Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology articles from August 2008

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology archives from August 2008

Promoting the theory and practice of criminology: The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and its founding moment.
August 1, 2008... The Australian New Zealand Society of Criminology was an initiative of Australia s first criminology department, at Melbourne, from where the proposal to establish a journal also evolved. The society was of its time, its priorities reflecting...

Theories of indigenous violence: a preliminary empirical assessment.(Australia)
August 1, 2008... A number of theories have been put forward to explain the high level of violence among Australia's Indigenous population. Up until 2002, lack of suitable data on the risk factors associated with Indigenous violent victimisation made it very...

'The last fleet': crime, reformation, and punishment in Western Australia after 1868.
August 1, 2008... This article reexamines the theories of John Braithwaite published in 2001 in the light of recently analysed historical court data. He argued that transported men and women enjoyed better conditions and better life chances than those who were...

School-based drug prevention programs: a review of what works.(Australia)
August 1, 2008... This article examines the effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs in preventing illicit drug use. Our article reports the results of a systematic review of the evaluation literature to answer three fundamental questions: (I) do...

Criminology's darkest hour: biocriminology in Nazi Germany.
August 1, 2008... This article deals with criminology and its effects during Hitler's Third Reich (1933-1945). For comparative purposes, it also examines the nature and effects of criminology in fascist Italy (1922-1943). In both states, criminology became an...

Predictors of indigenous arrest: an exploratory study. (Australia)
August 1, 2008... The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody attributed Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system to Indigenous disadvantage. Others have attributed it to alcohol abuse and substance use and/or passive welfare...

J.V. Barry: A Life.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... JV Barry--A Life By Hark Finnane (with the assistance of John Myrtle) (2007) Sydney: UNSW Press, xiv + 322 pp, ISBN 978 086840 845 3 The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology published its first issue in 1967. The...

Writing Reports for Court: A Practical Guide for Psychologists Working in Forensic Contexts.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Writing Reports for Court: A Practical Guide for Psychologists Working in Forensic Contexts by Jack White, Andrew Day and Louisa Hackett 2007; Australian Academic Press; 198 pages, ISBN 9781875378807 Some years ago, when I was...