http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6261 2013-05-22T02:21:47Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8657 Title: AIC (2012) National Crime Prevention Framework Authors: Maynard, John Abstract: Earlier this year the Australian and New Zealand Crime Prevention Senior Officers’ Group produced the National Crime Prevention Framework. This resource is important in that this is arguably the first time in history that the Commonwealth Government has articulated its position on crime prevention. The framework draws upon a wealth of literature which outlines the most effective approaches to the prevention of crime. 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8656 Title: Council of Australian Governments (2010) The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 Authors: Guajardo, Claudia Abstract: The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 will bring together the efforts of governments across the nation to make a real and sustained reduction in the levels of violence against women. It will be the first plan to coordinate action across jurisdictions. It will be the first to focus strongly on prevention. It will be the first to look to the long term, building respectful relationships to prevent violence from passing from one generation to the next. 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8655 Title: Case et al (2011) A tale of two cities: Young people, anti-social behaviour and localised public opinion Authors: Southwell, Margaret Abstract: Antisocial behaviour (ASB) by young people is often prominently featured in the media and political debates. There is a wide range of activities perceived as ASB, many of which aren’t criminal acts, and there is also a limited understanding about actual public opinion on ASB. This article provides an analysis of a comparative public opinion survey of experiences and perceptions of youth ASB conducted in the UK which suggests that the general public’s view is not as negative or as punitive as we may think. 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8654 Title: Cozens et al (2015) Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED): a review and modern bibliography Authors: Austin, Ray Abstract: This paper critically reviews the core findings from published place-based crime prevention research to assess the available evidence on the contribution of crime prevention through environmental design as a crime prevention strategy. 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8593 Title: Bin Laden in the suburbs: criminalising the Arab Other Authors: Poynting, Scott; Noble, Greg; Tabar, Paul; Collins, Jock Abstract: This book examines public worrying over 'ethnic crime' and what it tells us about Australia today. How, for instance, can the blame for a series of brutal group sexual assaults in Sydney be so widely attributed to whole ethnic communities? How is it that the arrival of a foundering boatload of asylum-seekers mostly seeking refuge from despotic regimes in 'the Middle East' can be manipulated to characterise complete cohorts of applicants for refuge - and their immigrant compatriots - as dangerous, dishonest, criminally inclined and inhuman? How did the airborne terror attacks on the USA on 11 September 2001 exacerbate existing tendencies in Australia to stereotype Arabs and Muslims as backward, inassimilable, without respect for Western laws and values, and complicit with barbarism and terrorism? Bin Laden in the Suburbs argues that we are witnessing the emergence of the 'Arab Other' as the pre-eminent 'folk devil' of our time. This Arab Other functions in the national imaginary to prop up the project of national belonging. It has little to do with the lived experiences of Arab, Middle Eastern or Muslim Australians, and everything to do with a host of social anxieties which overlap in a series of moral panics. Bin Laden in the Suburbs analyses a decisive moment in the history of multiculturalism in Australia. Description: 'Unlike most migrants, the Arab migrant is a subversive will...They invade our shores, take over our neighbourhood and rape our women. They are all little bin Ladens and they are everywhere: explicit bin Ladens and closet bin Ladens; conscious bin Ladens and unconscious bin Ladens; bin Ladens on the beach and bin Ladens in the suburbs, as this book is aptly titled. Within this register...even a single Arab is a threat. Contain the Arab, or exterminate the Arab? A 'tolerable' presence in the suburbs, or caged in a concentration camp?...The politics of the Western post-colonial state is constantly and dangerously oscillating between these two tendencies today. It is this dangerous oscillation that is so lucidly exposed in this book.' - Ghassan Hage, 'Forward', Bin Laden in the Suburbs. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8350 Title: They tried to make me go to rehab... young offenders and drug use Authors: Simpson, Melanie; Wilkinson, Geoff; Sanders, Jane; Haesler, Andrew; Sydney Institute of Criminology Abstract: The last young people in custody health survey showed that 89% of young offenders had tried illicit drugs, with cannabis (87%) the most common used. As well, 65% had used an illicit drug at least weekly in the year prior to custody, 65% reported committing crime to obtain alcohol or drugs and 20% were intoxicated (on alcohol, drugs or both) at the time of their offence. This seminar will look at: the latest research on cannabis use amongst young offenders; an innovative intervention program specifically designed for young people with low literacy skills; the effect of being caught with small amounts of drugs and their subsequent entanglement in the justice system; alternatives to incarceration. Speakers: Melanie Simpson, Senior Research Officer/PhD Candidate, National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre; Geoff