New Research

BDO not-for-profit fraud survey 2012

09 February 2012Funds lost through online fraud in the not-for-profit sector is at an all-time high, with fraudulent online transactions resulting in almost 40 per cent of the total value of sector fraud reported.

Family violence and Commonwealth laws - improving legal frameworks: final report

08 February 2012This report contains 102 recommendations for law reform to address family violence.

Computer security threats faced by small businesses in Australia

07 February 2012This paper attempts to educate small business owners about the risks that they face and the mitigation strategies they could employ to make their organisation safer.

Child deaths – fatal assault and neglect

27 January 2012This short paper focuses on the issue of fatal assault and neglect in children and young people in Queensland and discusses categories of fatal assault and neglect and directions for future research.

Child protection Australia 2010-11

20 January 2012This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services, and the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system.

Working with sibling sexual abuse

10 January 2012This interview discusses sibling sexual assault, the treatment for children and young people with sexually abusive behaviour, family-based therapy, the role of shame for perpetrators, and the impact on parents.

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Crime

Juvenile detention population in Australia 2011

09 February 2012This report presents information on the number of young people in detention in 2011 and describes recent trends in the detention population.

Rights

Early childhood, education and training; justice; emergency management

08 February 2012Volume one of the report focuses on early childhood, education and training as well as justice and emergency management sectors.

Improving Indigenous community governance

02 February 2012Strengthening the organisational capacity of both Indigenous and government organisations is critical to raising the health, wellbeing and prosperity of Indigenous Australian communities.

Commentary

The dark side of the Internet

27 November 2011Can the dark side of the Internet be regulated? asks Katharine Gelber.

Media and "race"

20 April 2011In her editorial to the latest edition of PLATFORM, Sandy Watson explores the relationships between the media and broader cultural and political discourse in re-vivifying the essentialisms that underpin racial thinking.

Understanding Miller

28 March 2011“Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact in many Australian suburbs. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is yielding results, writes Melissa Sweet in Inside Story

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Topic Guides

ACCAN Guide to consumer rights and protection in the communications industry

09 November 2010This Guide highlights current consumer rights and protections in place in the communications industry in Australia and the debate around them.

Mechanisms for advancing women's human rights:

  • Australian Human Rights Commission

22 August 2011Aiming to assist women who have experienced human rights violations, and been failed by processes in Australia, this guide can be used to seek redress from international complaint mechanisms.

CC & Government Guide Using Creative Commons 3.0 Australia Licences on Government Copyright Materials

  • Anne Fitzgerald, Neale Hooper, Cheryl Foong

06 December 2010This Guide deals with the licensing of government copyright materials for distribution and reuse under Creative Commons (CC) 3.0 Australia licences.

Audio

Justifying the means: The law as accomplice in crimes against humanity

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25 January 2012Criminologist and lawyer Dr Jennifer Balint discusses how nation-states seek to use the law in support of genocidal practices and other crimes against humanity. She also examines how, conversely, the law is also called upon to bring about reconciliation after regime change. With host Jennifer Cook.

London schools and the London riots – too much nanny state?

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26 September 2011In a lecture at the Sydney Institute, Katharine Birbalsingh establishes an irrefutable link between Britain's failing state school system and the recent London riots.

Law

You be the judge - VCE Legal Studies teachers' kit

02 February 2012The kit provides the tools and knowledge teachers need to deliver engaging classes for VCE Legal Studies. It uses real case studies, with names and some details changed.

Video

Policing our minds

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13 November 2009Should we disregard individual rights such as privacy, informed consent and free will, in order to protect the community from serious and organised crime?

Change the 'lock em up' mentality

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23 October 2009Ted Wilkes, Chair, National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee, speaks about alcohol use in Indigenous Communities and the links between self esteem, substance abuse and incarceration. The Australian Drug Foundation's conference Thinking Drinking 3 held in Brisbane in August 2009, looked at the role of alcohol in entertainment, violence and crime, the night-time economy, marketing, taxation, competition policy, alcogenic environments and more. 9.59 minutes

Justice system

The use of police cautions and youth justice conferences in NSW in 2010

31 January 2012This paper assesses whether the philosophy of the Young Offenders Act (YOA) is being adhered to in respect to the nature of offences being diverted and the use of the hierarchical approach to sanctioning.

Youth Justice Conferences versus Children’s Court: a comparison of time to finalisation

31 January 2012This paper compares police-referred youth justice conferences (YJCs), court referred YJCs and Children’s Court matters on the time to finalisation, and assess the contribution of index offence- and/or offender-related characteristics as potential confounders.

Websites

Conciliation register

17 May 2010This register provides summaries of a selection of complaints that have been resolved through the Australian Human Rights Commission’s conciliation process and is provided to assist people involved in complaints to prepare for conciliation.

Taking the Initiative

13 January 2010Taking the Initiative has been designed for police around Australia, to help them get to know what other jurisdictions are doing to improve their relationships with Australia's new arrivals.

Cybercrime

21 September 2009This section of The Australian Institute of Criminology's website outlines extensive research into various forms of crime relating to the use of electronic communications and computing systems.

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Books

Speechwriting for government in Australia

Speechwriting for government in Australia

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"...an indispensible book...excellent practical guide to the art of effective oral communication" from the Foreword by Malcolm Hazell CVO AM, former Official Secretary to the Governor-General
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Noticeboard

ALRC Family Violence Inquiry - monthly newsletter
11 January 2010

The 2009 report of the National Council to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children—Time For Action—identified the complex interaction between state and territory family and domestic violence and child protection laws and the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). The National Council made a number of recommendations, including that the ALRC should undertake an inquiry into these laws.

Topic Guides

ACCAN Guide to consumer rights and protection in the communications industry

09 November 2010This Guide highlights current consumer rights and protections in place in the communications industry in Australia and the debate around them.

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