The introductory chapter to The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South, 2nd Edition, has just been published. You can access it by clicking on the link below. This gargantuan second volume contains 86 chapters organised into eight themes and features contributions from both emerging and established scholars from around the globe. The handbook …
I’m delighted to report that Helen Singh, the Master’s student recruited to our Australian Research Grant, has passed her thesis examination. She did so in tough personal circumstances. Helen grew up in Fiji among extended family after losing both parents and a sister as a child. While undertaking her thesis research, her partner and father …
Gender Inequality in the Higher Education Workforce Significant gender inequities persist in Australian Universities despite extensive efforts by universities to establish policy and practice frameworks to address gender inequity. The Facts Women comprise 60% employees at Australian Universities. Nevertheless, there are two distinct patterns of gender division in employment across Australian Universities, one horizontal and …
Kerry Carrington, Melissa Jardine, Helen Singh and Carla Chan Unger School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant issue in Pacific Island communities, where women report lifetime prevalence rates of violence ranging from 60 to 80 per cent (UNICEF, 2017). The Pacific Island of Fiji, which is …
I’m thrilled to share the news that Dr Maria Puyol, has won the Executive Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for 2023 for the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, QUT. Maria Puyol worked tirelessly with my ARC research team through the COVID pandemic to produce her award winning Phd thesis. Congratulations on …
2nd Edition Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South Kerry Carrington, Roxana Cavalcanti, David Fonseca, Russell Hogg, John Scott & Valeria Vegh Weis (editors) Criminology – as a theoretical and empirical project – has historically overlooked the distinctive contributions from and about the global South. This second edition of the Palgrave Handbook of Criminology …
A number of inquiries into policing responses to domestic violence have highlighted the need to strengthen inter-agency collaboration to improve system responses and outcomes for survivors of #DFV. With this in mind, a research team led by Dr Jess Rodgers undertook an evaluation of the co-location of a domestic violence specialist embedded in a regional police station. The abstract and link to the publication can be found in this blog.
Meet Helen Singh is the successful candidate for Master Scholarship funded by the ARC DP team working on a project to enhance the policing of gender violence in Pacific Island Communities.
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Exiting research scholarship to conduct research on how to improve the policing of gender violence in Pacific Island Communities.