Wilkinson, Program Manager, Alcohol and Other Drugs, Juvenile Justice; Jane Sanders, Principal Solicitor, Shopfront Youth Legal Centre. This event is sponsored by Juvenile Justice NSW. Description: Date: 9 May 2012 Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm (registration from 5.30pm) Venue: Foyer (Level 2), Sydney Law School, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney Cost: Free 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8251 Title: NSW Crime Statistics and Trends Seminar 24 April 2012 Authors: Weatherburn, Don; Carroll, Ray; Newbery, Greig; Payne, Jason Abstract: This seminar explored the trends emerging from the latest New South Wales (NSW) crime statistics and considered reasons for the significant decline in particular offences (such as break, enter and steal and motor vehicle theft) over the last decade in NSW. Presenters included: • Dr Don Weatherburn, Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research • Ray Carroll, Executive Director, National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council • Detective Superintendent Greig Newbery, Property Crime Squad, NSW Police Force • Jason Payne, Manager, Violent and Serious Crime Monitoring, Australian Institute of Criminology The NSW Chapter of ASIS was kindly sponsored this seminar. 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8101 Title: Comparative CPTED Conference Authors: Clancey, Garner; Armitage, Rachel; Cozens, Paul; Monchuk, Leanne; Brincat, James; Maynard, John; Lake, Tony; Ramsay, Sue; Hayes-Jonkers, Charmaine; West, Jennifer; Kidon, Olivia; Kyriakakis, Allison; Butler, Chris; Lynch, Leonard; Institute of Criminology Abstract: The Sydney Institute of Criminology (University of Sydney) hosted a one-day Comparative CPTED Conference on 24 January 2012. This conference explored recent developments in CPTED practice and theory and brought together an exciting array of academics and practitioners from England, New Zealand, Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland and other locations. National trends and local case studies revealed different approaches and innovative developments in CPTED practice from numerous jurisdictions. 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7940 Title: Spend less and reduce crime: hear how this is done in the United States Authors: Aos, Steve Abstract: International guest speaker, Steve Aos, is the Director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. The Institute is responsible for conducting practical, non-partisan research at legislative direction on issues of importance to Washington State. Steve will discuss the Institute’s criminal justice research findings, and how they believe that the key to success is to think more generally about crime. What citizens want is less crime and less taxpayer spending, says Steve. Washington State has learned that only by thinking of the criminal justice system as a whole - from prevention, juvenile justice to adult corrections and sentencing - can one allocate resources across "silos" in such a way to achieve those goals. 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7861 Title: Yemaya 2010 Description: Yemaya is the Sydney University Law Society’s interdisciplinary women’s journal. It has been published annually since 2006 under the auspices of the Women’s Portfolio with the generous sponsorship of Mallesons Stephen Jaques and this year has a print run of 300 copies. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7860 Title: Yemaya 2009 Description: Yemaya is the Sydney University Law Society’s interdisciplinary women’s journal. It has been published annually since 2006 under the auspices of the Women’s Portfolio with the generous sponsorship of Mallesons Stephen Jaques and this year has a print run of 300 copies. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7801 Title: Crime Prevention Evaluation Training 18 October 2011 Authors: Clancey, Garner; Morgan, Anthony; Willis, Katie Abstract: Evidence-based crime prevention requires sound evaluations to be conducted. Unfortunately, few crime prevention programs in Australia are ever rigorously evaluated. This can result in promising initiatives being de-funded and popular, but not necessarily successful, programs being adopted. Crime prevention practitioners often feel ill-equipped to conduct evaluations. This one-day training course will help practitioners to: feel more confident in understanding evaluation reports; develop evaluation plans; and contract external evaluators. Through the use of three case studies (focusing on public space closed-circuit television systems, prevention efforts to address alcohol-related problems and youth diversionary programs), this practical training course helped to equip practitioners with evaluation skills and knowledge. The following staff from the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Sydney Institute of Criminology delivered the training: • Peter Homel • Katie Willis • Anthony Morgan • Jess Anderson • Garner Clancey CCTV, liquor accord and Midnight Basketball case studies were covered in the training and presentations are made available here. 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7800 Title: Yemaya 2011 Description: Yemaya is the Sydney University Law Society’s interdisciplinary women’s journal. It has been published annually since 2006 under the auspices of the Women’s Portfolio with the generous sponsorship of Mallesons Stephen Jaques and this year has a print run of 300 copies. