Deakin University Criminology

Congratulations to PhD candidate, Sally Kennedy, and her supervisor, Dr Ian Warren, on their recently published article. Access the article via below link.

‘Southern Criminology, Law and the ‘Right’ to Consular Notification in Australia, New Zealand and the United States’ Access the article here. Abstract …

New article by Dr Imogen Richards: A Dialectical Approach to Online Propaganda: Australia’s UPF, Right-Wing Politics, and Islamic State

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1513691 This article examines how an Australian far-right organization has communicated its ideology with reference to right-wing politics in Australia, Western Europe, …

Associate Professor Chad Whelan and Dr Adam Molnar have just had their book published: Securing Mega-Events: Networks, Strategies and Tensions

https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137596673# Mega-events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup finals and international political summits are occasions of almost unparalleled economic, political and …

Dr Bree Carlton’s and Dr Emma Russell’s book to be published in November 2018: Resisting Carceral Violence: Women’s Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition to be published in November 2019

Bree Carlton and Emma K. Russell’s Resisting Carceral Violence: Women’s Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition will be published in November 2018. …

Deakin Criminology’s Adam Molnar and Chad Whelan, along with Philip Boyle, publish in the British Journal of Criminology on: Securing the Brisbane 2014 G20 in the Wake of the Toronto 2010 G20: ‘Failure-Inspired’ Learning in Public Order Policing

Extending inquiries into the dynamics underpinning the ‘iterative’ development of security governance at mega-events, this article explores practices of knowledge sharing and …

On the relationship between goals, membership and network design in multi-agency “fusion” centres by David Bright and Chad Whelan

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to adopt an organisational network perspective to examine the structural properties underpinning the design and …

On the Durability of Terrorist Networks: Revealing the Hidden Connections between Jihadist Cells by David Bright, Chad Whelan & Shandon Harris-Hogan

This article conducts a social network analysis (SNA) on discrete groups of Australian-based jihadists across three time periods and then compares these …

New research by Diarmaid Harkin, Chad Whelan, and Lennon Chang: ‘The challenges facing specialist police cyber-crime units: an empirical analysis’

The growing threat of cyber-crime poses significant challenges for police organisations. This paper presents original, empirical research on specialist cyber-crime units in …

The impact of Dr Clare Farmer’s sentencing analysis and research was noted by The Age

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/if-you-must-get-caught-make-sure-you-pick-the-right-court-study-finds-20180907-p502gw.html

Upcoming: Dr Diarmaid Harkin to present research findings on the threats of mobile phone spyware at this year’s Women’s Services Network (WESNET)

Based on research into the consumer spyware industry with co-principal researcher, Dr Adam Molnar, the project examines the rise of consumer spyware …

Dr Vicky Nagy’s Insights on ‘Digital Technologies and Sexual Assault: Perpetration of Sexual Violence Online and Survivors’ Use of Technology to Seek Justice and Heal’ Feature in an Edited Collection

Nagy, V 2018. Digital Technologies and Sexual Assault: Perpetration of Sexual Violence Online and Survivors’ Use of Technology to Seek Justice and …

Important Research by Dr Vicky Nagy on Child Sexual Abuse

Nagy, V 2018. Child Sexual Abuse, in Smith, M (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Rape and Sexual Violence (Volume 1), Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, pp.61-86. …

Dr Clare Farmer’s insightful research on ‘Community awareness of patron banning in Australia: a brief report’

Curtis, A., Taylor, N., Guadagno, B., Farmer, C. & Miller, P. (2018). Community awareness of patron banning in Australia: a brief report, …

Upcoming seminar: Prison as a last resort?

September 4, 2018 | 2:00-3:30pm | Level 2, Building BC, Deakin University Burwood (Geelong IC3.108, VMP 54631) Peter Norden is a Fellow of the …

Dr Clare Farmer’s collaborative research on ‘Sentencing Inconsistencies: A Case Study’ is published.

Farmer, C., Bagaric, M. & Parsons, I. (2018). Sentencing Inconsistencies: A Case Study, Australian Law Journal, 92(7), 517-528 http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2018/08/29/australian-law-journal-update-vol-92-pt-7/ This article …

Dr Morgan Burcher and Associate Professor Chad Whelan Publish on ‘Intelligence-Led Policing in Practice: Reflections From Intelligence Analysts’

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098611118796890 Intelligence-led policing (ILP) is a managerial law enforcement model that seeks to place crime intelligence at the forefront of decision-making. This …