Introducing the latest member of the Deakin criminology team: Clare Farmer
We are delighted to introduce the latest addition to Deakin criminology, Dr Clare Farmer. Clare completed her PhD in 2015…
Deakin Criminologist announces the release of the United Nations Association of Australia’s Position Statement on Australia’s Candidacy for the Human Rights Council.
In her capacity as Board Member of the Victorian division of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA), Deakin Criminologist…
Senior Lecturer Opportunity At Deakin
The Criminology team at Deakin are expanding yet again! Deakin University is currently advertising a Senior Lecturer in Criminology position (Reference…
No prospect of release: Kevin Crump and the human rights implications of life imprisonment
By Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Monash University) and Dr Wendy O'Brien
Just published: Reducing Civilian Deaths from Police Shootings
The latest research by Deakin postgraduate Jessica Saligari and Dr Richard Evans has been published in The Journal of Urban Health.…
Opportunity to join Deakin Criminology
The Criminology team at Deakin are expanding again! Deakin University is currently advertising a Lecturer in Criminology (fixed term) position (Reference Number 150766). For details on…
Baden-Clay murder appeal succeeds on doubt over intent, but domestic violence is still a deadly tragedy
Queensland’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled to downgrade Gerard Baden-Clay’s murder conviction for the April 2012 killing of his…
Towards Women’s Security: Deakin co-authored research presented at Public Lecture
Yesterday, research undertaken by Deakin criminologist Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon with Monash criminologists Prof Jude McCulloch and Associate Prof JaneMaree Maher, along…
Dr Darren Palmer elected member on ANZSOC national executive
At the recent AGM of Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Deakin University Criminology Convenor Associate Professor Darren Palmer…
Deakin Criminologist Dr Diarmaid Harkin awarded Faculty teaching award
We are delighted to announce that Lecturer in Criminology Dr Diarmaid Harkin has been awarded the Faculty Excellence in Teaching…
Kate Fitz-Gibbon contributes to Irish conference on domestic violence laws and processes
On Friday 13th November Deakin Criminologist Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon delivered a plenary presentation as part of the University College Cork…
Just published: Wendy O’Brien examines Australian legal reform in the context of International Norms on the Right to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Deakin Criminologist Dr Wendy O’Brien’s latest research has been published in an edited collection, Queering Criminology, edited by Angela Dwyer,…
How will Australia’s Human Rights Record Stack Up Before the UN?
In late October Deakin Criminologist Dr Wendy O’Brien will chair a panel discussion at the Castan Centre on Australia’s forthcoming…
Why Australia must secure women’s safety as a national priority
By Jude McCulloch, Kate Fitz-Gibbon and JaneMaree Maher The increasing regularity of fatal violence against women – 63 deaths so…
Criminologist Richard Evans to be quoted at Gippsland Heritage Walk
Research by Deakin Criminologist Dr Richard Evans will be quoted as part of the soon to be unveiled Gippsland Heritage Walk. A passage…
Your face is part of Australia’s ‘national security weapon’: should you be concerned?
Australian government plans to increase the use of facial recognition in its counter-terrorism strategy raise concerns about privacy and how…