CrimNet

02 April 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 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.

Special Issue Open Call for Papers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice (CICJ)

Title: Reforming anti-money laundering regulation in Australia

Guest editors and contact details:
Prof. Colin King (Sydney): colin.king1@sydney.edu.au
Dr Anton Moiseienko (ANU): Anton.Moiseienko@anu.edu.au

Scope
Notwithstanding various reviews (e.g. Attorney General’s Department 2016), parliamentary committees (e.g Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee 2022), and consultations (e.g. Attorney General’s Department, 2023), there is still limited knowledge on anti-money laundering (AML) policymaking in Australia and on implementation of AML obligations in different sectors.

In April 2023, the Attorney General’s Department commenced a public consultation on reform, in particular concerning tranche 2 entities. The next stage of that consultation is expected to be launched in April 2024, thus this special issue would be particularly timely.

We encourage submissions on a range of topics related to the above, whether it is the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review process; AML implementation in different sectors; impact of AML regulation; experiences from other jurisdictions; or otherwise.
We are keen to ensure a diverse range of views, including PhD students, academics, and practitioners.

Timeline
• Abstracts (up to 400 words) should be submitted to the special issue editors by May 4th
• The decision on accepted abstracts will be made by May 13th
• Full papers are to be submitted for peer review by August 1st
• Publication is expected in early 2025 (vol.37(1)).

Instructions for authors
CICJ publishes 1. full-length articles (8,000 words limit, including references), 2.
contemporary comments (shorter articles on ‘cutting issues’, approx..4,000-5,000 words including references), and 3. book reviews.

For information on style, journal aims & scope, see here.

Institute Co-Director, Dr Andrew Dyer appeared on Channel 9, 6 o'clock News on Tuesday 19 March and Channel 7, 6 o'clock News on Thursday 21 March - and in a pre-recorded Channel 9 interview on Thursday 21 March - discussing 'No body, no parole' laws and their application to the case of Keli Lane. 

Conference: Applied Research in Crime and Justice; Griffith Criminology Institute 

Conference Date: 1-2 July 2024

Venue: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Griffith Criminology Institute, in partnership with the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), is pleased to invite you to the Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference. The conference will be held on 1 – 2 July 2024 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The conference showcases practical, policy-relevant research with a direct bearing on effective criminal justice administration and crime prevention. The event serves as a platform for bringing together policymakers, academics and influential stakeholders from public, private, and university sectors.

For more information, see here. 

Legal issues experienced by transgender people; Legal Aid NSW

Date & Time: 10 April 2024, 10:00 AM 

In this webinar, the presenters from Anti-Discrimination NSW and The Gender Centre will discuss legal issues experienced by transgender people. Claire Williams from Anti-Discrimination NSW will discuss anti-discrimination law in NSW and the process for clients to make a complaint of discrimination. Eloise Brook from The Gender Centre will talk more broadly about legal issues experienced by transgender people. The presenters will suggest how community workers can support transgender clients experiencing legal issues. There will be time for Q&A at the end of the webinar.

For more information, see here.

The University of Sheffield is making a significant investment in Criminology by appointing up to two Chairs and one Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Law, following its strong performance in REF2021. 

Chairs

Application close: 09 April 2024

The Chair posts are open to applicants from all areas of criminology and/or criminal justice, with expertise in the international/global dimensions of the discipline. University of Sheffield are looking for scholars with potential to lead the CCR in the future, working with and involving colleagues in different disciplines from within and beyond the University. 

For more information, see here. 

Senior Lecturer

Application close: 09 April 2024

The Senior Lecturer post is also open to applicants from all areas of criminology and/or criminal justice, but University of Sheffield are especially keen to attract excellent applicants in the areas of Crime and Technology and/or Green Criminology. 

For more information, see here. 

HDR Scholarship - Network science and covert threats

Deakin University

Applications close: 5 pm, 30 April 2024 

Network science offers unique concepts, theories, and methods to analyse and understand relationships between a given set of social entitles (individuals, groups, etc.) in ways that directly inform the identification, anticipation, and disruption of covert threats. This project aims to leverage the untapped potential of network science for analysing and disrupting crime and security risks. 

Developing novel simulation methodologies to systematically analyse the characteristics of cybercrime, organised crime, and extremist networks, the project will use advances in analytics and machine learning to model and reveal effective intelligence targeting and disruption strategies. The project will therefore extend existing research on cover networks in significant ways.

For more information, see here. 

Nominations for the 2024 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA)

Australian Institute of Criminology 

Applications deadline: 5 pm AEST, 19 April 2024

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.

For more information, see here. 

