ORCID Profile
0000-0003-4479-6736
Current Organisations
Monash University
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University of Adelaide
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Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date: 22-05-2017
Abstract: Research into sentencing is undertaken from a range of theoretical, disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Each approach offers valuable insights, including a conception of the judge, sometimes explicit, often implicit. Little scholarly attention has been paid to directly interrogating the ways in which different research traditions construct the judge in the sentencing process. By investigating how different research approaches locate the judge as an actor in sentencing, theoretically and empirically, this article addresses that gap. It considers key ex les of socio-legal scholarship which emphasise the judge as operating within experiential, emotional and social, as well as legal dimensions. This growing body of research offers a more social, relational and interactive understanding of the judge in sentencing, extending and complementing the valuable, but necessarily limited, insights of other research approaches about the place of the judge in sentencing.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-06-2014
Abstract: Despite growing interest in cybercrime, the Internet still poses significant challenges for criminological understanding. Its penetration of everyday life is relevant to many crime types, not just cybercrimes. This article examines the ways in which criminal commitments form using the Internet and related communication technologies that empower the in idual relative to the group (gang, mafia, etc.). We argue this occurs in two ways. First, it allows in iduals to limit involvement in particular associations or networks. The concept of digital drift is used to explore this element. Second, it allows them to commit crimes more autonomously through facilitating self-instruction. Drawing on Goffman, the importance of studying the encounter as the basic unit of a criminal interaction order is proposed.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-05-2018
Publisher: Australian Institute of Criminology
Date: 22-03-2022
DOI: 10.52922/TI78566
Abstract: The proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is outpacing law enforcement’s ability to address the problem. In response, investigators are increasingly integrating automated software tools into their investigations. These tools can detect or locate files containing CSAM, and extract information contained within these files to identify both victims and offenders. Software tools using biometric systems have shown promise in this area but are limited in their utility due to a reliance on a single biometric cue (namely, the face). This research seeks to improve current investigative practices by developing a software prototype that uses both faces and voices to match victims and offenders across CSAM videos. This paper describes the development of this prototype and the results of a performance test conducted on a database of CSAM. Future directions for this research are also discussed.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 28-05-2013
Abstract: This article discusses the importance of trust in furthering crime control partnerships among government agencies. Drawing upon fieldwork undertaken on American and Australian waterfronts, evidence is presented showing that trust played an integral role in shaping interagency partnerships at both sites. In abundance, trust was shown to help build social capital and promote harmonious relationships, whereas when lacking, collaborative activity was stunted. This article examines the successes and failures of partnerships in each case study, and concludes by identifying a range of factors that have been shown to promote trust, build social capital, and enable interagency partnerships to flourish.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-09-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-12-2020
Abstract: Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime argues in iduals with low self-control are more likely to engage in crime on and off-line. There is less research considering the role of opportunity, as low self-control should increase in iduals’ willingness to act on opportunities to offend. The importance of opportunity is distinct for cybercrime, as technology access may be differentially impacted by various demographic factors. This study surveyed 1,411 South Australian adolescents enrolled at secondary schools across a large metropolitan region to examine the relationships between opportunity and self-control for four forms of computer hacking. A series of binary logistic regression models illustrated that distinct opportunity factors and low self-control are associated with each form of hacking.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 16-07-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-11-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2008
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-01-2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-05-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S10826-023-02586-0
Abstract: Research has shown that psychosocial and behavioral factors are associated with engagement in a range of deviant behaviors across offline settings. To date, however, very little research has explored the impact of these factors in online contexts. This article addresses this gap by examining the psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with common types of adolescent cyberdeviance. This is accomplished through an empirical study of 327 adolescents enrolled in a high school located in a large Australian city. The study assesses various aspects of psychosocial and behavioral functioning using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (total difficulties, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, prosocial behavior), as well as numerous types of cyberdeviance relevant to young people, including cyberfraud, cyberhate, cyberviolence, sexting, digital piracy, hacking, and cyberbullying. A series of multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to demonstrate the association between psychosocial and behavioral difficulties and various types of cyberdeviance, independent of gender, school grade, socioeconomic status, and engagement in offline delinquency. Results indicate that total difficulties, internalizing problems, and externalizing problems were significantly associated with greater likelihood of engagement in most types of cyberdeviance examined in this study, whereas prosocial behavior was associated with a lower likelihood of engagement in digital piracy only. A discussion of the findings highlights the importance of understanding these factors in a digital context, as well as demonstrating the need to account for them when designing targeted interventions.
Publisher: No publisher found
Date: 2018
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 08-05-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2014
Publisher: Australian Institute of Criminology
Date: 21-03-2023
DOI: 10.52922/TI78948
Abstract: This paper demonstrates how biometric features can be extracted from people in child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and examined using social network analysis to reveal important patterns across seized media files. Using an automated software system previously developed by the research team (the Biometric Analyser and Network Extractor), we extract, match and plot multiple biometric attributes (face and voice) from a database of CSAM videos compiled by law enforcement. We apply a series of network measures to illustrate how the biometric match data can be used to rapidly pinpoint key media files associated with an investigation, without the need for an investigator to manually review and catalogue all files. Future directions for this research are also discussed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 17-04-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 02-12-2016
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