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7740 Title: Crime Prevention Practice Paper 3: An Overview of the Crime Prevention Plan Endorsement Process in New South Wales Authors: Gray, Alicia; Clancey, Garner Abstract: Local government has been identified internationally as a key agency in efforts to prevent crime. Numerous policies and guidelines developed in New South Wales (NSW) over the past 10‐15 years have reflected this position. Many of these policies have been developed, adopted and funded by State government agencies. This has created a situation in which local government can apply to the NSW Crime Prevention Division (Department of Justice and Attorney General) to get a Crime Prevention Plan endorsed as a safer community compact. Once endorsed, the council is then eligible to apply for funding (a maximum of $50,000 per annum for three years) to support implementation of initiatives outlined in their Crime Prevention Plan. A short survey was sent to staff in six councils to explore the views on the endorsement process. The findings are presented in this paper. 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7384 Title: ANZCCC Proceedings 2010 Table of Contents Authors: Sydney Institute of Criminology Abstract: ANZCCC: The Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2010, Proceedings Table of Contents 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7383 Title: Force Selling: Policing and the Manufacture of Public Confidence? Authors: Lee, Murray Abstract: This paper explores aspects of the ways in which police image work is conducted in NSW. Specifically, it looks at the links between such image work and the project of public confidence building in the police. Based on research interviews with NSW Police public affairs professionals the paper draws out a number of themes articulated by respondents. It also places these themes in a broader context of changing relationships between the police and media. It concludes by suggesting the modern police agencies have little choice but to engage in image work and confidence building but sounds a word of caution about the growing capacity of policing agencies to frame preferred images of crime and policing. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7382 Title: Curiosity Killed the M-Cat: an Examination of Illicit Drugs and Media Authors: Lancaster, Kari; Hughes, Caitlin; Spicer, Bridget; Matthew-Simmons, Francis; Dillon, Paul Abstract: Using mainstream media communication theories, this article outlines different mechanisms by which media can impact on public perceptions of drugs and crime. The media can set the agenda and define public interest; frame issues through selection and salience; indirectly shape individual and community attitudes towards risk and norms; and feed into political debate and decision making. We demonstrate how the media can fulfill each of these roles by examining the so-called Miaow Miaow (Mephedrone) legal high ‘epidemic’, as reported in the United Kingdom news media from 2009-2010. In doing so we illustrate that by contributing to hysteria, exerting pressure for policy change and increasing curiosity in drug use, the media can have a potentially powerful impact on demand for drugs and public perceptions of illicit drugs and drugs policy. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7381 Title: (Re)Gendering Violence: Men, Masculinities and Violence Authors: Seymour, Kate Abstract: This paper focuses on constructions of violence, in particular the ways in which violence is constructed as a social problem in and through policy discourses. Inspired by an earlier study into the ways in which practitioners, engaged in work with men who are violent towards their female partners, construct and understand violence, this paper highlights the extent to which societal/cultural beliefs regarding gender and violence are embedded at the levels of policy, ‘expert’ knowledge(s), and practices. Illustrating the exercise of (gendered) power through knowledge in shaping Australian government/agency responses and initiatives, it is argued that this has critical implications for the ways in which ‘gender(ed) violence’ is conceptualised, named and addressed. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7380 Title: Social Networking Sites and Crime: Is Facebook more than just a Place to Procrastinate? Authors: Milivojevic, Sanja Abstract: This paper analyses the most popular social networking website (SNS)2—Facebook—and its engagement with crime. Through media analysis of several Australian and international newspapers and using case studies, the paper investigates the context in which Facebook was recently linked to issues around crime prevention and crime repression. This paper hopes to prompt the debate around a potential role of SNSs in addressing crime, and their impending impact on policy changes. Finally, the paper emphasises the need for such an engagement within a broader context of critical criminology. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7379 Title: ‘This is Africa’: Filmic Negotiations of Crime, Justice and Global Responsibility Authors: Duncanson, Kirsty; McMillan, Nesam Abstract: Film is a significant medium through which Western audiences learn about crime and suffering occurring beyond their national borders. On this basis, this article critically reflects on the ‘knowledge’ of criminal violence in contemporary Africa provided by two recent films, Blood Diamond (2006) and Sometimes in April (2005). We argue that the films offer notably divergent understandings of the nature of violent conflict in post-colonial Africa, and of who is capable of bearing the responsibility to address its causes and legacy. While Blood Diamond adopts a conventional colonial narrative in which Africa, through the example of Sierra Leone, is portrayed as a place of disorder ultimately requiring the intervention of the West, Sometimes in April offers an alternative image of a more autonomous African nation, able to actively negotiate the challenges of the post-conflict and post-colonial environment. