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Don’t miss your opportunity to hear the latest in crime and justice research from AIC employees. Register for our Student Criminology Forum, streaming online Tuesday 21 March 2023.

Registration is open to students with a current Australian university email address and an interest in crime and criminal justice.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Key terms and definitions
• Abstract
• Executive summary
  • Methodology
  • A review of initiatives
  • A review of the evidence
  • Discussion
• Introduction
  • The link between CSAM offending and contact sexual offending
  • Offending and harmful behaviours among specific populations
  • Efforts to target CSAM offending in Australia
  • Findings from earlier reviews
  • The current study

Contents

• Part one. The state of violence in Australia
  • Introduction
  • Sources of information on violence in Australia
  • Costs of violence in Australia
  • Patterns and trends in Australian violence
  • Risk of violence in Australia
  • Conclusion
• Part two. Explaining violence
  • Introduction
  • Biological factors
  • Personality factors
  • Mental illness
  • Social-psychological explanations
  • Substance abuse
  • Cultural factors
  • Conclusion

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has opened applications for the 2025 round of Criminology Research Grants (CRG). The funding provided through the grants will support Australian academics to undertake high-quality research that tackles contemporary public policy challenges in crime and justice.

AIC Deputy Director Dr Rick Brown said the Criminology Research Advisory Council is looking for projects that deliver real-world impact and strong research outcomes.

Contents

• Acknowledgement of Country
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Method
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• Appendix