Sydney Institute of Criminology
CrimNet
25 November 2020
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44 recommendations: NSW Law Reform Commission delivers report on consent in sexual offences
On 18 November 2020, the NSW Attorney General, Mark Speakman SC MP, tabled in Parliament the NSW Law Reform Commission’s Report, Consent in relation to sexual offences. The Report follows the Commission’s two-year review of consent and knowledge of consent in relation to sexual assault offences, as dealt with in section 61HE of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).
The Report contains 44 recommendations concerning: the structure and language of consent provisions in the Crimes Act; the meaning of consent; when a person does not consent; knowledge of non-consent; jury directions and expert evidence; the meaning of ‘sexual intercourse’, ‘sexual touching’ and ‘sexual act’; and the implementation and monitoring of reforms arising from the Report.
Commenting on the Report, Andrew Dyer, Deputy Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology, said the recommendations do not deviate substantially from those in the Commission’s draft proposals, which were published in October 2019 as part of a public consultation process.
“The Commission has recommended the insertion into the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) of a provision based on s 2A(2)(a) of the Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas): at 83. The new sub-section would provide that consent is not an internal state of mind, but rather a communicated state of mind: at 84 [6.28],” said Andrew Dyer.
“The Commission has also supported the enactment of a provision that would require a person to communicate her or his withdrawal of consent before such a withdrawal of consent becomes valid: at 63. The Commission has contended that the Crimes Act should state that a person who participates in sexual activity ‘because of a fraudulent inducement’ is not consenting to that sexual activity (at 110); and it has contended that the law should require juries take into account whether an accused said or did anything to ascertain whether the complainant was consenting when they determine if the accused had the mental element for sexual assault and like offences (at 119). Finally, the Commission has argued that, in certain circumstances, judges should be required to give juries directions that are aimed at combating ‘rape myths’: see generally chapter 8,” said Mr Dyer.
Mr Dyer noted that while few will agree with everything the Commission has recommended, many will believe that its proposals, if adopted, will achieve a reasonable balance between the interests of accused persons and those of complainants.
“Particularly welcome, in my view, are proposed jury directions that are aimed at disabusing jurors of prejudicial and misconceived ideas about sexual offence complainants and how they behave. The same is true of the Commission’s proposal that juries, when assessing whether the accused might have had a belief in consent that was reasonable for him or her to hold, be required to take into account anything the accused said or did to ascertain whether the complainant was consenting. As the Commission indicates, this proposal encourages communication about consent (see 146 [7.158]), while also preserving a mens rea requirement for serious sexual offences: see 137-9 [7.112]-[7.121].”
“More difficult to accept is the Commission’s view that consent is not an internal state of mind, but a communicated state of mind. However politic such a stance might be, it forces the Commission to provide that, to be effective, withdrawal of consent must also be communicated. Yet, in truth, the complainant who fails to communicate her or his withdrawal of consent because s/he has frozen is no longer consenting. It would not be unjust to convict an accused who ‘knows’ (see s 61HE(3) Crimes Act) of such a complainant’s changed state of mind, but continues with the sexual activity anyway: cf 64 [5.45],” Mr Dyer said.
“It is necessary also to note the breadth of the Commission’s proposal that the law should state that a person has not consented where s/he has participated in sexual activity ‘because of a fraudulent inducement.’ Not everyone will agree that the accused who procures sexual activity by, for example, (i) lying about their biological sex at birth, (ii) falsely telling a partner they are HIV negative (in circumstances where there is no realistic possibility of transmission), or (iii) falsely telling a spouse that they are not having an affair, should be liable to be convicted of a serious sexual offence. The Commission might regard the last of these examples as ‘puffery’, not ‘fraud’ (see 112 [6.180]), but it is unclear that the Courts would agree. Indeed, the Western Australian Court of Appeal in Michael v State of Western Australia (2008) 183 A Crim R 343 assumed such conduct to be (to use the Commission’s words) the dishonest procurement of sexual activity ‘by a false representation, known by the maker to be false when it was made’: at 111 [6.168].”
