Showcasing practical and policy-relevant research
Griffith Criminology Institute, in partnership with the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), is pleased to invite you to the Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference. The conference will be held on 1 – 2 July 2024 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The conference showcases practical, policy-relevant research with a direct bearing on effective criminal justice administration and crime prevention. The event serves as a platform for bringing together policymakers, academics and influential stakeholders from public, private, and university sectors.
2024 PowerPoint presentations
Keynote 1
Dr Nancy La Vigne - Public criminology: Charting the course to bridge evidence to action (PDF, 831KB)
Policing
Monica Craig - Protecting public facing professionals online (PDF, 3.05MB)
Justin Ready - Breaking through the permafrost: The impact of procedurally-just supervision on police resistance to new technology (PDF, 1.52MB)
Corrections
Bonnie Ross - Experiences of intervention as a Short-Sentenced Inmate (PDF, 503KB)
Gemma Williams - Prisoner re-entry in Australia: An exploration of pre- release expectations and post-release experiences (PDF, 202KB)
Lorena Rivas & Janet Ransley - Supporting improved information sharing: Lessons from Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives (PDF, 1.27MB)
Natalia Hanley - Enhancing family connections via video visitation in Australian Correctional Centres (PDF, 2.53MB)
Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence
Adam Teperski - The long and short of it: The impact of Apprehended Domestic Violence Order duration on offending and breaches (PDF, 1.66MB)
Apriel Jolliffe Simpson - Modelling the behavioural patterns of people who come to police attention for using family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF, 662KB)
Jacinta Cording & Apriel Jolliffe Simpson - Comparing wellbeing outcomes for reporting versus non-reporting victims of family and sexual violence in Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF, 671KB)
Charlotte Bell & Rhiannon Smith - The ANROWS Evidence Portal: Identifying criminal justice interventions for violene against women (PDF, 29.4MB)
Data & Research Innovation
Steeve Marchand - Beyond Traditional Risk Scores: Tackling LS/CMI offender misclassifications with machine learning (PDF, 2.57MB)
James Ogilvie - Psychiatric illness and the risk of reoffending: Recurrent event analysis for an Australian birth cohort (PDF, 5.40MB)
Fan Cheng - Predicting revictimisation (PDF, 2.12MB)
First Nations Peoples & the Criminal Justice System
Hilde Tubex - 'Stories that Matter’ in Closing the Gap (PDF, 648KB)
Evarn Ooi & Sindy Wang - What is contributing to Aboriginal overrepresentation among remandees in NSW? A long-term study (PDF, 3.30MB)
Don Weatherburn - Toward a theory of Indigenous arrest (PDF, 740KB)
Child Protection & Youth Justice
Emma Antrobus - The Walk of Life Program: A crime prevention and child protection initiative (PDF, 569KB)
Jordan White - Children dually involved with statutory child protection and juvenile justice in Australia: A scoping review (PDF, 3.83MB)
Patricia Collingwood - Protecting the lives and sexual safety of children: A review of offender reporting legislation (PDF, 590KB)
Keynote 4
Associate Professor Bridget Harris & Mr Grant Killen - Weaponised technology in domestic and family violence: Experience and practice opportunities (PDF, 3.48MB)
Technology & Crime
Joel Scanlan - reThink Chatbot: Evaluation of CSAM deterrence messaging on Pornhub (PDF, 1.90MB)
Darren Green - Efficient harm reduction via SMS (PDF, 887KB)
Ausma Bernot & Conor Healy - Cyber Vulnerabilities and Technical Regulation of IoT CCTVs in Australia (PDF, 2.44MB)
Courts
Sara Rahman - The costs and benefits of the Magistrates’ Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) program (PDF, 1.09MB)
Neil Donnelly - The use of penalty notices for first time drink- and drug-driving offences in New South Wales (PDF, 511KB)
April Chrzanowski & Helen Punter - Compassion in sentencing: A thematic analysis of the sentencing of sexual assault and rape offences in Queensland (PDF, 1MB)
Registration includes:
- Attendance for one person to the 2024 Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1 - 2 July 2024.
