Tagged with Criminology

Professor James Byrne spoke to Moyd and Loretta from 4BC Afternoons recently about the Queensland Government’s stance on crime and repeat offenders. The government is seeking to toughen it’s stance on crime and crack down on repeat offenders claiming its what the Queensland people want. They talk about will it work and can offender behaviour […]

Griffith has launched its first two MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) through the open2study platform. Understanding the origins of crime was developed by Dr Aaron Sell from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dr Aaron Sell lectures conducts research on anger and aggression from an evolutionary perspective. He received his PhD in evolutionary psychology […]

Another crop of graduates from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice join the ranks of Griffith alumni who are doing great things around the world

Recent graduate Alexa Ridgway has received Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology’s Student Paper Prize for 2013. Her paper, ‘Talking Trauma: Analysing the Relationship between Lawyers’ Communication Techniques and CALD Victim-Survivors’ Disengagement from the Justice System’, was written under the supervision of Professor Kathy Daly. She will be presented with a Certificate at the […]

The project ‘Evidence-Informed Youth Sexual Violence Prevention’ has received funding of $2,278,182 over 3 years from a 2013-14 Indigenous Justice Program grant. The project is led by Professor Stephen Smallbone and Ms Susan Rayment-McHugh and includes Griffith researchers Dr Troy Allard, Professor Ross Homel, Ms Dimity Smith and Professor Anna Stewart, as well as Lucy […]