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Institute members awarded ARC Discovery Project grants
Professor Loughnan is part of a UNSW-led research team that includes Professor Luke McNamara, Associate Professor Julia Quilter, Adjunct Professor Russell Hogg, Emeritus Professor David Brown and Professor Lindsay Farmer. An ARC Discovery grant was awarded for their project entitled Violence, Risk and Safety: The Changing Face of Australian Criminal Laws. Details below.
Dr Grey is also part of a UNSW-led research team that includes Professor Louise Chappell and Dr Kcasey McLoughlin. An ARC Discovery grant was awarded for their project entitled Reimagining Judging in International Criminal Courts: A Gendered Approach. Details below.
Congratulations to Professor Loughnan, Dr Grey and their research collaborators on this achievement!
About the projects:
Violence, Risk and Safety: The Changing Face of Australian Criminal Laws
Professor Luke McNamara, Associate Professor Julia Quilter, Professor Arlie Loughnan, Adjunct Professor Russell Hogg, Emeritus Professor David Brown and Professor Lindsay Farmer.
Criminal laws have been radically transformed to keep Australian safe from violence. This project aims to complete the first national study of how and why criminal laws have proliferated and diversified so significantly. It will employ novel conceptual tools for investigating the 'drivers', ‘processes’ and ‘modalities’ of criminalisation, and complete socio-legal studies of sexual and domestic violence, homicide, alcohol-related violence, public disorder and the activities of criminal groups. The intended outcome is new knowledge about the causes and effects of innovation in criminal law-making. This research can benefit future public debate, policy development and law reform decisions about the role of criminalisation in enhancing safety.
Reimagining Judging in International Criminal Courts: A Gendered Approach
Professor Louise Chappell, Dr Rosemary Grey and Dr Kcasey McLoughlin.
This project focuses on a significant gap in International Criminal Court research: the contribution of judges to the ICCs poor conviction record for sexual and gender-based (SGB) crimes and their application of gender-sensitive judging in general. Significantly, it aims to provide new knowledge for judges, legal experts, and scholars to improve accountability for SGB crimes and for adopting a gender-sensitive approach to adjudication. Drawing on judicial interviews and on national court analysis, it will produce a ground-breaking book reimagining ICC cases through a feminist judgement approach and a provide valuable online toolbox for judges and academics. It will advance Australia's commitment to gender justice internationally.
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Victorian law reform allows victim-survivors of sexual offences to tell their stories
Responding to the #LetHerSpeak campaign and mounting public concern, the Victorian Parliament this month passed changes to the Judicial Proceedings Reports Act 1958 (Vic) to make it easier for victim-survivors to speak out about their experiences. The law will still protect the privacy of victim-survivors who do not wish to be identified.
Under the changes, adult victim-survivors will be able to share their experiences through self-publication. They will be able to do this without involving the court, as long as it is not likely to identify other victim-survivors without their permission. This will apply before, during or after criminal proceedings.
Other people will be able to publish identifying information with the permission of an adult victim-survivor being identified. Examples include publication by a family member or media organisation. The publication must not be likely to identify another victim-survivor who has not given permission. Identifying information may also be published with court authorisation. The court cannot authorise publication if the victim-survivor does not give permission.
The reforms also allow child victim-survivors to share their experiences. Children will be free to self-publish in the same way as adults.Other people will be able to publish identifying information of a child victim-survivor with permission from the child and a supporting statement from an independent authorised person (initially a doctor or psychologist).
Victim-survivors will be protected for past self-publications made between 1991 and when the new laws commence. Other people will be protected for past publications made with the authorisation of an adult victim-survivor. The authorisation does not have to be in writing. This protection will apply to publications made between 1991 and when the new laws commence. However, these protections will apply only if the publication was not likely to identify another victim-survivor who did not give authorisation.
Further public consultation is underway about how the law should treat the publication of identifying details of victim-survivors of sexual assault after their death. Visit the website of Justice and Community Safety Victoria to participate in the public consultation.
