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The world’s first dedicated police and security research centre was launched at Griffith University today. The Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) is headquartered at Griffith University, in partnership with the Australian National University, the University of Queensland and Charles Sturt University, bringing international focus to the study of policing […]

The age-old adage of most public sector whistleblowers being shunned and tormented by their peers has been disproved, according to the results of a major national study headed by Griffith Law School Senior Research Fellow Dr AJ Brown. The results of the Australian Research Council-funded Whistling While They Work project will be released today at […]

The desire to work in the fast-paced world of criminology has led Griffith University PhD scholar Rebecca Wickes on a new career path. As a student with psychology and social science degrees in hand, the decision to do a PhD in criminology was a natural progression. “Many of the subjects that I enjoyed most during […]

Australia’s first Centre of Excellence for Policing and Security worth more than $15 million will be based at Griffith University following announcement today by the Australian Research Council. Griffith University is the lead institution working in partnership with the Australian National University, the University of Queensland and Charles Sturt University on a five-year project to […]

Griffith University graduate Tania Major has been named as Young Australian of the year. At just 25, the Cairns-based youth advocate has already established herself as a leading voice for indigenous people and is the youngest person ever elected to the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Commission (ATSIC). She has become known for her honest […]

Knee-jerk reactions to sexual abuse cases that come under the media spotlight are a poor basis for public policy according to a leading Australian criminologist. Associate Professor Stephen Smallbone from Griffith University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice said it was time people got over the need to demonise offenders and start thinking about how […]