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 the technology …
Deakin Criminology welcomes visiting thinker in residence: Dr. Randy Lippert
Deakin Criminology are delighted to welcome our visting Thinker in Residence D.r Randy K. Lippert. Dr. Randy K. Lippert is Professor of Criminology …
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 by Dr …
Deakin Criminologists at Law and Society Association annual meeting
On 30-31 May 2015, Associate Professor Darren Palmer and Dr Ian Warren presented the following two papers at the Law and Society …
Deakin criminologists at the Canadian Sociological Association annual conference
Last week, Deakin criminologists Dr Adam Molnar and Dr Chad Whelan presented a paper at the Canadian Sociological Association annual conference held …
Data retention plan amended for journalists, but is it enough?
Article by Angela Daly, Swinburne University of Technology and Adam Molnar, Deakin University The House of Representatives has finally passed the third tranche …
What ‘safeguards’ are in Australia’s data retention plans?
This article first appeared on The Conversation on 5 March 2105. To read the original article, click here. What ‘safeguards’ are in Australia’s …
Deakin criminologist raises concerns over mass surveillance operations in Australia and Canada.
Deakin criminologist Dr Adam Molnar has been quoted in a CBCnews article examining recent Snowden revelations that identified how Canada’s top security …
Reterritorialising Transnational Policing and Due Process
Tomorrow Deakin Criminologists Dr Ian Warren and Associate Professor Darren Palmer will present at the Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference …
The social policy & privacy implications of UAV-surveillance in law enforcement
The UAV Triple Zero Summit, to be held in Melbourne this week, brings together a range of national and international experts in …
ID scanners introduced in New South Wales
Dr Darren Palmer was interviewed by Louise Crealy from the PM program on ABC Radio on June 13. Dr Palmer draws on …
Canadian surveillance scholar Adam Molnar joins the Deakin Criminology Team
Deakin Criminology is very happy to announce that Adam Molnar has joined our team as a lecturer in Criminology. Adam specialises in practices …
Deakin Criminologists respond to Geelong taxi ID scanning scheme
The Victorian government has proposed the introduction of a new scheme to scan the ID of all Geelong taxi passengers. Transport minister, …
Another surveillance story – Yahoo webcam images being captured
Two major surveillance stories today The first is about the surveillance and ‘collection’ of web cam images: GCHQ and NSA capturing Yahoo webcam …
A new chapter on ‘ID Scanners and Uberveillance’
Darren Palmer and Ian Warren (Criminology) and Peter Miller have just had a book chapter published: ‘ID Scanners and Uberveillance in the …
Surveillance & Sport: Special Journal Issue
The latest issue of Surveillance and Society (vol 11 no 4, 2014), edited by Deakin’s Ian Warren and Nils Zurawski (University of Hamburg) …