearly seven years ago, in May 2016, the former home secretary Kenneth Clarke told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme there was an “absurd” prison sentence currently in operation in Britain that meant thousands of those subject to it had absolutely no idea when, if ever, they would be released. The situation, he said, was “ridiculous.” It still is.
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Raab urged to fast-track plans to force criminals to attend sentencing
Jessica Elgot, The Guardian, 4 April 2023
Dominic Raab has been urged to fast-track plans to force criminals to attend their sentencing after the murderer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel refused to leave his cell to be sentenced on Monday.
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Publications
All open access unless indicated.
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“Governed by the streets”: the importance of streetworkers’ perspectives on factors influencing their clients’ engagement in crime or violence
Janese Free, et al, Journal of Crime and Justice
Abstract: This exploratory study examines youth violence prevention streetworkers’ perspectives on the causes of their clients’ engagement in crime and violence. This study draws on in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with 37 streetworkers (SWs) in a large city in the northeastern region of the United States. As ‘street-level’ bureaucrats (SLBs; Lipsky 2010), SWs serve as liaisons between public agencies and their high-risk youth clients who need support, resources, and assistance. We find that SWs report three primary factors that influence their clients to engage in crime and violence, namely that youth are: 1) socialized into a culture of survival; 2) influenced by gangs; 3) reacting to exposure to trauma. We employ Lipsky (2010) and Anderson (1999) as our theoretical framework to further understand these findings and how they may affect SWs’ interactions with their clients. Lastly, we discuss our findings in the context of existing scholarship and present policy and program recommendations.
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Military Sexual Assault, Post-Service Employment, and Transition Preparation among U.S. Military Veterans: New Directions for Research
Adam J. Pritchard, Victims & Offenders
Abstract: Unlike studies of military sexual trauma (MST) among active-duty service members, most studies of veterans with MST have been clinical in nature, focused on estimating population prevalence rates, improving clinical responses or treatments, or have associated MST with subsequent health-related risk behaviors such as alcohol or drug abuse. The present study seeks to broaden our understanding of the corollaries of military sexual assault by considering the relationship between being a survivor of military sexual assault and post-service employment and transition experiences. Using secondary data from a survey of the members of a national organization for post-9/11 veterans, this exploratory study examines bivariate and multivariate relationships between self-reported experiences of military sexual assault and specific post-transition outcomes commonly used as indicators of a successful career transition from military to civilian life including employment status, time from transition to employment, and veterans’ perceptions of being prepared for their transition out of the military. Analysis from this study suggests that military sexual assault is impactful in the domains of employment and transition readiness. This paper’s findings point to a need to consider a range of inter-related social determinants of health and well-being when providing post-service career support for veterans.
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Beyond Active/Passive: Using the Interpersonal Circumplex to Re-Conceptualize Victim Behavior During Violent Crime
Georgina Fuller, et al, Victims & Offenders
Abstract: This study used the interpersonal circumplex (IPC) – a probabilistic model of human behavior during social interactions – to conceptualize victim behavior during physically assaultive crime (domestic violence, physical assault, and sexual assault). Using data from the Australian Database of Victimisation Experiences, 101 victim behaviors were identified across a sample of 150 victim narratives. Categorical Principal Components Analysis and Smallest Space Analysis found that victim behavior during physically assaultive crime aligned with the IPC’s four behavioral styles: dominance, submissive, hostility, and cooperation. These findings provide new opportunities to explore victim agency including how victims may influence the offender and situation.
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The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study
Elizabeth Such, et al, Journal of Human Trafficking
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably affected global economies and societies, exacerbating existing social inequalities. This “syndemic” pandemic has placed people and communities affected by modern slavery and human trafficking at elevated risk of multiple harms. This paper uses a mix of methods – an evidence synthesis, a survivor survey, web-monitoring, and dialogue events – to explore how COVID-19 has affected the risks and pathways to harm associated with modern slavery/human trafficking in the UK and U.S. We use concepts of hazard, risk, exposure, and harm and the tools of public health risk and resilience assessment to examine how COVID-19 has amplified existing risks of harm and generated new pathways to further harm. We also use a novel complex systems approach to represent risk relationships and demonstrate how the economic shock of COVID-19 and mandated social isolation have led to negative outcomes for affected people. The paper provides policy and practice insight into interventions can be implemented across systems to minimize exploitation and how locally led intervention can offset the damaging effects of the pandemic (SDGs 5 & 16).
