New book on ‘Discretionary Police Powers to Punish’ by Dr Clare Farmer
Through an analysis of the implementation and application of Victoria’s police-imposed public area banning provisions, this book offers critical insights…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…