Justice Fellowships 

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW 

Application deadline: 10 am, 1 May 2024

The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW (‘the Foundation’) is launching the inaugural Justice Fellowships program, offering a platform for in-depth exploration of legal and access to justice issues. The program seeks to cultivate and share innovative ideas in support of promoting access to justice, with each awarded Justice Fellow pursuing their identified topic of interest.

Up to four Justice Fellowships will be awarded annually. Each Justice Fellow will receive $10,000 (pre-tax) to cover their expenses, as well as support and guidance from the Foundation in exploring their chosen topic. Justice Fellows will be invited to present their findings and ideas at a sector forum hosted by the Foundation.

For more information, see here. 

Call for creative content 

Feminist Legal Studies 

Feminist Legal Studies is seeking creative content for our Reflections section of the journal.

FLS is looking for:
• Writing that considers and contextualises law, policy, feminist theory, praxis or
feminist legal practice.
• Work that engages with recent events, historic developments, marks a significant
anniversary, for example of legislation or a landmark case, or an area of law where the
academic literature is scarce.
• Analytical and curated accounts of roundtables, conversations and interviews with
academics, lawyers and/or activists.
• Reflections that draw on personal engagement with feminist activism and events. These
are particularly welcome especially where they might not otherwise find an academic
audience.
• Material taking innovative and creative forms that challenge conventional styles of
academic writing. This may include poetry, art, photography and film and performing
arts reviews.

Word length: 2000 – 4000 words (or open to discussion if in another medium).

FLS is open to group-based submissions if you are interested in a ‘reflection series.’
Reflection Editors are keen to discuss ideas and welcome enquiries about the nature/form of proposals in advance of submission.

Contact the Reflections Editors with proposals/ideas: Loveday Hodson, Farnush Ghadery , and Senthorun Raj.

Submit to FLS here. 

Call for proposals on Queer Law

Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies

‘Queer’ and ‘law’ often come into conflict. Queer, as a dynamic theoretical position, 
produces frameworks to analyse, critique, represent, and politicise non-normativity, 
typically in relation to minoritised bodies, intimacies, genders, and sexualities. 

This series invites monographs, short Pivots (25-50k words), and edited collections which engage with these productive conflicts. 

This series particularly welcomes contributions from early career scholars researching topics relating to:
• Queer methods of litigation, advocacy, and adjudication.
• Legal and policy interventions aimed at queer lives, bodies, cultures, and communities. 
• The relationship between pursuits of queer activism, law reform, and policy change. 
• Queer articulations of legal rights, benefits, entitlements, responsibilities, and jurisdictions. 
• Queer engagements with legal research, scholarship, teaching, and writing. 

For more information or general queries, please contact: Editorial Board member: Senthorun Raj, Series Editor: Dave Cowan Or the Palgrave Editor Josie.

For more information, see here. 

Call for Abstracts: Strengthening Connections: The Power of Relationships and Strong Service Partnerships

16th April – 18th April 2024

In collaboration with the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria, the Australasian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA) are partnering with the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science at Swinburne University of Technology to deliver the 5th Australasian Youth Justice Conference. 

The conference is a three-day event of presentations, keynote addresses, Q & A, and panel discussions. The overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and Māori young people will be a critical focus of the conference, and responsive and holistic approaches to address overrepresentation issues will be threaded throughout the conference program.

For more information, see here. 

Why strict non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases shouldn't be the only option

ABC News

For three years, Rachel* was allegedly stalked and intimidated by a male colleague.

She reported his actions to the company's management, but her perpetrator's life remained largely unchanged.

He kept his job and maintained an untarnished reputation, whereas Rachel was encouraged by employment lawyers and union leaders to leave the organisation and seek work elsewhere.

"It was an all-male workplace. So, I felt very isolated. The guys couldn't understand why it was so scary," she tells ABC RN's Law Report.

At the time, Rachel thought her best option was to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) as part of a workplace sexual harassment settlement.

Now, on reflection, she says it was a better outcome for the alleged perpetrator and the organisation rather than for herself.

Read more here. 

Research Publication, Australian Institute of Criminology

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new Research Report on predicting high-harm offending by outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) members using data from national police information systems.

The research examined the replicability of a risk assessment model developed to identify high-harm OMCG targets in New South Wales. It found that, even with a limited pool of data from a national police information system, high-harm offending can be predicted with a relatively high degree of accuracy.

It was not possible to reproduce the same prediction accuracy achieved in the original model. The model was better at predicting who would not go on to commit a high-harm offence than who would commit a high-harm offence.

Findings show there are trade-offs in real-world applications of prediction models and consideration needs to be given to what data can be readily accessed by law enforcement agencies to identify targets for prioritisation.

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