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How stable is the relationship between gang membership and delinquency over time? An exploratory analysis using repeated cross-sectional data from students in one state, 2001-2017
Adam M. Watkins, Journal of Crime and Justice
Abstract: Some ethnographic research suggests that the criminogenic effect of gang membership may not be invariant over time, yet this possibility has gone untested despite the expansive body of research on potential moderators of gang involvement. This research used nine years of self-report data from high school students in Massachusetts (N = 22,120) to explore whether the effect of gang membership on delinquency was moderated over the survey period: 2001 to 2017. The dependent variables included physical fighting, weapon and gun carrying, and drug use and access. The findings suggest that the effect of gang membership on physical fighting and weapon carrying significantly weakened toward the end of the survey period, although this dissipation was not gradual or linear over the survey period. The implications of these findings are discussed with the aim of identifying future avenues of research that could be completed to further examine the role of time period on gang membership.
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Remote parole oral hearings: More efficient, but at what cost?
David Peplow and Jake Phillips, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Abstract: The Parole Board (PB) is responsible for deciding whether some prisoners are safe to be released into the community. COVID-19 accelerated the PB’s move towards using remote oral hearings. Little is known about how this shift towards remote working has impacted the work of the PB and prisoners. In this article, we present the findings from a study that sought to understand the differences between remote and in-person hearings. Through analysis of interviews with 15 PB panel members we identify benefits and disbenefits of remote hearings. We suggest that in-person hearings are perceived to be better and that remote hearings pose challenges to participation, especially for certain prisoners. However, we also find that remote hearings bring benefits, such as greater efficiency for the organisation. We conclude that the Board needs to reconcile the tension between the efficiency afforded by remote working and the risks to justice that exist in this context.
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Professional support and re-entry preparedness among prisoners
Amanda J Pasma, at al, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Abstract: Multiagency support is considered crucial in the successful resettlement of prisoners. Various prison-based and community-based professionals should each play a part in supporting prisoners through the gate regarding employment, housing, financial problems, healthcare or valid identification issues. Yet, little is known about the actual contribution of this support to a better perceived re-entry preparedness among prisoners. To examine the association between professional support and re-entry preparedness, the current study uses self-reported data from 1442 soon-to-be-released prisoners across 26 Dutch institutions. We include general satisfaction with support, and satisfaction with the specific instrumental support received, and compare prisoners who did and did not have reintegration needs prior to imprisonment. Support was positively related to re-entry preparedness for prisoners who had needs prior to imprisonment, and instrumental support from community-based professionals showed the most robust results. The implications and future recommendations are discussed.
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The production of hate crime victim status: Discourses of normalisation and the experiences of LGBT community members
Amanda Haynes, et al, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Abstract: This article identifies discourses which serve to ‘normalise’ experiences of anti-LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) violence and prevent harmed LGBT persons from accessing the status of ‘hate crime victim’. The phenomenon of normalisation is established in research addressing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic violence, where it is understood fundamentally as the rendering unremarkable of violent manifestations of hate due to their ubiquity. This article interrogates the dynamics of the normalisation process. Drawing on a Foucauldian approach, we explore normalisation as a disciplinary practice, through which people who have experienced anti-LGBT violence are denied access to the status of hate crime victim. Through discourse analysis of focus group data, we identify obstacles to identification and self-identification as a victim grounded in the experience and anticipation of judgement both within society and the LGBT community. Discourses against which the claims of LGBT people are adjudicated (re)produce cultural myths about hate crime, about anti-LGBT violence and about victimhood. While this article acknowledges that the value of identifying as a victim is not uncontested, it also asserts that the practice of normalisation, in denying this status, impacts on access to justice and to support. Far from passive, LGBT people who do not self-identify as victims find ways to manage the impacts of hate using their own resources. In this manner, the disciplinary practice of ‘normalisation’ responsibilises persons harmed by social ills for their own care and silences potentially disruptive claims of victimhood on the part of marginal people.
