POLK Readers

THESES IN PROGRESS

K. POLK Readers

CRIMINOLOGY

LIST OF RESEARCH STAFF

Professor:

A. FREIBERG

FACULTY OF ARTS

MULTICULTURAL ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Interpreters in the criminal justice system - K.Laster Illegal immigrants - K.Laster

War Crimes in Australia K.Laster

The basis for a "cultural defence" in the Australian criminal justice system - K.Laster

PROCESSES OF LAW REFORM

Community consultation and reform of the criminal justice system - K.Laster

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION Legal and ethical issues in medicine - R.G.Smith

PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW

Preventive Detention and the Community Protection Act

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^D.N.Greig

Ethical issues in forensic psychiatry - D.N.Greig The historical development of psychiatry - D.N.Greig

The development of case-law by the Mental Health Review Board - D.N.Greig

Transfers of prisoners between jail and psychiatric hospitals - K.Laster

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Qualitative research in criminology - J.W.Kersten Feminism and research methodology - C.M.Alder

SENTENCING AND PENOLOGY Judicial studies - S.A.Lovegrove

Structuring judicial sentencing discretion - S.A.Lovegrove

Development of detailed sentencing statistics and numerical guidelines - S.A.Lovegrove

Penal theory - S.W.Johnston

The success of prisons - S.W.Johnston

Gender specific patterns of institutional environments for young male and female offenders - J.W.Kersten

International developments in crime prevention and criminal policies - J.W.Kersten

Drug Use and problems of re-integration - C.M.Alder

Sentencing: State and Federal Law in Victoria - A.Freiberg

UNITED NATIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT

Prevention and enforcement action under the Charter - S.W.Johnston The United Nations Criminal Code - S.W.Johnston

CRIMINOLOGY

Human Rights - S.W.Johnston

VICTIMOLOGY Rights and Responsibilities of Victims Rejoining civil and criminal process - Offender Restitution - S.W.Johnston Homeless youths as victims of violence

• S.W.Johnston S.W.Johnston - C.M.Alder WOMEN AND CRIME

Sexism in criminal and juvenile justice processing - C.M.Alder Drugs and social control of women - C.M.Alder

Gender and violence - C.M.Alder Infanticide - K.Laster

THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE

Self-defence classes and violence prevention - J.Kersten Homicide in Victoria - K.Polk

Work death and criminal negligence - K.Polk and F.Haines

WHITE COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME Criminal Forfeiture and Confiscation - A.Freiberg Insider trading and financial fraud - K.Polk

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

The need for criminal prosecution of both death and injury in the workplace - F.Haines

The impact of traumatic fatalities on multiple employee workplaces - F.Haines

PUBLISHED WORK Book

GREIG, D. and FRECKELTON, I., eds. - The Patient, the Law and the Professional. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the

Aust.and NZ Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Melbourne:

x + 283pp. (1991).

Chapters of Books

ALDER, C.M. - "Socioeconomic determinants and masculinity", in

Australian Violence: Contemporary Perspectives. Eds: Duncan Chappell, Peter Grabowsky and Heather Strang. Australian Institute of

Criminology, Canberra: 167-177 (1991).

FACULTY OF ARTS

ALDER, C.M. - "Delinquency prevention in Australia", in Preventing Juvenile Crime. Eds: Julia Vernon and Sandra McKillop. Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra: 55-61 (1991).

POLK, K. and RANSON, D. - Homicide in Victoria. In Violence in Australia: Contemporary Perspectives. D. Chappell, P. Grabowsky and H. Strang (eds) Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra: 53-118 (1991).

Articles

ALDER, C.M. - "Victims of Violence: The Case of Homeless Youth", Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 24: 1-14 (1991).

FREIBERG, A. - "Crime, Profit and Liberty." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol 24, No. 3 (1991).

FREIBERG, A. - "Organisations as Victims of Crime." Journal of the Australasian Society of Criminology (Special Edition) 7-16 (1991).

CREIG, D.N. - "Notes from Downunder" in the Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 16:2, pp 15-16 (September 1991).

JAMES, S.P. and HENDRY, B., "The Money or the Job: The Decision to Leave Policing." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 24: 3 (1991).

LASTER, K. and DOUGLAS, R., - "A Matter of Life and Death: The

Victorian Executive and the Decision to Execute 842-1967" Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 24, 2, pp 144-160 (1991).

LASTER, K. and NAYLOR, B., - "Women and the Law Conference; Expanding or Challenging Legal Categories?" Legal Service Bulletin, 16,

pp 302-302 (1991).

POLK, K. and RANSON, D. - "Intimate Homicide and the Role of Gender."

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 24, pp 15-24 (1991).

SMITH, R.G., - "Serious Professional Misconduct Arising out of the Treatment of Drug Addiction." Professional Negligence, 7 (1), 33-36 (1991).

Reports

JAMES, S.P. - "A Zonal Guide to the Management of Security." A report to the Director, Policy and Programs, Housing and Construction

Victoria, Department of Planning and Housing, pp. 59 (May 1991).

READ, H. and ALDER, C.M. - "The Re-Integration Problems of Drug Using Young Offenders". Submitted to the Research into Drug Abuse Program of the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse, Canberra: pp. 102

(November 1991)

THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES Doctor of Philosophy

HARTLAND,

N.G. - A Discourse Analysis of the Magistrates' Court

CRIMINOLOGY

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JAMES, S.P. -

Selection, Training and Performance Measures in a Police Department : A Longitudinal Study of Police Regeneration.

Master of Arts

ATKINSON, R.L. -

The Imprisonment of Aboriginal Women in Western Australia

BAKER, J.M. -

Filicide in Victoria

BARTHOLOMEW, T. -

Guilty Pleaders in Melbourne Magistrates' Courts

BEYER, L. -

Community Policing in Victoria

RING, J. -

Dealing with Child Abuse in Victorian Primary Schools

WELLS, D. -

Child Witnesses and Videotechnology

WHITLA, M. -

Psychologists' Responses to Suspicions of Child Sexual Abuse

THESES IN PROGRESS

Doctor of Philosophy

ACQUAAH-GAISIE, G. -

The right to development

GALBRAITH, C. -

Judicial decision-making and sentencing discretion

HEATH, J. -

Models of assistance for victims of institutionalised violence

NIBLO, D. -

Security in the hospitality industry

NWOSU, B. -

The regulation of hard drugs

Master of Arts

BALLENDEN, N. -

The operation of the Mental Health Review Board

COLLINS, J.M. -

Sentencing of incest offenders

COWIE, M. -

Juvenile delinquency

DRATSAS, M. -

Suicide and Coronial procedure

EDWARDS, E. -

The juvenile justice system

GELMAN, G. -

A conceptualisation of the investigation of complaints against police and the police accountability process and its

implications for reform

HAINES,

F. -

The impact of work-related employee death on corporate culture

HOWLETT, C. -

Staff perspectives of the work environment in correctional institutions for young men

PERRONE, S. -

The possibility of prosecution for manslaughter in cases of work death

TSARDAKAS, L. -

A legal response to parental physical and sexual abuse

YOUNG, A. -

Problems in a prison environment