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7378 Title: Tweeting the News: Criminal Justice Agencies and their Use of Social Networking Sites Authors: McGovern, Alyce Abstract: In recent times we have seen an increase in the willingness of criminal justice agencies to engage with new media technologies and social networking sites, not only as a tool for the investigation of criminal activity, but also as a new way of communicating with the public. Sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are experiencing a growth in their use as communication tools for criminal justice agencies. What is interesting, however, is that different criminal justice agencies are employing these sites in very diverse ways and with distinctive agendas. This paper aims to explore some of the ways in which local and international criminal justice agencies are engaging with new media technologies and social networking sites. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7377 Title: Refugee Women’s Experiences of Violence and Resilience: Early Explorations Authors: Pulvirenti, Mariastella; Mason, Gail Abstract: Refugee experiences of violence are well known and may include violence in the country of origin, in refugee camps, countries of detention and, especially for women and children, in their own families before and after resettlement. The resilience of former refugees to violence has been noted in recent times by a range of agencies. Across Australia, a number of initiatives are in place to deal with experiences of violence in these communities, including policing programs, settlement support services, community support groups and torture and trauma survival services. This paper will report on the preliminary findings of a qualitative project investigating the relationship between refugee women, violence and resilience in the context of resettlement. Focusing on interviews with service providers, the paper will explore how resilience is understood within, and may impact on, service provision. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7376 Title: The Integration of Victim Lawyers into the Adversarial Criminal Trial Authors: Kirchengast, Tyrone Abstract: Various common law jurisdictions now allow for the representation of the victim in court in order to further integrate the victim into the criminal justice system. In certain common law jurisdictions, victim lawyers may now represent the interests of the victim during various parts of the criminal trial process, including pre-trial hearings and during sentencing. Such reforms have proven controversial and debate abounds as to the extent such lawyers may jeopardise the state’s control of the prosecution process or otherwise jeopardise a defendant’s right to a fair trial. While it is commonly agreed that various parts of the criminal trial process, including applications for bail, may significantly impact upon the victim and their family, the extent to which the victim ought to contribute to decision-making processes or contest substantive principles of law remains uncertain. This paper examines the extent to which victim lawyers may be usefully integrated into common law proceedings through a comparative analysis of the rise of victim lawyers in the United States and England. Possibilities for the integration of victim lawyers in Australia will be considered in the critical context of the ambit of the adversarial trial and the rights of the accused to a fair trial process. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7375 Title: Discourse of ‘Dysfunction’: Sentencing Narratives and the Construction of Indigenous Offending Authors: Jeffries, Samantha; Bond, Christine Abstract: Using a narrative analysis of judges sentencing remarks in South Australian higher courts, we explore whether broader discourses ‘dysfunction’ ‘disorganisation’, ‘deprivation’ and ‘pathology’ impact understandings of Indigenous offending and subsequent constructions of Indigenous defendants in the sentencing process. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7374 Title: Securing Nightlife: Media Representations of Public and Private Policing Authors: Wadds, Phillip Abstract: There is ongoing ambivalence concerning door staff and crowd controllers in the night-time economy (NTE). Expanded private security is often acknowledged as a legitimate solution to the fear people experience in relation to urban night leisure. Yet there is significant official, media and public concern regarding the lack of regulation and governance over an industry still grounded in masculine aggression and with a long history of criminal association. Australian public and media concerns about ‘bouncers’ have grown dramatically in line with the expansion of night leisure, peaking after episodes such as the violent death of former cricketer David Hookes in 2004. This paper draws on the results of a fifteen-year archival search of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph and other major Australian newspapers to analyse concerns regarding private security in a society that is increasingly anxious and sensitised to the risks associated with the city after dark. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7373 Title: Felon Fights: Masculinity, Spectacle and Suffering Authors: Tomsen, Stephen Abstract: Felony Fights is a website and set of DVDs depicting ‘no rules’ combat between male former convicts and a range of opponents. In these, the spectacle of violence serves to obscure the profoundly unequal relations of power that shape their production and viewing appeal. In Felony Fights, embodied marginality and poverty are presented as evidence of the animal brutality and the carceral character of the fighters. This resonates with populist explanations for criminality and male violence, and the punitive sentiments that are linked to law and order thinking about the failure of the penal system to adequately punish and inflict suffering on dangerous criminals. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7372 Title: Organised Abuse and Testimonial Legitimacy Authors: Salter, Michael Abstract: This paper will discuss the relationship between sexual abuse, invalidation and testimonial legitimacy with a particular focus on organised abuse. Using qualitative data drawn from a study of adult survivors of organised abuse, the paper emphasises how strategies of invalidation, disbelief and minimisation are embedded in children’s experiences of organised abuse as well as in the response of others to organised abuse throughout their lifespan. This analysis troubles the distinction between everyday and legalistic notions of credibility and emphasises instead how the denial of testimonial legitimacy to children and women in a range of contexts is underpinned by relations of power that compound the gendered risks and harms of sexual abuse. The findings of this study suggest that the denial of testimonial legitimacy is a serious barrier to the wellbeing and safety of victims of sexual abuse, such as those disclosing organised abuse, whose life histories render them particularly vulnerable to strategies of invalidation. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7371 Title: The Utopian Nightmare: Key Issues about Lesbian Domestic Violence according to Brisbane Domestic Violence Services Authors: Hotten, Justine Abstract: This research documents what Brisbane domestic violence (DV) service providers consider to be key issues about lesbian domestic violence (LDV). Interviews sought to determine if, from service providers’ perspectives, appropriate measures were in place to assist victims and perpetrators of LDV. Results suggest issues specific to LDV complicate DV service provision and responses to this violence could be inadequate. Participants acknowledged DV service providers and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities must work together to address key issues of LDV and appropriate training is required to enable lesbian victims and perpetrators to seek support for abusive relationships. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7370 Title: ‘Damaged Goods’: Riskiness and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young People’s Interactions with Police Authors: Dwyer, Angela Abstract: For some time now, research has suggested lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people are ‘at-risk’ of victimisation and legally ‘risky’. Relatively few studies have examined how ‘risk factor’ research influences the everyday lives of LGBT young people. This paper reports how the experiences of police by 35 LGBT young people in Brisbane, Queensland reflected discourses about LGBT riskiness and how danger informed their interactions with police in public spaces. The participants specifically note how looking at-risk or looking risky affected their experiences of policing. The paper will conclude with recommendations for improved future policing practice. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7369 Title: Offences against the (Moral) Person: HIV Transmission Offences in Australia Authors: Houlihan, Annette Abstract: HIV transmission remains a focus of criminal prosecutions in Australia, with many of these cases appearing before Victorian courts. This paper will specifically explore the Victorian prosecution of Michael Neal, who was sentenced to 18 years gaol in 2009 for HIV-related offences. This was the first Victorian prosecution that used intentional and attempt provisions. Neal was portrayed as an evil, vindictive criminal in television and newspaper reports. His monstrous culpability was compounded by the subtext of bisexuality and hedonism, but also his implied transcendence from heteronormativity to homodeviance. His sexuality was located within various esoteric, depraved and rapacious imaginations, such as sadomasochism, gay orgies and conversion parties. He became a simulacrum of the ‘grim reaper’ of early Australian AIDS campaigns whereby he signified an indeterminate HIV risk for multiple unknown innocents. He was both risky and culpable. This paper will explore the construction of his risky criminal identity within the socio-legal imagination of HIV transmission criminality. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7368 Title: Jeopardising Justice for What? Keeping Sentence Indications in Victoria Authors: Flynn, Asher Abstract: In 2004, the Office of the Victorian Attorney General released the Justice Statement Part I, which outlined a ten-year plan to modernise Victoria’s criminal justice system. A key initiative emerging from this idealistic reform agenda involved a sentence indication scheme for indictable offences, on the basis that it would increase clearance rates; thus in theory, benefiting all parties. In line with the recommendations of a report compiled by the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council (VSAC) in 2007, a pilot sentence indication trial commenced in the County and Supreme Courts, with the sunset clause that it be evaluated after two years and either fully integrated into legislation or abolished (Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) ss 208–9, s 384). In February 2010, the VSAC released its evaluative report recommending the scheme be maintained in its current form. This paper critically analyses some potential flaws in the arguments of the VSAC report, with a particular focus on the ineffectiveness of the scheme, and its potential to result in unjust outcomes. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7367 Title: The Subject in Peril Authors: Doyle, Kylie Abstract: What follows is an introduction to my forthcoming doctoral research regarding the portrayal of the subject and object of fear in road safety public education campaigns. The objective of this particular paper is to situate my doctoral research into current fear of crime theory. The paper aims to examine fear of crime beyond the heuristics of victimhood and asserts that the fearful subject’s perceived consequences of crime are also a significant consideration for the feared subject and their governance and regulation. The paper argues that the fear of crime features in road safety public education campaigns as a technology to discipline an unpredictable subject. The paper raises some significant questions relating to the exercise of this disciplinary power, which will form the basis of my doctoral research. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7366 Title: The Law of the Ruler? Authors: Cowdery, Nicholas Abstract: The title of this article arises out of the misunderstanding that so long as there is a law, so long as the ruler (even a democratic one) has made valid law, then the rule of law operates. The question mark is intended to prompt consideration of whether or not, at least in New South Wales (NSW), the criminal law has truly become the law of the ruler—without proper consideration of the requirements of the just rule of law, the separation of powers in our democratic system of government, the independence of the judiciary and the protection of human rights. I would like to make some observations on those requirements drawn from my own experience. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7365 Title: Made to Order: A Preliminary Review of Crime Risk Assessments in New South Wales, Australia Authors: Clancey, Garner Abstract: In 2001, guidelines were introduced in New South Wales (NSW) to ensure that proposed developments/redevelopments of the built environment reflected key crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) principles. The guidelines state that in certain circumstances a crime risk assessment report is required on the proposed development. To date, these guidelines have not been evaluated, making it impossible to assess their impact and the utility of the associated crime risk assessment reports. Partially to address this gap, a small number (four) of publicly available crime risk assessment reports have been reviewed and key issues highlighted here. In particular, the relevance of some aspects of these reports is questioned, as is the impact of the relationship between the client (i.e. developer) commissioning the report and the ‘independent’ consultant. The small sample of risk assessment reports reviewed here cannot be considered representative of the larger body of such reports. Further research is required to determine the veracity of the findings of this small review. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7364 Title: Observations about the History of Critical Criminology in Australia Authors: Carrington, Kerry; Hogg, Russell Abstract: This paper provides some schematic genealogical observations of a rich and varied field of scholarship in Australia loosely badged as critical criminology. Those working in the critical criminology tradition have been centrally concerned with the social construction, variability and contingency of the criminal label and the power effects that flow from state definitions of deviance. The paper selects scholarship being undertaken around four topics—Indigenous criminalisation, feminist concerns about crime, youth crime and the creation of a new class of criminal through border controls—to exemplify the richness and diversity of this current research. We are well aware that it is a somewhat invidious exercise to single out certain bodies of work like this from the broad and diverse inquiries that constitute contemporary critical criminology in Australia. Our selection has been guided in part by the desire to relate salient connections with the historical, geo-spatial, national, political and social context from which critical criminological work in Australia springs. We eschew a certain style of analysis tacitly conducted in terms of the failed or blocked realisation of some general principle (‘full sociality’, social equality, non-patriarchal society) in favour of a wide and open definition of what may count as critical work in criminology. We also consciously refrain from assuming that critical research is qualitative or discursive, and non-critical research quantitative. The paper concludes with some comments about the possibilities for promulgating the criminological imagination. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7363 Title: Organised Crime: A Chaotic Notion Authors: Beesley, Julie Abstract: Borrowed theories and principles from the physical sciences have enabled social scientists and criminologists to analyse well-worn theories and data from a new perspective. One such theory is chaos theory, a subset of the family of complexity theory, and an emerging perspective in postmodern criminology. Chaos theory is the science of non-linear and dynamic systems that appear random due to their complex behaviour, but in essence are deterministic and sensitive to initial conditions (popularly referred to as the butterfly effect). Chaos theory is best applied to systems that operate at local and global level, and that display signs of both order and disorder. Organised crime may be described as such a system. This paper explores the notion and attempts to analyse organised crime from a new perspective. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7362 Title: Domestic Violence: A Research Agenda Authors: Bartels, Lorana Abstract: This paper presents a brief overview of emerging issues in domestic violence research. Specifically, it sets out a research agenda in the context of rural and remote communities; gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) communities; domestic violence amongst the elderly, those with disabilities and in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities; domestic violence and homelessness; the impact on children; and perpetrator programs. This agenda does not purport to be exhaustive; in particular, it focuses on male perpetrators. In addition, the need for more research in relation to family violence in Indigenous communities should not be overlooked (see Bartels 2010). Nonetheless, this paper aims to serve as a point of focus for the criminological community for future research in this context. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7361 Title: The Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2010 Proceedings: Transitional Justice and Settler States Authors: Balint, Jennifer; Evans, Julie Abstract: Transitional justice has become the dominant international framework for redressing mass harm and historical injustices. However, transitional justice is commonly premised on the notion of a recent point of rupture or change from violence and oppression to a ‘new dawn’, and has therefore been less attuned to accommodating the long-term effects of colonialism. Accordingly, the historical experiences of Indigenous peoples in settler states such as Australia, New Zealand and North America have been considered outside the field. This exploratory paper sketches out some of the perceived benefits of articulating a new conceptual approach, which at once historicises transitional justice and brings the experiences of Indigenous peoples within its purview. Taking an interdisciplinary (criminological, socio-legal and historical) perspective, we consider why notions of transitional justice have not been thought relevant to the circumstances of settler colonialism. We suggest that while the relatively presentist concerns of transitional justice effectively elide the impact of colonialism, its holistic ameliorative framework might nevertheless become relevant to considerations of how just outcomes might be pursued in settler societies. Similarly, in elaborating the significance of colonial pasts per se in shaping contemporary experiences, such interdisciplinary approaches might also help address some of the criticisms emerging in recent literature on transitional justice. We draw here on a larger team-based and cross-sectoral interdisciplinary research project that has been submitted for funding under the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme. It will be the task of the larger project to develop and explore the many issues arising from this discussion, including the need to identify and examine certain conceptual and applied challenges involved in seeking the kind of comprehensive official recognition of past injustices we simply canvass here. 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7286 Title: The Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2010 Program and Abstracts Authors: Institute of Criminology Abstract: In 2010 the Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference was hosted by the Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney in association with the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Sydney. The conference in 2010 continued to foster dialogue beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline of criminology and promote the ground-breaking research of critical criminologists from Australia and New Zealand. Documents included in this entry include the conference program amd abstracts. 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7285 Title: Abstracts & Biographies: Australasian Teaching Critical Criminology Conference 2007 Authors: Sydney Institute of Criminology Abstract: This document includes the abstracts and biographies of presenters at the 2007 Australasian Teaching Critical Criminology Conference, known in more recent years as the Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference. 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7274 Title: Briefing session: uses and abuses of crime statistics Authors: Weatherburn, Don; Holmes, Jessie Abstract: This briefing session is a joint initiative of the Sydney Institute of Criminology (University of Sydney) and the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. The 2010 NSW crime statistics will be released soon (late April 2011). This background briefing session by Dr Don Weatherburn (Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research) and Jessie Holmes (Project Officer, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research) provides a detailed understanding of reporting of crime, the limitations of crime statistics, and ways of interpreting and reporting crime data. This event aims to help equip journalists and commentators to understand crime data in all of its complexity. Journalists, journalism students, criminology students and those generally interested in crime data were encouraged to attend this event. 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7236 Title: Crime Prevention Practice Paper 2: An Overview to Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas in NSW Councils Authors: Chiu, Dave Yue Kim Abstract: To prevent anti‐social behaviour associated with alcohol consumption and improve public safety, NSW councils have been given the legislative power to manage the consumption of alcohol in public spaces through establishing Alcohol Free Zones (AFZs) and Alcohol Prohibited Areas (APAs). This paper provides information about the following: What are Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas?; Examples of AFZ and APA signs; Establishment procedures and law enforcement powers; Council approaches to AFZs and APAs; Useful resources. 