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New adult criminal sentencing tool
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has recently launched a new resource to inform the public and policy makers about sentencing practices in NSW. The NSW Adult Criminal Sentencing Tool enables users to access customised sentencing statistics and insights to meet their personal requirements. The tool shows sentencing outcomes including penalties and sentence lengths imposed on adult offenders in the NSW local and higher courts and may be customised by offence, year and gender.
If you have any questions about the Tool or feedback for improvements in future iterations, email bcsr@justice.nsw.gov.au.
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The impact of COVID-19 on domestic and family violence services in Australia
The Queensland University of Technology Centre for Justice this month published a report on its national survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the domestic violence workforce and clients.
The report recommends that the Commonwealth Government, in conjunction with the state and territory governments: undertake disaster management planning for domestic and family violence; provide flexible assistance funding for people experiencing domestic and family violence; undertake domestic violence workforce planning for disaster preparedness; provide finances and resources for services to engage with victim/survivors and their children (and also perpetrators) via remote delivery, especially in the context of disasters; provide technology resourcing for clients; provide technology training and supports for government and non-government agencies responding to DFV; continue and expand funding for WESNET’s Safer Connections program; and commit to boost funding for social and affordable housing.
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Missed an event? Catch up online
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Sydney Law School's 130-year anniversary celebration
The Sydney Law School held its 130-year anniversary event on 5 November, bringing together students, alumni, staff, special guests and members of the community to celebrate the theme of building on the past and inspiring the future.
If you couldn’t join on the night, catch up now with the online replay.
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Protest in a time of pandemic
The University of Sydney held a webinar on 13 November exploring the tension between the COVID-19 Public Health Order and the right to protest. Our panel of experts discussed the human rights, health and legal aspects of recent protest events in Australia and the appropriate scope of police power.
If you couldn’t join on the day, listen now to the podcast.
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COVID-19 and Australian Prisons: Human Rights, Risks, and Responses
Cameron Stewart, George F. Tomossy, Scott Lamont and Scott Brunero. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2020).
Abstract: Australian prisons are overpopulated with people suffering from numerous health problems. COVID-19 presents a significant threat to prisoner health. This article examines the current regulatory responses from Australian state and territory governments to COVID-19 and a recent case which tested the human rights of prisoners during a pandemic.
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Before the High Court - Police Doorknocking in Comparative and Constitutional Perspective: Roy v O’Neill
Julian R Murphy. Sydney Law Review (2020) Volume 42 (3): 343.
Abstract: Roy v O’Neill, currently before the High Court of Australia, raises the question of whether a police officer can knock on a person’s front door to investigate them for potential criminal offending, in circumstances where the police officer has no explicit common law or statutory power to do so. In order to resolve that question, the High Court will need to develop, or at least refine, the common law relating to trespass and implied licences. This column explores two issues relevant to the development of the common law in this area, namely: the approach taken to implied licences in other common law jurisdictions; and the influence, if any, that divergent state and territory legislative positions in this area should have on the development of the single common law of Australia.
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The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics
Edited by Malcolm Coulthard, Alison May, Rui Sousa-Silva. Routledge 2020.
About: The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics offers a comprehensive survey of the subdiscipline of Forensic Linguistics, with this new edition providing both updated overviews from leading figures in the field and exciting new contributions from the next generation of forensic linguists.
The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics, approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law.
It comprises 43 chapters, including entirely new contributions from many international experts, in the areas of Aboriginal claimants, appraisal and stance, author identities online, biased language in capital trials, corpus approaches, false confessions, forensic phonetics, forensic transcription, the historical courtroom, legal interpretation, multilingual law, police crisis negotiation, speaker profiling, and trolling. The chapters include a wealth of examples and case studies so the reader can see forensic linguistics applied and in action.
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Mobile dating applications and sexual and violent offending
Kamarah Pooley and Hayley Boxall. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 612. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Abstract: In the last few years, a number of high-profile cases of sexual and violent offending have been committed after the offender and victim met through a mobile dating application (dating app). Subsequent media and popular rhetoric have positioned dating app sexual and violent offending as a major safety concern.
