Search

Report on the symposium held in Perth, 18 November 1978

Contents

• Introduction
• Crime, criminal policy and society
• Crime and punishment
• Research for criminal justice policy
• Training and the development of criminal justice policy
• Discussion
• Conclusions

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today released a paper revealing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the supply and demand of cannabis in Australia. Jointly written by AIC researchers Laura Doherty, Tom Sullivan and Alexandra Voce, the report outlines who is most likely to use cannabis during the pandemic and what effect the pandemic had on cannabis supply.

AIC Deputy Director Dr Rick Brown said the findings reveal first hand insights into why people use cannabis and why some individuals have increased their use since the pandemic began.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Incidents
  • Homicide classification
  • Location
  • Motive
  • Preceding crime
  • Weapon use
  • Alcohol and illicit drug use
• Victims
  • Sex and age
  • Indigenous status
  • Country of birth
  • Cause of death
  • Relationship with primary offender
• Offenders
  • Sex and age
  • Indigenous status
  • History of domestic violence

Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews, and Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt have today announced the recipients of the Indigenous Justice Research Program (IJRP) funding.

Contents

About the editor

List of contributors

Introduction

1. Crime commission processes in child sexual abuse material production and distribution: A systematic review
Jesse Cale, Thomas Holt, Benoit Leclerc, Sara Singh and Jacqueline Drew

2. Child sexual abuse material on the darknet: A script analysis of how offenders operate
Benoit Leclerc, Jacqueline Drew, Thomas J Holt, Jesse Cale and Sara Singh

Contents

• Acknowledgements
  • Disclaimer
• Abstract
• Executive summary
  • Offender, victim and incident characteristics
  • Transitions
  • Implications
• Introduction
• Method
  • Inclusion criteria
  • Data and definitions
  • Analytic approach
  • Limitations
• Results
  • Offender, victim and incident characteristics
  • Transitions
• Discussion
• References

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has announced funding that will support Australian academics to undertake important crime and justice research.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Homicide incidents
  • Incident clearance rates
  • Most serious charge
  • Homicide classification
  • Location of homicide incidents
  • Circumstances
  • Weapon use
  • Alcohol- and drug-related homicides
• Victims of homicide
  • Victim sex and place of birth
  • Child and adult victims of homicide
  • Victim relationship with offender
  • Indigenous victims of homicide
  • Non-Indigenous victims of homicide

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