Deakin University Criminology

New article, led by @DeakinCrim’s Clare Farmer, with co-author Professor Peter Miller, finds that the individualised approach to patron banning in Western Australia offers demonstrable policy improvements – and longer bans are associated with a lower likelihood of a subsequent ban.

Abstract Purpose Patron banning is widely used in response to disorderly behaviours in/around licensed venues, but there has been limited analysis of …

New article, led by @DeakinCrim’s Clare Farmer, examines presumptions of general deterrence within patron banning policy.

New article, led by @DeakinCrim’s Clare Farmer, examines presumptions of general deterrence within patron banning policy. Co-authored by Professor Peter Miller, Dr …

Congratulations to @DeakinCrim’s Reece Walters and Laura Bedford, who have been awarded an ARC Discovery Grant for their project Preventing Water Theft in the Murray-Darling Basin

Professor Reece Walters (Deakin University), Dr Laura Bedford (Deakin University), Dr Tariro Mutongwizo (University of New England), and Professor Robert White (University …

New book edited by @DeakinCrim’s Clare Farmer and Richard Evans: Policing & Firearms: New Perspectives and Insights

Edited by Dr Clare Farmer and Dr Richard Evans, this new collection explores the complex intersection of policing and firearms: https://bit.ly/3h0JYqR @springercrim @DrClareFarmer1 @RichardWEvans1 …

Securing Australian Journalism from Surveillance

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Lecturer in Criminology opportunity at Deakin

The Criminology team in the School of Humanities and Social Science, Deakin University, are advertising a Lecturer position, Level B, on-going (Job …

Report Launch: Securing Australian Journalism from Surveillance – Dr Diarmaid Harkin and Dr Monique Mann

Report Launch: Securing Australian Journalism from Surveillance – Dr Diarmaid Harkin and Dr Monique Mann Join us to discuss the findings of …

New article co-authored by La Trobe university’s @emma_k_russell, @unimelbcrim’s @CarltonBree and @DeakinCrim’s Danielle Tyson: ‘It’s a Gendered Issue, 100 Per Cent’: How Tough Bail Laws Entrench Gender and Racial Inequality and Social Disadvantage

Abstract Women’s rates of remand, or pre-trial detention, have grown dramatically in Australia and the rates at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait …

New book by @DeakinCrim Honorary Fellow Richard Evans: W.J. MacKay and the NSW Police, 1910–1948: A Dangerous Man

This book tells the fascinating story of William John MacKay, a man who dominated policing in New South Wales for three decades, …

Call for participants: What do you know about facial recognition technology?

Call for participants: What do you know about facial recognition technology? This research aims to assist in building knowledge surrounding the boundaries …

Applications now open for participants in a research study examining the impact of online surveillance on personal privacy

A study examining how people think about identity, privacy, and surveillance in their use of the internet and social media is now …

New article co-authored by @DeakinCrim’s Mark Wood: Understanding Engagement With Forensic Smartphone Apps: The Service Design Engagement Model

Abstract Justice services have begun to integrate the use of mobile applications into treatment, support, and rehabilitative programs for forensic clients. One …

New article co-authored by @DeakinCrim’s Diarmaid Harkin: Technology-Based Responses to Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Family Violence: An Overview of the Limits and Possibilities of Tech-Based Solutions

Abstract It is increasingly common for domestic and family violence to have an element of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). As a result, technology-based …

New article by @DeakinCrim’s Sally Kennedy and Ian Warren and the University of Salford’s Clare Allely: Psychiatric and legal issues surrounding the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: The importance of considering the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder

Abstract Julian Assange is an Australian national and the founder of WikiLeaks, a nonprofit organization that publishes news leaks and classified information …

New article by @DeakinCrim’s Sally Kennedy and Ian Warren and the University of Salford’s Clare Allely: Psychiatric and legal issues surrounding the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: The importance of considering the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder

Abstract Julian Assange is an Australian national and the founder of WikiLeaks, a nonprofit organization that publishes news leaks and classified information …

New article by @DeakinCrim’s Diarmaid Harkin and the University of Waterloo’s Adam Molnar: Exploring the social implications of buying and selling cyber security

Abstract Governments, businesses, private citizens and even organised crime are increasingly investing in cyber security, with the cyber security industry growing in …