A literature review was conducted to determine the prevalence of dating app violence, the design features of dating apps that create and prevent opportunities for violence to occur, and the prevention strategies used by individual users and app designers. Results suggest that dating app users are at greater risk of sexual and violent victimisation than non-users. Dating app features designed to promote safety and connectedness paradoxically place users at risk of victimisation. Although some dating apps feature innovative safety mechanisms, most place the onus on users to protect themselves against victimisation. More research is needed to inform prevention and intervention efforts.
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Misconceptions of sexual crimes against adult victims: Barriers to justice
Patrick Tidmarsh & Gemma Hamilton. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 611. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Abstract: Despite the prevalence of sexual offending in our communities, there is a lack of understanding about the nature and dynamics of sexual crimes. Myths and misconceptions about sexual offending are common and may contribute to the high attrition rates of sexual offence cases throughout the criminal justice system. This study synthesises over 40 years of research evidence to present an accurate and updated picture of sexual offending. With specialist knowledge, we can improve criminal justice responses and outcomes for victims of sexual crime.
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Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, drug use, drug-related harms and responses in east European Neighbourhood Policy countries
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2020).
About: Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been experiencing an unprecedented public health emergency caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has led to the progressive introduction of social distancing and other control measures by national governments. To investigate the effects of the pandemic on and the implications for drug markets, drug services and people who use drugs in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries, the EMCDDA launched a trendspotter study. This briefing provides a snapshot of the state of play with respect to the impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, drug services and people who use drugs in east ENP countries between March and May 2020.
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Webinar: Death, injury and other workplace violations against migrant workers – A sector level analysis
12pm - 1pm AEDT, Friday 27 November 2020
Presenter: Associate Professor Anna Boucher, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
This webinar is hosted by the University of Sydney Business School’s Sydney Employment Relations Research Group (SERRG) and the Migrants@Work Research Group.
Abstract: In 2009, a group of migrant workers were working on a construction site in downtown Toronto, rushing to complete a project before Christmas. Unharnessed, they fell from a swing stage, and four were instantly killed. A fifth was rendered quadriplegic. The owner of the company, Metron Construction, sustained a large civil fine. However, after considerable protest, one manager received a prison sentence for industrial manslaughter. Subsequent government inquiries revealed endemic safety concerns in the construction sector in Toronto.
This presentation explores the issue of workplace violations committed against migrant workers and the particular risks to body and mind posed by the sector of employment. Alongside qualitative interviews with police and unionists involved in the Metron case, it also presents findings from a new Migrant Worker Rights Database that develops an innovative method to trace the nature and extent of migrant worker rights violations on the ground.
It tracks violations in 907 published cases brought by such workers before courts and tribunals in Australia, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario), the State of California and England over a twenty-year period (1996 through to 2016). Drawing upon these data, the presentation demonstrates that injury and sector of employment are correlated: occupations viewed as low or semi-skilled are more likely to see actions for such infringements and this is particularly the case in the Province of Ontario.
The qualitative data from the Metron case also reveals some of the particular challenges faced by migrant workers in bringing claims around workplace injury and for the police in prosecuting related crimes.
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Online: Traumatised Bodies
Wollongong Writers Festival
1pm AEDT, Saturday 28 November 2020
What are the challenges of testifying to traumatic experience? How does one write about individual trauma versus collective trauma? How do we both honour individual experiences and acknowledge structural trauma, considering questions of gender, race, class and (dis)ability? What is the role of reading and writing in wrangling with trauma?
This online panel event will be chaired by author Meera Atkinson and includes: Amani Haydar, a writer and artist based in Western Sydney; Gemma Carey, an author and researcher; Jess Hill, an investigative journalist and author; and Natasha Dennerstein, a writer and poet.
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Webinar: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network - Second Annual Meeting
Co-organised by Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney and the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney
12.00pm to 4.15pm AEDT, Monday 30 November 2020
Join the second meeting of this new network on economic, social and cultural rights. The first meeting was convened by UTS Faculty of Law in November 2019, and this second iteration is being co-organised by UTS and the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney.
