Seminar Series 2009

The seminars are free to attend, simply RSVP your attendance to Rachael Williams, rachael.williams@griffith.edu.au or  ph: 3735 5997 for catering purposes.  Light refreshments are served on arrival.

 All Seminars are held at Mt Gravatt Campus, Building M10, Room 5.01 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm unless otherwise stated.  Campus / Parking Map

Date
Speaker
Topic
Wednesday 25 February
Dr Adrian Cherney, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Support Systems for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Wednesday 25 March
Dr Robin Fitzgerald, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, Griffith University
Neighbourhood and school climate effects on delinquency among students attending Toronto schools
Wednesday 22 April
Associate Professor Heather Douglas, T.C. Beirne Law School, The University of Queensland
Mothers, domestic violence and child prevention
Tuesday 26 May
Dr Bill Ransome, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, Griffith University The Philosophy of Wellbeing: Aristotle to Sen and back again
Wednesday 24 June
Dr Halim Rane, Griffith Islamic Research Unit
Conceiving a Just Peace for the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Wednesday 22 July
Professor Kimberly Cook, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Framing Innocents: The Wrongly Convicted as Victims of State Harm
Monday 3 August
Dr Philip Hadfield, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK
A Watchful Eye; A Helping Hand?: 'Third-Party Policing' and Philanthropic Action in the UK night-time economy
Wednesday 19 August
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Professor Doris MacKenzie, Justice Center for Research, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
What Works in Corrections:  Examining the recidivism of offenders and delinquents
Thursday 17 September
Professor Wayne Hall, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland
What if any are the policy lessons of National Alcohol Prohibition in the USA 1920-1933?
Monday 5 October 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Dr Jacqui Ewart, School of Humanities, Griffith University
Reckless with a SIM card: The Mohamed Haneef case
Tuesday 27 October
Dr Donna McAuliffe, School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University
Managing tensions in professional statutory practice: Living and working in rural and remote communities

Wednesday 25 November

Dr Allan Wade, University of Victoria, Canada and City University of Seattle, USA
Telling It Like It Isn't: Violence, Resistance, and the Power of Language
Thursday 10 December
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Dr Liqun Cao, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Visible Minorities and Confidence in the Police

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