- Ticket to the cocktail networking event on the evening of 1 July 2024.
- Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea on 1 and 2 July 2024 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Please note:
- Ticket prices are in Australian Dollars (AUD).
- Ticket rates for groups of 3 people minimum receive the group discount (as shown below).
- Students must provide a valid student card.
- Credit card and merchant fees apply.
| Registration type | Early Bird | Regular |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | AU$585.00 (incl. GST) | AU$690.00 (incl. GST) |
| Group (3 or more delegates) | AU$535.00 (incl. GST) | AU$640.00 (incl. GST) |
| Student | AU$300.00 (incl. GST) | AU$350.00 (incl. GST) |
Key dates
| Dates | Details |
|---|---|
| 25 October 2023 | Call for abstracts opens |
| 1 December 2023 | Registration opens |
| 15 January 2024 | Deadline for abstract submissions |
| 15 March 2024 | Program available |
| 15 April 2024 | Early bird registration closes |
| 1 July 2024 | Conference starts |
Conference details
When: 1 – 2 July 2024
Time: 9 – 5 pm AEST
Where: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Host: Griffith Criminology Institute
Key themes
Meet our invited keynote speakers
Nancy La Vigne, PhD
Nancy La Vigne was appointed by President Biden as Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) on March 28, 2022. Dr. La Vigne is a nationally recognized criminal justice policy expert with expertise in policing, corrections reform, reentry from prison, criminal justice technologies, and evidence-based criminal justice practices. She holds a Ph.D. in criminal justice from Rutgers University-Newark, a master’s degree in public affairs from the LBJ School at the University of Texas-Austin and a bachelor’s degree in government and economics from Smith College.
Devon Polaschek, PhD
Professor Devon Polaschek is a forensic clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato. She studies violent offenders in prisons and on parole, correctional psychology, and the perpetration of violence, especially in the areas of psychopathy, family violence, and the psychological treatment and community re-entry for high-risk offenders.
James Ward, PhD
Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu man, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland. Holding various roles over the last 25 years in Aboriginal public health policy for both government and non-government organisations, in urban regional and remote communities he has built a national program of research in the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases.
Bridget Harris, PhD
Associate Professor Bridget Harris is the Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. Bridget conducts research on domestic and family violence, technology-facilitated / digital coercive control, violence against women, technology-facilitated responses to violence, violence and spatiality, violence against women, and rural domestic and family violence.
Grant Killen
Grant Killen is the Managing Director of Concentric Concepts. Grant has worked in the Royal Australian Navy and participated in several overseas deployments. He joined the Queensland Police in 2005 where he worked in several specialist positions, including the Explosive Ordnance Response Team, and Close Personal Protection Teams. He has also consulted as a senior security and crisis management advisor in the mining, oil and gas industries. After observing a lack of training and tangible safety and security solutions in the family and domestic violence sector, Grant formed Concentric Concepts.
Venue
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference is being held on the shores of the Brisbane River at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane, originally a meeting place for traditional landowners, the Turrbal and Yuggera people. The Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre is an Earthcheck Platinum certified venue.
Accomodation
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Working together
We are proud to be working in partnerships that are focussed on co-creating a better future for all.
Abstracts have now closed
Abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations are invited from researchers who are undertaking empirical, policy-relevant projects on crime and/or criminal justice issues. All abstract submissions will be peer-reviewed by a scientific committee. Abstracts will be assessed against the criteria outlined below.
Abstract criteria
Quality
Rigorous, high-quality research that could be published in a high-quality international journal. Assessed on the quality of writing, ethodology, design, analyses, and the clarity of the abstract (e.g. specific rather than general findings are provided).
Originality
Research that extends existing knowledge or practice. Assessed on the degree to which information, conceptual framework, methods/ approach, or results in the abstract are unique, novel, and innovative.
Significance
The importance and impact of the study and its findings are clearly described. Assessed on the scientific value, interesting/important results, and the potential to meaningfully shape policy and/or practice.
Relevance
Clear and significant relevance/utility for criminal justice research and policy. Assessed on the relevance of the content of the abstract to research, policy, and practice.