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The Trauma and Mental Health Impacts of Coercive Control: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Susanne Lohmann, et al, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Abstract: Coercive control is an under researched type of intimate partner violence (IPV). The aims of this review were to (a) synthesize all available evidence regarding associations with coercive control and mental health outcomes including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD, and depression; and (b) compare these with associations involving broader categories of psychological IPV. Primary studies which measured associations of coercive control with PTSD, complex PTSD, depression, or other mental health symptoms, were identified via a systematic search of electronic databases (PsycINFO, Medline, CINAHL, Scopus). Eligible studies involved observational designs and reported associations between coercive control and mental health outcomes, among participants who were at least 18 years old. Studies were published in peer-reviewed journals and English language. Random-effects meta-analyses were used to synthesize correlational data from eligible studies. The search identified 68 studies while data from 45 studies could be included in the meta-analyses. These indicated moderate associations involving coercive control and PTSD (r = .32; 95% confidence interval [.28, .37]) and depression (r = .27; [.22, .31]). These associations were comparable to those involving psychological IPV and PTSD (r = .34; [.25, .42]) and depression (r = .33; [.26, .40]). Only one study reported on the relationship between coercive control and complex PTSD and meta-analyses could not be performed. This review indicated that coercive control exposure is moderately associated with both PTSD and depression. This highlights that mental health care is needed for those exposed to coercive control, including trauma-informed psychological interventions.
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3rd Vulnerable Persons Conference: Youth Justice
The University of Southern Queensland Date: 11 - 12 May 2023
Venue: UniSQ Toowoomba
The 3rd Vulnerable Persons Conference: Youth Justice is being hosted by the University of Southern Queensland’s School of Law and Justice and School of Psychology and Wellbeing. Conference attendees can attend in person at the University’s Toowoomba Campus or online from Thursday 11th to Friday 12th May 2023.
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Law and Emotion: A Misunderstood RelationMacquarie University Date: Tuesday 16 May 2023
Time: 5.15pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Law Courts Building
Law is typically associated with reason and rationality. The principle of law’s rational nature underpins legal philosophy, training and practice, and this is enshrined in the foundational legal value: impartiality. Emotion, in this context, is regarded as the troubling dimension of humanity that disturbs law’s orderly working. At the same time, emotion is impossible to ignore.
In this public lecture, leading international thinkers, Professor Susan Bandes (DePaul University, Chicago) and Professor Richard Weisman (York University, Canada), will explore the role that emotion plays, doesn’t play, and is expected to play in law and legal processes.
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VSS Victim-Survivor of Crime and Abuse: Digital Conference
VSS National Conference - Safer Spaces for People with Disability in Australia - Reporting crime and abuseDate: Friday 26 May 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm AEST
Venue: Online
The purpose of the Conference is to share experiences, knowledge, and best practice in supporting people with disability when they report crime and abuse.
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2023 National Access to Justice and Pro Bono ConferenceLaw Council of Australia, the Australian Pro Bono Centre, and the Queensland Law SocietyDate: 21 – 23 June 2023 | Brisbane
For the first time since March 2019, members of the legal assistance sector from around the country will come together to explore the various challenges and opportunities associated with enhancing access to legal services and pro bono work.
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Applied Research in Crime and Justice ConferenceBOSCARDate: 14-15 August 2023
Venue: International Convention Centre, Sydney
The conference aims to showcase practical, policy-relevant research with a direct bearing on effective criminal justice administration and reducing crime. The two-day event will feature presentations and panel discussions with distinguished academics and speakers from across the world including keynote addresses by Professor Aaron Chaflin, University of Pennsylvania, and Professor Jason Payne, University of Wollongong.
Abstract submissions are now invited from researchers who have completed, or are conducting empirical, policy-relevant projects on crime and/or criminal justice issues. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): crime, policing, offender rehabilitation, victimisation, Aboriginal over-representation, corrections, juvenile justice, domestic violence, early intervention, and criminal justice administration. Interdisciplinary applications are welcomed.
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Prato 2023 – Stronger Trajectories, Safer Communities: Improving welfare, mental health and legal responses to crimeSwinburne University of Technology and Monash University.
Dates: 25 September to 28 September
Venue: Monash University Prato Centre, Italy
Crime and its impacts are far reaching. Punitive and other carceral responses, including the criminalisation of young people have broad social, legal, economic and health consequences. Media and public discourse are often reactionary, emphasising law and order responses, but most crimes are rooted in broader social circumstances.
Expanding prisons and relying on punitive responses is unsustainable and unnecessary since effective intervention and preventative strategies can lead to desistance. Various professionals are involved in efforts to productively and positively respond to crime whether this is from a welfare, legal, criminal justice or mental health perspective.
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Abstract Submissions: Applied Research in Crime and Justice ConferenceBOSCAR
Abstract submission extended to 5pm Friday 14 April 2023
Abstract submissions are now invited from researchers who have completed, or are conducting empirical, policy-relevant projects on crime and/or criminal justice issues. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): crime, policing, offender rehabilitation, victimisation, Aboriginal over-representation, corrections, juvenile justice, domestic violence, early intervention, and criminal justice administration. Interdisciplinary applications are welcomed.
Abstracts should be no more than 200 words in length and should be structured in a way that reveals the aim, method, results, and conclusion of the paper. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, contact email and/or phone number: bocsar_seminars@justice.nsw.gov.au.
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Call for input on The use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery
UNCHR
Submissions close: 14 April 2023
The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, wishes to focus his next thematic report to the General Assembly on “the use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery”. For the purpose of the report, he aims to also assess the experiences of survivors/victims who have been recruited and exploited in conducts within his mandate, particularly forced labour, the worst form of child labour, and forced and early marriage, with the use of modern technology in addition to analysing information from multiple other stakeholders and sources.
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Australian Feminist Law Journal - Call for Editorial Board Members
Applications Close: 17 April 2023
Editorial Board Members are responsible for the day-to-day work of running the AFLJ and should expect to contribute about 10-15 hours per month (with some variability during the year). Editorial Board Members are expected to work collaboratively as part of the broader collective, in alignment with the AFLJ’s intersectional and trans-inclusive feminist values and praxis. Editorial Board Members are required to attend editorial meetings and contribute to the strategic direction and growth of the AFLJ’s mission and work.
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Winter Internship Program Law Reform Commission
Deadline: 19 April 2023
Interns work the Law Reform Commission and Sentencing Council Secretariat for 20 days either full-time or part-time (at least two days per week) starting in June to September. The internship is a casual paid position.
An internship at the Secretariat provides an opportunity to work closely with Law Reform Commissioners, Sentencing Council members and Secretariat staff and contribute directly to developing proposals for law reform. Depending on the project this could mean undertaking research, contributing to drafting consultation documents, assisting with consultation processes, or helping draft reports. The Commission and Council acknowledge the contribution of interns in their published papers.
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Nominations for the 2023 ACVPA now open.
Australian Institute of Criminology
Submissions close: 20 April 2023, 5 pm AEST
The annual Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA) recognise and reward programs that reduce crime and violence in Australia. The awards encourage public initiatives, and assist governments in identifying and developing practical projects which will reduce violence and other types of crime in the community.
Any government agency, not-for-profit organisation or individual person making a significant contribution to a project in Australia can be nominated for an award. Projects may address specific groups such as rural and remote communities, women, children, youth, family, migrant, ethnic or Indigenous communities, or specific problems such as alcohol-related violence.
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Call for abstracts: Prato 2023 – Stronger Trajectories, Safer Communities: Improving welfare, mental health and legal responses to crime
Submissions close: 28 April 2023
Conference dates: Mon 25 September to Thu 28 September 2023
Venue: Monash University Prato Centre, Italy
This international conference seeks to bring together policy contributors, lawyers, clinicians, legal decision makers, advocates, and researchers to work together and learn from each other to explore and describe, from a cross-disciplinary perspective, legal, welfare, clinical and strategic responses to addressing, intervening and preventing criminal behaviour.
