CrimNet

8 August 2024

The Science Summit during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is a premier global event that unites thought leaders, scientists, policymakers, and innovators to address the most pressing scientific and technological challenges of our time.

The Science Summit serves as a dynamic platform for showcasing cutting-edge research, sharing knowledge, and fostering inclusive international collaboration. Participants engage in sessions, plenaries, and workshops that cover a broad spectrum of topics aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Summit of the Future.

Key focus areas include climate action, One Health, biodiversity, food systems, artificial intelligence, science philanthropy, quality education, affordable and clean energy, indigenous knowledge, and more. This year, the Summit aims to bridge the gap between science and policy, ensuring that scientific insights and advancements inform the creation and implementation of effective, sustainable, and inclusive global policies. Through dynamic discussions and networking opportunities, the Summit facilitates the exchange of ideas and the development of actionable strategies to address global challenges, thereby driving progress toward achieving the SDGs. It also positions science at the heart of the Summit of the Future process, framing discussions on how science will drive the post-SDG agenda.

Institute co-director Dr. Allan McCay will be speaking on neurotechnology, criminal law and human rights on September 10. 

This online session will take place at 1:00 AM (AEST), Wednesday, September 11

For more information, read here.

Dr Ben Mostyn appeared before the NSW Senate Committee,  Impact of Regulatory Framework for Cannabis on 1 August 2024. He also appeared on ABC Illawarra Drive Program to discuss the committee and possible cannabis regulation in NSW.

His submission for the 'Inquiry Into the Impact of the Regulatory Framework for Cannabis in New South Wales' is available here.

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 (3), 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.

ANROWS is excited to announce a webinar series that unpacks the research priorities set out in The Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children (ANRA) 2023-2028. 

The first webinar will be held on Tuesday 27 August and will focus on making better use of existing administrative data.

In this panel discussion, we will explore:

•what we mean when we talk about existing data

•the landscape of domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) data in Australia

•accessing and working with existing datasets

•the challenges and opportunities to work with existing datasets

•data custodians and researcher partnerships

•data sovereignty

•principles to guide working with existing data

This event will be facilitated by Sally Mills (Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Unit Head, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) with:

Dr Betty Luu (Research Fellow, Transforming early Education and Child Health (TeEACH) Research Centre, Western Sydney University)

Professor Maggie Walter (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania)

Dr Rebecca Buys (Head of Policy & Research, No to Violence)

Vivian Yue (Manager, Data Privacy and Governance, Family and Community Services Insights, Analysis and Research (FACSIAR), Department of Communities and Justice)

Date: Tuesday 27 August

Time (AEST): 12.00pm - 1.00pm

Location: Online via Microsoft Teams

Cost: Free

For more information click here.

About the role 

•Temp Full-Time 10 months. Part-time by negotiation. 

•Location: Parramatta with flexible/hybrid options (Wed & Thu in the office) 

•Clerk Grade 5/6, Salary ($93,295- $102,941 per year), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading  

The Assistant Project Officer works closely with the BOCSAR executive providing administrative and operational support. This includes managing office finances, updating and maintaining business records, dealing with general enquiries, drafting correspondence, assisting in the organisation of meetings and the 2025 Applied Research in Crime and Justice (ARCJ) conference, and assisting in the preparation of reports. The Assistant Project Officer will work across a range of tasks, often with competing demands. 

Responsibilities include: 

•Respond to departmental requests for information 

•Act as an interdepartmental liaison 

•Provide administrative support to ARCJ Conference team  

•Manage and process expenditure and invoicing (SAP Finance system) 

•Digital records management (TRIM or similar system) 

•Responding to general enquiries  

•Booking meetings and events 

•Prepare correspondence 

•Update reports and records 

How to Apply

•Send a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) outlining how you meet the capabilities of this role to alana.cook@dcj.nsw.gov.au 

•Closing date:  15 August 2024 at 11:59pm. 

Questions: For role enquiries please contact Alana Cook (E: Alana.Cook@dcj.nsw.gov.au; PH: (02) 8688 9816). 

The war on drugs remains one of the most pressing issues of our time. But how are nations responding to this perceived threat? What are the implications of these responses for individuals and communities?

LLB V student Juliette Marchant talks to Dr Ben Mostyn about the shifting attitudes towards the criminalisation of drug possession, and the tension between legal principles and practice in regulating public behaviours.

Listen here.

This study examined the sexual exploitation of children on dating apps, and their revictimisation as adults. Findings showed that, from a sample of 9,987 Australian dating platform users surveyed, 8.8 percent had used these platforms while under 18 years of age. Of these, 59.3 percent reported receiving at least one sexually exploitative request from another dating platform user who knew they were under 18. 

Respondents who were victimised on dating platforms while under 18 were more likely to be revictimised as an adult through online and offline sexual violence. They also experienced a greater number of harms. These findings highlight the risks associated with underage dating platform use, the potential for revictimisation as an adult, and the need for these platforms to implement additional safety measures to reduce access among children and adolescents.

Please read here.

This study examines the rate of sexual violence perpetration in a community sample of adult Australians. Data were collected through a survey of a proportional quota-based sample of 5,076 Australian residents aged 18–45 years.

Just over one in five respondents (22.1%, n=1,124) had perpetrated one or more of the forms of sexual violence examined since turning 18 years of age, and one in 10 (9.9%, n=504) had done so in the past 12 months. Men were significantly more likely than women to have perpetrated any and each form of sexual violence examined, and to have perpetrated multiple forms of sexual violence.

Findings address the pressing need for estimates of the prevalence of sexual violence perpetration in Australia, which are critical to efforts to address it.

Please read here.

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