Crime and Justice
Overview
The Crime and Justice program encompasses nationally and internationally recognised researchers committed to criminal, social, global, Indigenous and environmental justice. The program draws mostly on academics from the School of Justice, who possess a wide range of interdisciplinary expertise in criminology, sociology, policy, ethics and policing.
Specific areas of research include violence and mining work camps, environmental crimes, on-line romance scams and fraud, criminal networks, transnational crime, police knowledge systems, child abuse and sexual assault, Indigenous Justice issues in criminal justice, indigenous sentencing, global justice and human rights, sex, morality and ethics, youth justice, growth in girls' violence, same sex violence and a range of issues associated with policing diversity and First Nations Peoples.
All staff associated with this research program have PhDs or are currently undertaking postgraduate research. There are three internationally recognised research teams in the School with current ARC or Criminology Research Council Nationally Competitive funding. Current projects include an ARC Linkage grant with the Queensland State Coroner to establish best practice guidelines for the use of internal autopsies, an ARC Discovery grant exploring high rates of violence among men in rural Australia, a Criminology Research Council Grant on Indigenous Sentencing and a large project funded by the Queensland Premier's Crime and Research Unit to undertake a systematic analysis on the sentencing outcomes of Indigenous offenders.
Over the last five years, staff associated with this program have generated around $1 million in research grant funding.
Collectively the staff supervise around 34 postgraduate research students who work on topics such as policing people experiencing mental health issues, policies relating to youth, drugs and crime, and transnational crime and implications for Customs administration.
Staff publish their research in a range of outlets, including books and internationally refereed journals.
