Crime & justice research 2023

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Abstract

This compendium brings together 20 recent studies published by the Australian Institute of Criminology. Each chapter relates to one of the Institute’s research priorities: Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system, transnational serious and organised crime, domestic and family violence, sexual violence, online sexual exploitation of children, and cybercrime. Together, these studies provide insight into our work on these topics.

Contents

About the editor

List of contributors

Introduction

Part A: Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system

1. Intergenerational incarceration in New South Wales: Characteristics of people in prison experiencing parental imprisonment

Marc Rémond, Reem Zeki, Kelly Austin, Julia Bowman, Jennifer Galouzis, Kelly-Anne Stewart and Elizabeth Sullivan

2. Pre-sentence reports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: An analysis of language and sentiment

Darcy Coulter, Abdur Rahim Mohammed Forkan, Yong-Bin Kang, Justin Trounson, Thalia Anthony, Elena Marchetti and Stephane Shepherd

Part B: Transnational serious and organised crime

3. Enablers of illicit drug trafficking by organised crime groups

Anthony Morgan and Christopher Dowling

4. Predicting high-harm offending using machine learning: An application to outlaw motorcycle gangs

Timothy Cubitt and Anthony Morgan

5. Regulatory approaches to preventing organised crime among outlaw motorcycle gangs

Christopher Dowling and Anthony Morgan

6. Outlaw motorcycle gangs and domestic violence

Anthony Morgan, Timothy Cubitt and Christopher Dowling

Part C: Domestic and family violence

7. Spaceless violence: Women's experiences of technology-facilitated domestic violence in regional, rural and remote areas

Bridget Harris and Delanie Woodlock

8. Giving voice to the silenced victims: A qualitative study of intimate partner femicide

Li Eriksson, Paul Mazerolle and Samara McPhedran

9. The role of depression in intimate partner homicide perpetrated by men against women: An analysis of sentencing remarks

Siobhan Lawler, Hayley Boxall and Christopher Dowling

Part D: Sexual violence

10. Reporting of dating app facilitated sexual violence to the police: Victim-survivor experiences and outcomes

Siobhan Lawler and Hayley Boxall

11. Image-based abuse: Gender differences in bystander experiences and responses

Asher Flynn, Elena Cama and Adrian J Scott

Part E: Online sexual exploitation of children

12. Secrecy, control and violence in women's intimate relationships with child sexual abuse material offenders

Michael Salter, Delanie Woodlock and Natasha Dubler

13. Child sexual abuse material and end-to-end encryption on social media platforms: An overview

Coen Teunissen and Sarah Napier

14. The sexual exploitation of Australian children on dating apps and websites

Coen Teunissen, Hayley Boxall, Sarah Napier and Rick Brown

15. Advancing child sexual abuse investigations using biometrics and social network analysis

Russell Brewer, Bryce Westlake, Thomas Swearingen, Stephen Patterson, David Bright, Arun Ross, Katie Logos and Dana Michalski

16. How to implement online warnings to prevent the use of child sexual material

Charlotte Hunn, Paul Watters, Jeremy Prichard, Richard Wortley, Joel Scanlan, Caroline Spiranovic and Tony Krone

17. The overlap between child sexual abuse live streaming, contact abuse and other forms of child exploitation

Coen Teunissen and Sarah Napier

Part F: Cybercrime

18. Data breaches and cybercrime victimisation

Anthony Morgan and Isabella Voce

19. Help-seeking among Australian ransomware victims

Isabella Voce and Anthony Morgan

20. Online behaviour, life stressors and profit-motivated cybercrime victimisation

Isabella Voce and Anthony Morgan

Index