The purpose of the network is to raise the profile of economic, social and cultural rights research in Australia and New Zealand; strengthen collaboration between scholars working on these rights, and engagement with government, advocates and others; and contribute our economic, social and cultural rights expertise to addressing real world problems. The event will be held on Zoom, and the link will be sent to participants closer to the workshop.
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Webinar: Aboriginal Lives Matter in Australia
UNSW Centre for Crime Law and Justice
6.00pm to 7.15pm AEDT, Wednesday 2 December 2020
Speakers: Peta MacGillivray, a Kalkutungu and South Sea Islander lawyer and researcher, and currently the Yuwaya Ngarra-li Project Manager based at UNSW; Teela Reid, an activist, lawyer and proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman from Gilgandra in Western NSW; and Alison Whittaker, a Gomeroi multitasker and Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute at UTS.
About: 2020 has been an important year in the ongoing struggle to address the over-criminalisation and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. CCLJ is committed to supporting and amplifying the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars, advocates and activists who have been campaigning for justice on these issues for decades.
This free public web-based event invites speakers to share reflections on the achievements, failures and lessons learned in 2020, and to speak on future priorities, actions and campaigns.
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Coronavirus in prisons: What's happening across Europe?
UK Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
9:30am to 11:00am GMT, Thursday 3 December 2020
This online event will explore prison population changes across European states during the pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic and the measures implemented to control it have had an extraordinary impact on society. Prisons are no exception, with the number of people incarcerated in penal institutions dropping significantly across the globe.
These reductions are, however, not uniform. In France, the prison population fell from 72,000 to 59,000, a drop of nearly a fifth, in a matter of months. England and Wales saw a more modest fall of five per cent, decreasing from nearly 84,000 before the lockdown in March to just over 79,000 now.
This webinar will explore changes to prison populations across a selection of European states asking the following: How have prison populations changed in different European countries during the pandemic; what factors have impacted these changes; what are the implications for managing the virus in prisons and handling or preventing future outbreaks; and what are the implications for reforms aimed at reducing the prison population in future?
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Webinar: Gambling harm and intimate partner violence
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety
1:30pm to 2:45pm AEDT, Wednesday 9 December 2020
This webinar launches the practice guide ‘The dangerous combination of gambling and domestic and family violence against women’. Developed as part of the ANROWS research project, this guide aims to enhance practice across gambling help, financial counselling and domestic and family violence services.
Findings of the research and highlights from the practice guide will be shared in a panel discussion facilitated by Michele Robinson, Director of Evidence to Action, ANROWS with: Professor Nerilee Hing, Central Queensland University and lead author of the report; Corinna Freytag, Relationships Australia South Australia and lead author of the practice guide; and members of the Three Sides of the Coin gambling lived experience project. There will also be a live Q&A.
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Calling for experts in intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women to participate in the Voices survey
ANROWS and the University of Melbourne
Are you a service manager/designer, practitioner or researcher with expertise in responses to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women? ANROWS and the University of Melbourne are conducting a survey of experts as part of a project called “Transforming responses to intimate partner and sexual violence: Listening to the voices of victims, perpetrators and services”.
The study is led by Dr Dominiek Coates at ANROWS and Professor Kelsey Hegarty at the University of Melbourne. This study is part of a program of research led by ANROWS and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services under the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022.
This study will develop recommendations for service and system improvements to better respond to victims/survivors, their children and perpetrators. Responses will be strictly confidential and de-identified.
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Volunteer: Justice Volunteer Mentoring Service, Australian Red Cross
Blacktown, Sydney and surrounds
The Australian Red Cross Volunteer Mentoring Service links people in custody with volunteer mentors who can assist them with building community networks, developing pro-social skills, and supporting the achievement of self-determined goals. Volunteers will take participants on monthly excursions outside the prison as part of their Sponsored Leave to help them practice being in the community. Over the final year of the mentee’s sentence, the volunteer will develop a positive interpersonal relationship with them in order to create a powerful foundation for change.
