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Foreword | A range of criminal activity takes place in marine environments. Combating this crime is a challenge for state, national and international regulators. The illicit activity can include illegal fishing, unauthorised hunting of protected species, causing damage to coral reefs, polluting, people smuggling, drug trafficking, and the commission of personal crimes (including violence). The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) is renowned as the world's largest living organism.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is hosting the AIC 2023 conference on Monday 16 October 2023, commemorating 50 years since the establishment of the AIC.

Foreword | Armed robbery is a diverse, heterogeneous crime shaped by the presence or absence of a wide array of characteristics. Therefore, effectively preventing armed robbery requires a good understanding of the nature of the offence. Previous attempts to understand armed robbery have focused on the offender, primarily by interviewing incarcerated offenders to gain insight into their motivations and planning. However, this approach overlooks the unique vulnerabilities associated with the victim and/or the location of the offence.

New research shows widespread concern about crimes enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), with Australians most worried about AI tracking their location, accessing their devices or accounts, and impersonating or deceiving them in ways that could cause financial loss, embarrassment or harm.

Drug courts first began in Australia in 1999. The aim of drug courts is to divert drug dependent offenders from the criminal justice system and into treatment. Their establishment represents a significant move towards a therapeutic model of offender management - shifting the focus from offenders and their actions to the problems and potential causes of their behaviour.

They built outstanding programs designed to keep Australians safe – and today they are awarded for their work. 

Today, 15 award winners from community-led programs as well as 7 winners for police-led initiatives across the country will receive Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

Foreword | In Australia 'open-street' or 'town centre' CCTV refers to visual surveillance systems established in the main by local government authorities in cooperation with police to monitor public spaces such as malls and major thoroughfares. This paper is therefore not concerned with other uses of CCTV such as its deployment on public transport networks, within privately regulated commercial spaces such as casinos and shopping malls, or in retail outlets.

State Government Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, 15-17th September 1981

Contents

• Introduction
• Welcome - Cain and Abel
  Mr W. Clifford
• Keynote address
  The Honourable K.T. Griffin, MLC, Attorney-General of Adelaide

Papers of the symposium

Session I - Criminal procedure, evidence and the crime victim
Chair: His Honour Judge L. Kingsley Newman

• Reconciling the interests of the victim with the rights of the accused - criminal laws of evidence
  Mr B. Martin