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News and Multimedia

News and videos

ClickView
Streaming video solution offering access to thousands of educational videos and resources covering a broad range of topics, as well as TV programs recorded in the last 14 days from free-to-air digital channels. Licensed for educational purposes only. Staff Guide to ClickView
Kanopy Video Streaming
This platform provides online access to streamed films, documentaries and training videos. Major subjects covered include: The arts, business and training, health sciences, media and communication, natural sciences, social sciences, and teacher education. Closed captions are available. For education and research purposes only
TVNews (Informit)
Streaming videos of all Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks. TVNews is updated daily.

THE CONVERSATION - articles on Criminology
The Conversation is an independent, not-for-profit media outlet. Articles are authored by academics, edited by professional journalists and freely available online, and for republication through creative commons license.
TED : Anne Milgram - why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime
When she became the attorney general of New Jersey in 2007, Anne Milgram quickly discovered a few startling facts: not only did her team not really know who they were putting in jail, but they had no way of understanding if their decisions were actually making the public safer.

Websites

Australian Institute of Criminology
Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and justice. Aims to promote justice and reduce crime by undertaking and communicating evidence-based research to inform policy and practice.
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice (Australian Institute of Criminology)
This series consists of concise papers designed to inform policymakers, researchers and the wider community on current research.
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission is Australia's national criminal intelligence agency. We work with our law enforcement partners to improve the national ability to respond to crime impacting Australia.
Australian Government Attorney General's Department
The Attorney-General's Department delivers programs and policies to maintain and improve Australia's law and justice framework.
Australian Institute of Criminology - Criminology Research Grants Program
The principal objectives of the Criminology Research Grants Program are to undertake and provide funding for criminological research which is relevant to public policy and to promote the value and use of such research.
Law and Justice Foundation of NSW
The Foundation was established in 1967 and is an independent body incorporated in New South Wales by the Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000 (NSW) to improve access to justice in NSW, particularly for socially and economically disadvantaged people.
New South Wales Department of Justice
The Department of Justice delivers legal, court and supervision services to the people of NSW by managing courts and justice services, implementing programs to reduce crime and re‑offending, managing custodial and community-based correctional services, protecting rights and community standards and advising on law reform and legal matters.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) is the independent prosecuting authority for the State of New South Wales.
Juvenile Justice NSW
Juvenile Justice supervises and cares for young offenders in the community and in juvenile justice centres.

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics provides statistical information including reports and census data.
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics - Crime and Justice
BOSCAR - NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
The NSW Department of Justice

Newspapers

ANZ Newsstand (Proquest)
Full text of major Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Includes regional and rural radio transcripts and news from current affairs television programs such as the ABC 7.30 Report.
Newspaper source plus (EBSCO)
Cover-to-cover full text for 185 US and international newspapers. Also selective full text for 392 regional US newspapers, and full text US television and radio news transcripts.

Australian Historic Newspapers (Trove)
Australian newspaper archives 1803 - 2007

From ABC Radio National

The soaring popularity of criminology
If you study criminology at the University of Newcastle, chances are you'll sit a class with criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett.
But even she is struck by how popular the discipline is at the start of 2019. Are we seeing an unprecedented wave of Hunter talent, as more than 300 students cram into the first lecture of the year? Or will interest wane for many of these students?
ABC Newcastle's Kia Handley spoke to Dr Mallett on the first day of term.
Crime Report shows organised crime evolving
An unholy alliance of terrorists and organised crime has been highlighted as a growing threat to Australian security.
Perpetrators tell all on why crime is down
Property crime at least is down, and its been going down since 2001. Criminologists don't really know why this is happening, so in a search for answers, they have turned to the criminals themselves to get some answers.
Speech and youth crime: what's the link?
Is there a link between language all communication skills and lawlessness, particularly involving teenage crime?
It seems that there is - and researchers from Melbourne have been doing lots of work on the subject.
Inside the mind of an arsonist
Dr Lauren Ducat, research associate at the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science at Swinburne University, explains what we know about the mindset of deliberate fire-setters and how their damaging behaviour might be prevented.

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization whose mission is to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems.
Europol
European Union's law enforcment agency.
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.
INTERPOL - The International Criminal Police Organization
International Criminal Police Organization is an inter-governmental organization. INTERPOL has 194 member countries who help police in to work together to make the world a safer place.
NCJRS -National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
US Department of Justice Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 published and unpublished sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention.