Tagged with Associate Professor Grant Devilly

Smart Start, a joint initiative of Griffith University and the Queensland Police Service, today received a silver award in the community-led category of the 2016 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards.

As the country reels from the Sydney siege and its unhappy end, many will be wondering what can be done for the hostages stuck for hours with the gunman in the Lindt café. The answer may be surprisingly little – especially if we want people to recover to a healthy psychological state.