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7203 Title: SafeGrowth and City Crime Workshop Authors: Clancey, Garner; Malloch, Anne Abstract: The Sydney Institute of Criminology hosted a one-day workshop on 24 January 2011 focusing on crime in cities. This conference, SafeGrowth and City Crime - Co-Design, Eco-Parks, Funky Laneways and Fixing Deadzones, was facilitated by Greg Saville (North America) and Wendy Sarkissian (Australia) and considered such diverse issues as homelessness, graffiti, the night time economy, activation of laneways and public art. Description: Anne Malloch (City of Melbourne) has kindly made her presentation available. Further to this presentation, the following websites provide links to issues or resources discussed on the day: http://www.e-doca.eu/content/docs/SafeGrowth7.pdf ('Moving Forward in Neighbourhood Development' by Greg Saville) http://www.lisc.org/content/publications/detail/8184/ (Creating Safety and Sustainability through Community Building and Urban Design) www.sarkissian.com.au www.kitchentablesustainability.com www.speakoutplanning.com www.creativecommunityplanning.com 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7202 Title: Aboriginal young people and crime Authors: Crawford, Edwina; Debus, Bob; Paulson, Anthony Abstract: On 11 November 2010, the Department of Human Services NSW - Juvenile Justice and the Sydney Institute of Criminology hosted a seminar that considered the facts of juvenile offending. One major theme emerging from this seminar was the continued over-representation of young Aboriginal people in the juvenile justice system. The next seminar in this series of events focusing on youth crime and juvenile justice explored in detail the issues associated with Aboriginal young people and crime. Consideration was given to the reasons for this continued over-representation, while also highlighting promising programs and community-based initiatives. Description: Audio recording of Aboriginal Young People & Crime seminar: Edwina Crawford, Manager, Aboriginal Strategic Coordination Unit, Department of Human Services NSW - Juvenile Justice; Anthony Paulson, Centre Manager, Tirkandi Inaburra; and Bob Debus, Former Minister for Home Affairs in the Australian Government and a former NSW Attorney General 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7197 Title: Crime Prevention Practice Paper 1: An Overview of CPTED DCPs and Related Council Policies in NSW Authors: Clancey, Garner; Chiu, Dave Yue Kim Abstract: Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is increasingly adopted by councils across New South Wales (NSW). This can be done in a variety of ways. Introducing Development Control Plans (DCPs) focusing on CPTED or integrating CPTED into larger DCPs are two key ways that this has been achieved. This Crime Prevention Practice Paper provides an overview of some of the methods used by councils to embed CPTED into local planning regimes and provides examples of documents developed by various NSW councils. 2011-02-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7160 Title: Crime Prevention Programs/Initiatives Found to be Particularly Valuable and Relevant in Australia Authors: Clancey, Garner Abstract: Asia-Pacific Crime Prevention Forum: Adjunct Lecturer, Garner Clancey was recently invited to deliver a presentation to the Asia-Pacific Crime Prevention Forum held in Adelaide between 23 and 26 January 2011. Garner provided an overview of some promising programs and critical factors shaping crime prevention practice in Australia. The Forum, organised by the Australian Crime Prevention Council, provided a wonderful opportunity to learn about crime prevention programs and initiatives across the region. 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7088 Title: Crime Prevention Definitions and Terminology Authors: Clancey, Garner Abstract: Garner Clancey (Adjunct Lecturer, Sydney Institute of Criminology) has developed a number of crime prevention fact sheets. These fact sheets provide an overview of key crime prevention tenets and cover various topics and issues. They have been designed to assist practitioners in their work and to provide a link to relevant crime prevention research. This fact sheet considers definitions of particular terms related to crime prevention. 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7087 Title: Closed Circuit Television in Public Places Authors: Clancey, Garner Abstract: Garner Clancey (Adjunct Lecturer, Sydney Institute of Criminology) has developed a number of crime prevention fact sheets. These fact sheets provide an overview of key crime prevention tenets and cover various topics and issues. They have been designed to assist practitioners in their work and to provide a link to relevant crime prevention research. This fact sheet considers a number of issues that should be considered in great detail before installing closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public areas as a crime prevention initiative. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7086 Title: Crime Data Authors: Clancey, Garner Abstract: Garner Clancey (Adjunct Lecturer, Sydney Institute of Criminology) has developed a number of crime prevention fact sheets. These fact sheets provide an overview of key crime prevention tenets and cover various topics and issues. They have been designed to assist practitioners in their work and to provide a link to relevant crime prevention research. This fact sheet outlines some of the most common and important forms of crime data. 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7085 Title: Five Reasons Not to Rely on the Criminal Justice System Alone to Prevent Crime Authors: Clancey, Garner Abstract: Garner Clancey (Adjunct Lecturer, Sydney Institute of Criminology) has developed a number of crime prevention fact sheets. These fact sheets provide an overview of key crime prevention tenets and cover various topics and issues. They have been designed to assist practitioners in their work and to provide a link to relevant crime prevention research. This fact sheet outlines 5 reasons not to rely on the criminal justice system alone to prevent crime. 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z