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Leading crime experts will gather at a one-day Griffith University symposium on intimate partner violence and homicide in Brisbane on Thursday, May 3. The symposium aims to promote awareness among researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and community representatives in working towards tangible solutions to prevent intimate partner violence. Griffith University Violence Research and Prevention Program Director Professor […]

The Australian Homicide Project aims to improve understanding and responses by criminal justice, health and social welfare agencies. More than 200 interviews have already been conducted with intimate and non-intimate partner homicide offenders in prisons across Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. “The study is the first of its kind in Australia and one […]

Ethicists, researchers and representatives of multiple faiths will discuss the concepts of forgiveness after professional failure at a one-day forum at Griffith University on Wednesday, November 23. Keynote speaker Professor Sidney Dekker from the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance said the forum would examine questions surrounding the role of forgiveness in a […]

Most Muslims feel part of Australian society a new Griffith University study has found. Published in the latest issue of the Journal of Sociology, the study challenges popular assumptions that Muslims are opposed to integration and reject Western values, says lead researcher Dr Halim Rane (pictured). “We surveyed 428 Muslims in Queensland to identify their […]

US criminologist Professor Daniel Nagin will argue it is possible to reduce crime and punishment at a free public lecture at Griffith University on Thursday, March 17. Professor Nagin says crime, prison costs, and imprisonment numbers can be reduced if policy-makers move from a reliance on severity-based policies to a more effective use of police […]

A major international study into understanding where and when burglars decide to offend aims to reduce crime. The four-year project will analyse offending profiles in Australia, Canada, UK and the Netherlands. It will build a comprehensive model of offender spatial preferences to determine how neighbourhood planning can be used in crime prevention. Griffith University researcher […]

Dr Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, from Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, presents stories of music students who worked alongside Indigenous artists at the recent Desert Harmony Festival in Tennant Creek. The Tennant Creek Showcase will be held in The Boardroom, Queensland Conservatorium, South Bank on Wednesday, October 13 at 5pm. “The project aims to increase students’ understanding of […]