International study to catch burglars before they strike

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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 […]

Open lecture analyses school league tables

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Noted UK statistician Professor Harvey Goldstein from Bristol University will present an Open Lecture, “Parental choice and league tables’’ at the QCA Lecture Theatre on Wednesday, October 27. His talk will focus on the use of school ranking measurements such as NAPLAN. “These rankings are widely published in the media and utilised by schools in […]

Conference explores international policing and security issues

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Counter-terrorism, international policing and peace building and keeping are just some of the topics to be explored at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security conference in Canberra on October 7 and 8. CEPS Director Professor Simon Bronitt said the conference offered the 150 national and international criminologists and scholars an opportunity to […]

Winners of the My Griffith Social Media Challenge

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The winners have been announced and the prizes awarded to the Winnners and Runners-up for the My Griffith Social Media Challenge 2010. The finalists were invited to join us for International Inspirations Night on Friday 17th September at the Gold Coast campus, where they received their prizes and we watched the videos presented on the […]

Building creative community connections

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Who are the people behind community creativity? From youth culture to urban planning, from music-making to new media and online communities, the second Griffith University Creative Communities Conference held from September 21-23 will explore these themes. Hosted by the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research, the conference follows a successful first event in 2009, and features […]

Experts present latest research on bullying prevention

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The Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland Elizabeth Fraser will provide the opening address. Presenters include Professor Bruce Burton who initiated the Queensland-wide Acting Against Bullying program, Professor Paul Mazerolle, director of the Griffith University Violence Research and Prevention program, and Griffith University PhD scholar Roberta Thompson whose research is on […]

"My Griffith" – Social Media Challenge

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The challenge is to create an innovative, informative and entertaining audio-visual testimony of their experiences here at Griffith. There are 4 x iPads, 4 x Mini-HD Video cameras and 4 x $100 gift cards to be won. Winning submissions will be shared with students all over the world on the Web and at Study Expos. […]