Violence, Risk and Safety: The Changing Face of Australian Criminal Laws

刑法已经彻底改变，以保护澳大利亚人免受暴力侵害。这个项目的目的是完成第一个关于刑法如何以及为什么如此显著地扩散和多样化的国家研究。它将采用新的概念工具来调查定罪的“驱动因素”、“过程”和“方式”，并完成对性暴力和家庭暴力、杀人、与酒精有关的暴力、公共骚乱和犯罪集团活动的社会法律研究。其预期结果是对刑法立法创新的原因和效果有了新的认识。这项研究有助于未来关于刑事定罪在提高安全方面的作用的公共辩论、政策制定和法律改革决策。

Criminal laws have been radically transformed to keep Australians safe from violence. This project aims to complete the first national study of how and why criminal laws have proliferated and diversified so significantly. It will employ novel conceptual tools for investigating the 'drivers', ‘processes’ and ‘modalities’ of criminalisation, and complete socio-legal studies of sexual and domestic violence, homicide, alcohol-related violence, public disorder and the activities of criminal groups. The intended outcome is new knowledge about the causes and effects of innovation in criminal law-making. This research can benefit future public debate, policy development and law reform decisions about the role of criminalisation in enhancing safety.