The Volunteer Mentor role provides valuable support to adult men and women who are preparing for their release from prison, assisting them to complete activities which target their goals, reconnect with the community, and pursue positive lifestyles that minimise future risk of re-offending. This might involve taking them to appointments, teaching them living skills, or introducing them to services, as well as social activities such as sharing a meal or spending time outdoors.
A 12-month commitment is sought from volunteers and the time involved is between one and four hours per week. Volunteers must be over the age of 18. Applications close 30 November 2020.
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Contribute to a publication on the history of the Australian Institute of Criminology, led by Russell G Smith
After almost 25 years at the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), Russell G Smith has retired from his role as Principal Criminologist. Russell came to the AIC in 1996 from the University of Melbourne and, during his time at the AIC, specialised in research on fraud, cybercrime and organised economic crime.
His first retirement project as an Honorary Fellow at the AIC, and as a Full Academic Status Professor in the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University, will be to write a book to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the AIC. Entitled Public Sector Criminological Research: The Australian Institute of Criminology, 1972-2022, the work will explore the issues surrounding the conduct of criminological research in dedicated government agencies in Australia and overseas, and will use the AIC's history as an illustrative case study.
Russell would be very happy to hear from anyone who has views on the topic, gained either through experience of working at the AIC or by contributing to its activities and publications since 1972. Contact: russell.smith@flinders.edu.au or russell.smith@aic.gov.au
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Lecturer in Criminology, Swinburne University
Full time, ongoing position at our Hawthorn campus. Academic Level B $98,744 - $116,904 + 17% superannuation.
About the Job: Criminology is a rapidly growing area at Swinburne University of Technology within the Bachelor of Arts offered by the Department of Social Sciences. It also forms a component of the newly launched Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology administered by the Faculty of Business and Law.
Swinburne is looking for an emerging leader within the field of Criminology. In this position, you will play a key role in enhancing research, teaching, and industry engagement for Criminology and for related university programs in law, criminal justice, forensic psychology, forensic mental health, and forensic behavioural science. The Lecturer will be integral in enriching the student experience, teaching quality, quality of student outcomes, as well as directly elevating Swinburne’s reputation for innovation, high quality teaching, and research excellence. Swinburne is particularly interested in applicants with research expertise in cybercrime and digital criminology, policing, gender and crime, and Indigenous crime and incarceration. Application close 1 December 2020.
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Project Manager, Sydney Policy Lab
The University of Sydney
Full-time or flexible part time, 12-month fixed term position located on the Camperdown Campus.
The Sydney Policy Lab is looking for a self-driven Project Manager who will use their relationship building skills to establish, build and strengthen relationships with key policy stakeholders, civil society organisations, not-for-profits and charities, industry, philanthropists and foundations, advocacy organisations and researchers.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to flex your problem solving and organisational skills to balance different, stakeholder needs and requirements. You will work closely with the small but expert Policy Lab team and their extensive local and international networks, assisting the Lab to develop and implement the Lab’s approach and methods of relationship building to address complex social issues. Applications close 8 December 2020.
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Associate Professor in Criminology and Policing, Western Sydney University
The School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, is seeking an Associate Professor in Criminology and Policing to provide contemporary teaching and research leadership whilst strengthening our partnerships with the Police at state and federal level, as well as internationally.
The core agenda of Criminology at Western Sydney University is to trace the divergences between social and criminal justice through the critical scrutiny of criminal justice systems and their practices.
Western Sydney University offers the only metropolitan Policing degree in NSW, and the only one based in Sydney. The School of Social Sciences aims to provide students with the skills to consciously and ethically pursue social justice and social change. Its research has a strong focus on Diversity and Human Rights in the School's core disciplines of Anthropology, Criminology, Cyber Security, Development Studies, Geography, Sociology, Social Work and Therapy Studies and Counselling.
This position provides an excellent opportunity to join a School which encourages interdisciplinary collaborations along with leading an area of national and international strategic importance. Applications close 9 December 2020.
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