Conferences

Second national outlook symposium : violent crime, property crime and public policy

Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
3-4 March 1997

Contents

• Introduction
• Conference papers

Introduction

This symposium on crime in Australia highlights violent crime and property crime, and focuses on best practice in crime prevention and criminal justice. It also discusses the impact of these crimes on our society today and into the 21st century.

Conference papers

• Opening address
  The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
• Social and economic consequences of violent crime and property crime
  Dr Adam Graycar, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology

Public policy perspectives

• Government responses to violent property crime
  Neil Comrie APM, Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police
• Corrections - keeping customers in or out
  Jane Treadwell, Director, Strategic Planning, Department for Correctional Services, South Australia
• State government overview
  Richard Bingham, Secretary, Department of Justice, Tasmania

Violent crime (1)

• The trail of violence
  Dr Peter Grabosky, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Firearms and public policy
  Daryl Smeaton, Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department

Property crime (1)

• Regulating markets for stolen property
  Professor Arie Freiberg, University of Melbourne, Victoria
• Strategic approaches to property crime
  Dr Don Weatherburn, Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, New South Wales

Violent crime (2)

• Careers of sex offenders : the probabilities of re-arrest
  Dr Rod Broadhurst, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong; and Honorary Research Fellow, Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia

Property crime (2)

• Methadone maintainance and property crime
  Dr James Bell, Drug and Alcohol Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales
• Repeat break and enter crimes : an analysis of police calls for service data in a Brisbane region
  Sandro Guidi, Queensland Criminal Justice Commission; and Michael Townsley and Professor Ross Homel, Griffith University, Queensland

• Conference dinner speech
  The Hon Justice John Doyle, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of South Australia

Violence, women and families

• Violence, women and families
  Senator the Hon Jocelyn Newman, Minister for Social Security; and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
• Family violence : research for policy
  Jane Mugford, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Violence against women : the challenge of diversity for law, policy and practice
  Assoc Professor Julie Stubbs, Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney, New South Wales

The 1996 Women's Safety Survey; implications of the survey for policy, practice and research

• An overview of the Women's Safety Survey
  Marion McEwin, Social Statistics Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics
• The 1996 Australian Women's Safety Survey : implications from a Commonwealth Government research perspective
  Jane Mugford, Australian Institute of Criminology
• The Women's Safety Survey: An Assessment
  Frank Morgan, Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia
• Implications of the Women's Safety Survey for research on violence against women
  Dr Anna Stewart, School of Justice Administration, Griffith University, Queensland
• Community sector and policy makers working together to stop domestic violence
  Pauline Woodbridge, North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Service

Interpersonal violence and homicide

• Homicide in Australia
  Marianne James, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Indicators of aggression : criminal justice and population health perspectives
  David McDonald, Australian Institute of Criminology

Preventing crime

• Preventing burglary
  Dr Tim Prenzler and Michael Townsley, School of Justice Administration, Griffith University, Queensland
• Approaches to community crime prevention
  Professor Ken Polk, University of Melbourne, Victoria
• Repeat victimisation and the role of the victim in crime prevention strategies
  Robyn Holder, Victims of Crime Coordinator, Australian Capital Territory

Policy issues in juvenile justice

• Juvenile victims and offenders
  Professor Ian O'Connor and Jennifer Smith, School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Queensland
• Pre-court diversions : the Australian experience
  Joy Wundersitz, Office of Crime Statistics, South Australia

Monitoring offences

• Tracking violent crime
  Det Insp Bronwyn Killmier, Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence
• Serial rape : offender profiling
  Det Insp John Manning, New Zealand Police, New Zealand
• CARS: the monitoring, research and evaluation of motor vehicle theft in South Australia
  Paul Thomas, Manager, CARS Project, Office of Crime Statistics, South Australia

Sophisticated theft

• Internet piracy
  Dr Russell Smith, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Current and emerging patterns of fraud
  Dr Peter Grabosky and Dr Russell Smith, Australian Institute Of Criminology

Future directions

• Research for policy
  Dr David Brereton, Director, Research and Coordination, Criminal Justice Commission, Queensland
• Crime prevention successes : Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump
  Yvonne Korn, Director, National Campaign Against Violence and Crime