Read all about this collaborative symposium in Aotearoa, NZ, hosted by @Miss_Keene, "'Rough Sex', 'Choking' and Strangulation National Symposium - A Cross-Sector Conversation about the rise in Rough Sex", supported by the ANZSOC Local Event Support Scheme

February 6th marks Waitangi Day in Aotearoa New Zealand when Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) was signed initially in 1840. ANZSOC acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand and renews our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and to te reo Māori.

Congratulations @Kate_FitzGibbon @Naomi_Pfitzner @emmanicolwork highly commended for the Allan Austin Bartholomew award for their @JournalofCrim publication ‘Domestic and family violence leave across Australian workplaces: Examining victim-survivor experiences of workplace supports and the importance of cultural change' 2023. Vol. 56, Issue. 2-3, open access

Congratulations Megan Parker & Kelly Richards, winners of the Allan Austin Bartholomew Award for best article in @JournalofCrim for '‘A ‘central paradox’: Judicial decision-making in cases of sexual offending by young people.’ Vol 56, Issue 1, open access here

Congratulations Jenna  Mizzi, Caitlin Hughes, Mark Halsey, Jen Cleary, Simone Deegan & Ian Goodwin-Smith all from Flinders University, winners of the David Biles Award or an outstanding research report in the field of corrections. Read their report 'Beyond Bars: Exploring Challenges and Solutions to the Problem of Short Custodial Stays in Regional South Australia’ here

Congratulations Sharleigh Crittendon, UNSW, winner of the Undergraduate Award for her research paper 'Understanding Criminal Justice Responses to Frontier Violence between Colonists and Aboriginals in Early Colonial Criminal Trials: The Impact of the Myall Creek Massacre Prosecutions on R v Merridio’ for the Unit, Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective.

Congratulations Daisy Nugent, University of Newcastle, winner of the best Honours/Masters award for her Honours thesis titled 'The Operation, Function, and Role of Australian Innocence Initiatives'

Congratulations to Charlie Winter, highly commended for the PhD Award with their paper ': ‘Correctional policies for the management of trans people in Australian prisons’

Congratulations Jessica Woolley, Deakin University, winner of the PhD Award for her publication '‘Policing perpetrator suicide threats in family violence cases: competing priorities and contemporary challenges’

Congratulations Stefani Vasil, Australian Catholic University highly commended for the Early Career Researcher Award for her paper 'I came here, and it got worse day by day”: examining the intersections between migrant precarity and family violence among women with insecure migration status in Australia’. Read it here

Congratulations Emily Hurren Paterson, Griffith University highly commended for the Excellence and innovation in teaching award for her third year course '‘Crime Prevention’ Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice'.

Congratulations Krystal Lockwood (Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr) (team lead), Griffith University, Madeleine Bennet (Biripi), Debbie Woodbridge (Wiradjuri), Alanah Cronin & Stephen Corporal (Eastern Arrernte) winners of the Excellence and innovation in teaching award for their third year course 'First Nations & Justice: Embedding Indigenous pedagogies, worldviews, and perspectives into criminological teaching'

Congratulations @stickwithricksa Rick Sarre, highly commended for the Adam Sutton Award for his book 'Preventing crime: What we know and what we need to do'

Congratulations Jacqueline Allen, Ross Homel, Kate Freiberg & Daniela Vasco all from Griffith University, winners of the Adam Sutton Award for best publication or report in the area of crime prevention. Read their award winning report 'The Impact of a Preschool Communication Program and Comprehensive Family Support on Serious Youth Offending: New Findings from the Pathways to Prevention Project’ via @AICriminology here

We congratulate all of our 2024 Award Winners presented at this year's ANZSOC conference at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa. There are range of awards from undergraduate to recognising leading corrections research and innovation in teaching and we present the winners of each in individual posts below

And that’s a wrap! Thank you to all of the attendees, keynote speakers, presenters, panellists, award winners, conference organisers and everyone else who contributed to another successful annual ANZSOC conference! See you in Brisbane next year!

@daisynugent1 Well done Daisy!

In the final keynote of the #ANZSOC2024 Conference ‘‘Generative Justice: beyond (state) rehabilitation?’ @fergus_mcneill reflects and seeks to synthesize several decades of research, policy, practice and personal engagements with rehabilitation and reintegration

Presenting findings from more than a decade of work on Taser and police use of force from England and Wales as well as on experiences working alongside UN offices, special procedures and human rights and detention monitors, @AbiDymond from @UniofExeter presents their keynote ‘Electrifying criminology: Taser, police use of force, and its implications’ #ANZSOC2024

.@ProfRobWhite from @UTAS_Crim presents his keynote on ‘Climate change and criminal justice features’ , exploring the impacts of climate change for criminal justice. He considers contemporary issues and developments associated with global warming and their implications for policy and practice across the main sectors of criminal justice. #ANZSOC2024