Tagged with School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

People are more worried about being attacked in places they think lack a sense of community rather those perceived as having high levels of social cohesion, a Griffith University study has found. The pilot study published online inApplied Geography, led by PhD candidate Michael Chataway from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, used mobile […]

The government’s announcement of plans to strengthen the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) role in domestic counter-terrorism operations appears to be a quick and decisive reaction to the New South Wales coroner’s report on the Lindt Café siege in 2014.

The impact of street-based sex work comes under the spotlight in a new book.

Male victims of homicide often seem to receive less attention from policymakers, the media, and the wider public than female victims write Samara McPhedran and Li Eriksson.

A fascination with the production processes behind top-rating Australian crime drama Underbelly led Anne Ferguson to research her PhD. What makes her journey all the more remarkable is that Anne lost most of her sight from a series of strokes while partway through her Bachelor of Arts Honours degree at Griffith University. With the support […]

The impact of a range of performing arts-based programs on Australian prisoners has been explored in the first national research project of its kind.

As she pursues a PhD in Forensic Biology at Griffith University, Jimboomba mother of five Megan Best is an expert in balancing the demands of family, work and study