Crime Prevention

Hai Thanh Luong School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University, haithanh.luong@rmit.edu.au In the Declaration on Enhancing the Australia-Viet Nam Comprehensive Partnership (2015) two sides recognized the significant and increasing threat of transnational crime and the importance of increased information...

Hai Thanh Luong School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University, haithanh.luong@rmit.edu.au In the Declaration on Enhancing the Australia-Viet Nam Comprehensive Partnership (2015) two sides recognized the significant and increasing threat of transnational crime and the importance of increased information...

M. Halsey*1, A. Goldsmith1 & D. Bright2 1 Flinders University 2 University of New South Wales *corresponding author: mark.halsey@flinders.edu.au Drawing on in-depth interviews with convicted crime gun users, we examine the role and meanings of firearms in various criminal milieus. We...

M. Halsey*1, A. Goldsmith1 & D. Bright2 1 Flinders University 2 University of New South Wales *corresponding author: mark.halsey@flinders.edu.au Drawing on in-depth interviews with convicted crime gun users, we examine the role and meanings of firearms in various criminal milieus. We...

M. Thobane M Department of Criminology and Security Science, School of Criminal Justice, College of Law, University of South Africa (UNISA) The aim of the study upon which this presentation is based was to evaluate the possibility of using criminal...

M. Thobane M Department of Criminology and Security Science, School of Criminal Justice, College of Law, University of South Africa (UNISA) The aim of the study upon which this presentation is based was to evaluate the possibility of using criminal...

E.Stavrou1*, J.Trevena1, S.Poynton1 1- NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research *corresponding author: efty.stavrou@justice.nsw.gov.au Background In order to allocate scarce resources more efficiently, risk assessment tools are viewed as a cost-effective method for identifying individuals at-risk of reoffending and are...

C.M. Hunn University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law, Charlotte.Hunn@utas.edu.au This presentation outlines key findings from an empirical analysis of Tasmanian and Victorian “comments on passing sentence” (COPS) for conduct involving the viewing of child exploitation material (CEM) online. This analysis systematically identifies...

Leonardsen D, Lillehammer University College This paper presents the history of crime prevention in Norway through three periods: 1945-60, 1960-80, and 1980-2015. The story discloses a development from an interventionist state focusing on direct control of the economic system (“fighting crime...

R. Kelly*, J. Clare, Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia *corresponding author: han-k.91@hotmail.com   Opportunity theories of crime suggest that crime occurs in specific spatio-temporal patterns due to an increase in opportunity and a decrease in risk. Financially-motivated crimes have been...