Appetite for reform in youth detention
A study of food served in a youth detention centre in South Australia gives insights into the place diet and menu choices makes in improving or […]
Smart ways to cut crime rates
Pressure on police force recruitment and prison systems could be reduced through more attention being paid to earlier interventions, rehabilitation and other “smart” approaches to crime […]
Tackling corruption in Australia
As the SA Government guts its anti-corruption commission, and a NSW Premier falls, what are the lessons for integrity bodies in Australia? These questions will be […]
Sights set on curbing ‘crime guns’
A community or sub-culture encouraging young men’s exposure and obsession with guns – as well as ready access to firearms and drugs – can make gun […]
Cracking organised crime networks
How do individuals become involved in cybercrime? How can the hidden connections between Australian extremist groups be revealed? Can competition among organised criminal groups result in […]
Not the Sopranos, but still a cultural divide
Organised crime networks such as mafia ‘clans’, with links to drug trafficking, money laundering and corruption in high places, are a threat to national security. University […]
Research focus heats up
International leaders in two specialist fields of research have joined the University as Matthew Flinders Fellows in 2017.
Italian lessons in the art of tackling corruption
Italian lessons in how to tackle corruption will be served up when one of Italy’s leading experts on corruption speaks at Flinders Victoria Square today from 5 to 6.30pm.
The worrying new face of Adelaide ‘ice’ use
Soaring use of the methamphetamine ‘ice’ could be because of an increasing normalisation of the drug among groups of high achieving young people beyond the normal user profile.