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…
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…
Just published: Kate Fitz-Gibbon & JaneMaree Maher examine the process of feminist judging
Deakin criminologist Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Monash University Associate Professor JaneMaree Maher have co-authored an article on the feminist judging…
Latest surveillance research by Deakin criminologists
The latest issue of Surveillance and Society has two contributions by members of the Deakin criminology team. The Issue features an article…
Five years after the end of provocation, jealous male killers still receive leniency
In the UK, men can no longer claim they were provoked by jealousy into killing their partner. Our research published…
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon responds to High Court’s judgment in R v Lindsay
Yesterday the Australian High Court handed down their judgment in R v Lindsay, a South Australian homicide case that is set to reignite…
Why we need a national review of legal responses to lethal domestic violence
This article was first written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and published on The Conversation. The law’s response to lethal domestic violence…
Victorian homicide law reforms ensure just responses to violence
This article is authored by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and was first published on The Conversation on 26th June 2014. Victorian attorney-general…
How should English courts respond to children who commit crime?
Last week the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Operation and Effectiveness of the Youth Court released their final report. The report…
Forthcoming Conference – Homicide Law Reform in Victoria: Prospects and Retrospect
HOMICIDE LAW REFORM IN VICTORIA: PROSPECTS AND RETROSPECT 2014 marks a decade since the release of the Victorian Law Reform…
Baird must revisit O’Farrell’s mandatory sentencing laws
In today’s Sydney Morning Herald, Deakin criminologist Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon has authored an op-ed encouraging the new NSW Premier, Mike…
The injustice of the provocation defence in NSW continues
On Friday, Yassir Ibrahim Mohamed Hassan was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court to a maximum term of 12 years imprisonment,…
Kate Fitz-Gibbon responds to NSW provocation law reform
In NSW Parliament today Fred Nile introduced the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 [NSW]. While debate was adjourned, several parliamentary…
Just Published: Justice in Parole by Richard Evans
The rape and murder of Jill Meagher in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick in September 2012 was as horrible a crime as could…
NSW Government drafts restrictions to law of provocation
The NSW Government has released a Draft Bill and Discussion Paper recommending that a reformed version of the provocation defence be retained with significant…
Victorian Attorney-General’s Law Oration
On Thursday 3rd October the Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark delivered the Melbourne University Law School and Victorian Law Foundation Law Oration…