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Call for Papers: Routledge International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies Submissions close: 30 April 2023
Editors: Professor Nicole L Asquith, Dr Jess Rodgers, James Clover, Professor Gary Cordner, Inspector Rishweena Ahmed, Associate Professor Angela Dwyer
The policing of behaviour, norms and safety is undertaken in a range of informal and formal ways. Enlivening public safety and wellbeing cannot be achieved by police (alone). This handbook will consider policing from across the continuum of reforms to police, refunding public safety, and alternatives to police and policing. The aim of the handbook is to imagine how the goals of public safety and wellbeing can be achieved in ways that do not unnecessarily sustain the need for (the expansion of) police, nor abrogate our obligations to respond to the ‘hue and cry’ of our neighbour. The editors of this handbook welcome contributions that consider policing as concept, technique, practice, and/or institution.
We are interested in submissions exploring any of the following topics. This is not an exhaustive list, and alternative topics will be considered:
Reform to police—trust in police, diversity and police/policing, police leadership, policing outside of the metropole, police oversight and accountability, police training, police recruitment.
Refund public safety and wellbeing—law enforcement and public health, desistance-led policing, restorative justice, vulnerability, subaltern communities and safety.
Alternatives to police and policing—police abolition, community safety strategies, mutual aid, decolonising safety, human rights and justice.
You may wish to include a police or community practitioner in the writing of your chapter.
Abstracts and working titles will be required by 30 April 2023, and authors will be notified of the editors’ decision by 31 May 2023. Complete chapters of 4000 to 5000 words (including reference lists) will be due by 31 October 2023, for publication in mid-2024. All authors will receive a hard copy of, and electronic access to, the handbook.
If you would like to author a chapter for this submission, please send an abstract of 300 words to jess.rodgers@utas.edu.au with the subject line Critical Policing Studies Chapter Proposal and your name.
If you would like more information about the scope of the proposed collection before submitting a proposal, please email us at jess.rodgers@utas.edu.au with the subject line Critical Policing Studies Inquiry and your name.
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Mentoring workshops
International Society for the Study of Rural Crime Applications Close: 31 May 2023
Applicants working in rural criminology or related fields are invited for one or both of the following (free, online) programs:
- Academic publications and jobs, covering: development impactful publications and applying for academic jobs and professional development strategie
- Grants, impact and engagement, covering: applying for grants, engaging with stakeholders, and impact beyond academia
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2023 International Society for the Study of Rural Criminology Awards program
International Society for the Study of Rural Crime Closes: 30 September 2023
Open now!
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Call for inputs – Sanctions Research Platform
UNHRDeadline: 31 December 2023
The Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights is collecting article, reports, videos and any research material and information, for the establishment of an online research platform on sanctions and human rights (Sanctions Research Platform).
The Special Rapporteur would like to invite all interested individuals and organizations working on issues related to the impact of unilateral sanctions, including experts, academics and research institutes, civil society organizations and all stakeholders, international and regional organizations, human rights bodies, national human rights institutions, journalists, archivists individuals and any relevant actors, to provide any research material useful for the preparation of the Sanctions Research Platform.
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BLOGS, INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS
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Motive & Method
Podcast
Motive & Method is an expert-led Australian true crime podcast. Join criminologist Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders tick behind some of history’s most notorious cases. This show will provide insights from two minds who have worked within the legal justice system for decades.
You will also hear from victim survivors of some of these crimes, investigators who were directly involved in cases, and advocates for change who share the warning signs on what to look out for.
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"Everyone knows that children do their best when they are supported, nurtured and loved. But right now across Australia, children as young as 10 can be arrested by police, charged with an offence, hauled before a court and locked away in a prison.
We know these laws are harming children at a critical time in their lives. When children are forced through a criminal legal process, at such a formative time in their development, they can suffer lifelong harm to their health, wellbeing and future"
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