Self-serve shoplifters do not see behaviour as stealing
Many people passing off expensive items as cheaper ones at self-serve checkouts do not consider the behaviour to be stealing, and try to justify their behaviour, says criminologist Dr Emmeline Taylor…
Discover all you want to know about Sociology and Criminology at the ANU Open Day
If you’re thinking of studying Sociology either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, or if you’re a parent, family member or friend wondering what it’s all about, then come along to the ANU Open…
Online Child Exploitation Material Research Project
ANU Cybercrime Observatory research assistants (Don Maxim, Katie Skinner and Stephanie Orlando), under the supervision of Professor Broadhurst, are currently working on a desk review…
ANU criminologists examine history of violence in Cambodia
A new book by ANU scholars examines how violence in Cambodia has gradually declined over the decades from the French colonial period to today, despite the genocide and mass murders by the Khmer Rouge…
Criminology undergraduates studying peers’ wifi and cybercrime risks
Criminology students at The Australian National University are studying their peers’ Wi-Fi internet usage this semester to determine their awareness of online risks. It’s part of an…
ANU Sociology is once again ranked #1!
The ANU School of Sociology has once again been ranked number one in the country, and number 16 in the world in the discipline according to the the 2016 QS World Rankings. This makes Sociology one of…
Sociology student named 2016 ACT Young Woman of the Year
Image: Stuart Hay, ANU ANU Sociology student Rachael Stevens has been named the 2016 ACT Young Woman of the Year for mentoring and inspiring girls with mental illness. Read more