Criminology News

Anna Eriksson has been awarded the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology New Scholar Prize for 2009. The prize is awarded each year for the best publication in criminology or a related area. Read more about Anna's award

Monash Criminology in the School of Political and Social Inquiry is proud to be hosting the third annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference. Academics, researchers, activists, and students are invited to attend. Read more about the 2009 Critical Criminology Conference

A series of Criminology seminars will be held at Monash University Clayton campus in coming months. The topics are: 'Police Complaints Mechanisms','Border Autopsy: misadventure or death by policy?' and 'Exploitation & entrepreneurs: temporary migrant labour in regional Australia'. Read more about the 2009 Criminology Seminars

Congratulations to PSI Criminologist Bree Carlton. Bree's book - Imprisoning Resistance: Life and Death in an Australian Supermax; has received a nomination in this years Davitt Awards. The award will be presented on the 10th of October by Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon.

Criminology Associate Professors Sharon Pickering and Jude McCulloch have been invited to participate in the Australia 2020 Summit to be held in Canberra on April 19th and 20th 2008. The aim of the 2020 Summit is to explore the challenges facing Australia over the next decade and beyond, discuss major ambitions for Australia as a nation and identify policy levers to realise them. They will be contributing to the Australia's Future Security and Prosperity in a Rapidly Changing Region and World discussion stream. Both Associate Professor Pickering and McCulloch have expertise in counter terrorism policing. They recently completed a four year Australian Research Council funded project with Victoria Police on 'Counter Terrorism Policing and Culturally Diverse Communities' and their book (with Dave Wright Neville) /Counter-terrorism Policing: Community, Cohesion and Security/ was published by Springer this year.

March 2008

• Open to students who are studying criminology majors.
• Study for one semester (Jan-June 2009) at one of three universities, followed by a summer school (July) at France - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de GrenobleUniversity.

Host universities are:

• UK - Keele University www.keele.ac.uk
• France - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoblehttp://www.grenoble-universites.fr/
• Slovenia - University of Maribor www.uni-mb.si

All units studied abroad will be credited towards your Monash degree, including those studied at the summer school. If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity, make sure you attend the Information session on:

Monday 14th April. 1pm-2pm Building 13A, Lecture Theatre M2.

• Guest speaker: Dr Erica Arthur from Keele University

For more information:

Download the Study Criminology in Europe information flyer [pdf 43kb]