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Crime Free Housing Seminar
Published 2010-03-01Is it possible to design neighbourhoods to prevent and reduce crime? This seminar will explore this question with reference to contemporary developments in New South Wales and other jurisdictions. The seminar will be of ...Open AccessRecording, oral -
Crime Prevention Seminar
Published 2010-05-01Keeping up with the latest developments in crime prevention can be challenging. This seminar will highlight recent developments, including successful local crime prevention initiatives, and will include a small number of ...Open AccessRecording, oral -
Critical Perspectives of CPTED
Published 2010-07-01Crime Prevention through environmental design (CPTED) involves the manipulation of the built environment to prevent crime and to reduce the fear of crime. CPTED has gained greater prominence in recent years, with the ...Open AccessRecording, oral -
Juvenile Offending - What Are the Facts?
Published 2010-11-22We often hear reports and stories about juvenile offending. At times, these reports present alarming scenarios and troubling images. But what are the facts of juvenile offending? This seminar will bring together a number ...Open AccessRecording, oral -
Investing in Alternatives to Prison
Published 2010-11-24The Australian Institute of Criminology suggests that the overall imprisonment rate per 100,000 of the adult prison population increased from 88 to 168 between 1984 and 2008, an average growth rate of five percent per year. ...Open AccessPresentation -
Post-Release Employment Seminar
Published 2010-12-14Gaining employment is frequently advocated as a key form of post-release support. However, with the rise of employment screening, the tightening of regulations around the security industry and a competitive job market ...Open AccessPresentation -
Aboriginal young people and crime
Published 2011-02-16On 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 ...Open AccessPresentation -
SafeGrowth and City Crime Workshop
Published 2011-02-17The 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 ...Open AccessPresentation -
Briefing session: uses and abuses of crime statistics
Published 2011-04-14This 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 ...Open AccessPresentation -
Abstracts & Biographies: Australasian Teaching Critical Criminology Conference 2007
Published 2011-05-03This 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.Open AccessOther -
Spend less and reduce crime: hear how this is done in the United States
Published 2011-12-07International 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 ...Open AccessRecording, oral -
Comparative CPTED Conference
Published 2012-02-07The 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 ...Open AccessConference paper -
NSW Crime Statistics and Trends Seminar 24 April 2012
Published 2012-04-24This 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 ...Open AccessPresentation -
They tried to make me go to rehab... young offenders and drug use
Published 2012-05-15The 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 ...Open AccessPresentation