Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL100100014
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,601,857.00
Summary
Multi-Site Trials of Third Party Policing: Building the Scientific Capacity for Experimental Criminology and Evidence-Based Social Policy in Australia. The estimated cost of crime in Australia is $36 billion with $6.9 billion spent on police services each year. This project will fund a series of field experiments testing the effectiveness of Third Party Policing: a promising, new policing approach that involves police partnering with communities, businesses and other government agencies to use r ....Multi-Site Trials of Third Party Policing: Building the Scientific Capacity for Experimental Criminology and Evidence-Based Social Policy in Australia. The estimated cost of crime in Australia is $36 billion with $6.9 billion spent on police services each year. This project will fund a series of field experiments testing the effectiveness of Third Party Policing: a promising, new policing approach that involves police partnering with communities, businesses and other government agencies to use regulations and civil laws to better control crime. The research will strengthen Australia's social and economic fabric, grow Australia's capacity to conduct multi-site, multi-country field trials, institutionalise the use of scientific experimental evidence to guide crime control policies, and help safeguard and protect Australia from terrorism and crime.Read moreRead less
Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL100100176
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,190,500.00
Summary
Strengthening the international human rights system: Rights, regulation and ritualism. Australia has played a significant role in the development of the international human rights architecture since 1945. The promotion of human rights is now a major feature of Australia's foreign affairs and aid policies and it has become increasingly important in Australia's regional interactions. This project will build Australian capacity in a field of intense international interest and concern - the impleme ....Strengthening the international human rights system: Rights, regulation and ritualism. Australia has played a significant role in the development of the international human rights architecture since 1945. The promotion of human rights is now a major feature of Australia's foreign affairs and aid policies and it has become increasingly important in Australia's regional interactions. This project will build Australian capacity in a field of intense international interest and concern - the implementation of international human rights laws - and create internationally competitive research strength. It will provide training and support for a new generation of human rights law scholars.Read moreRead less
Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL0992134
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,770,891.00
Summary
Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge. This project lies in the National Research Priority of 'Safeguarding Australia'. It will answer an issue of obvious international importance, that is, how can the law protect the community from terrorism while also maintaining the democratic and human rights values and traditions that underpin good governance and the rule of law. The project offers major security, personal, economic and social benefits to democratic nations. It will build internatio ....Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge. This project lies in the National Research Priority of 'Safeguarding Australia'. It will answer an issue of obvious international importance, that is, how can the law protect the community from terrorism while also maintaining the democratic and human rights values and traditions that underpin good governance and the rule of law. The project offers major security, personal, economic and social benefits to democratic nations. It will build internationally competitive research capacity and, in dealing with unanswered questions at the forefront of debate, enable Australians to be leading participants in international scholarship. The project will foster the next generation of talent in the field of anti-terrorism law and public law generally.Read moreRead less
Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL130100050
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,073,424.00
Summary
What counts? Prosecution and the criminal trial in Australian history. This project will investigate the successes, failures and limits of the criminal trial in Australia, from the colonial era to the post-war decades. By using the rich resource of Australian archives, this project will provide an enduring foundational knowledge of Australian criminal justice in its historical and international context.