Why England must abolish the mandatory life sentence for murder
An article published this week in the latest issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice reveals judicial and legal practitioner support for the…
An article published this week in the latest issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice reveals judicial and legal practitioner support for the…
The NSW Government has released a Draft Bill and Discussion Paper recommending that a reformed version of the provocation defence be retained with significant…
The Criminology team at Deakin are expanding! We are currently advertising two continuing Lecturer in Criminology positions (Reference Number: 130385).…
On Thursday 3rd October the Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark delivered the Melbourne University Law School and Victorian Law Foundation Law Oration…
This article was first published on The Conversation on 4th October 2013 The Victorian Department of Justice has released its…
The Victorian Department of Justice has overnight released the Defensive Homicide Proposals for Legislative Reform: Consultation Paper. The paper is a…
On 29 August 2013 an article about the Bachelor of Criminology at Deakin University appeared in the Education section of…
This month the Home Secretary Theresa May MP announced a major review in England and Wales of how police respond…
The latest issue of the Australian Army Journal includes an article ‘Hazing in the ADF: A Culture of Denial?’ by…
A book chapter by Darren Palmer and Ian Warren has been published in a collection edited by Professor Randy Lippert…
The latest issue of the Deakin Law Review (2013, vol 18, issue 1) includes a review of Kate Fitz-Gibbon’s book ‘A Second…
By Kate Fitz-Gibbon Last month the Victorian Premier Denis Napthine, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay, Lord Mayor Robert Doyle…
Provocation is a partial defence to murder, which has attracted controversy and critique in every Australian criminal justice system except South…
Whilst in the UK for the finalisation of her research with the London Metropolitan Police Service on verbal-textual hostility and…
On Sunday 12 May Dr Richard Evans was interviewed on Radio National Hindsight for the story “Who Killed Norman Brown?”…
An article discussing the findings of Kate Fitz-Gibbon’s research examining the Victorian operation of defensive homicide has appeared front page…