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Review and Evaluation of the Officer Next Door Program 1.56MB pdf
Chief Investigators: Dr Nicole Asquith, Ms Mary Eckhardt, Ms Romy Winter and Ms Danielle Campbell
Funding: Housing Tasmania
This program
significantly reduces crime and antisocial behaviour in public
housing environments. The report to Housing Tasmania and Tasmania
Police will be a very important tool in the future direction and
operation of the program.
Evaluation of the 'Trial of Alcohol Interlocks' Project
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Roberta Julian, and Mr Ron Mason
Funding: Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
This project is to provide assessment and evaluation services for a trial of alcohol interlock usage amongst Tasmanian drivers with past alcohol offences.
Evaluation of the 'Safety First at Rosny Park' Project by Clarence City Council, Tasmania Police and Metro Tasmania
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Roberta Julian, Professor Jenny Fleming and Mr Ron Mason
Funding: Clarence City Council
This project is to measure the impact of the provision of the CCTV installation in the Rosny Park Mall and on Metro buses.
In Search of a Process: Community Policing in Australia
Chief Investigator: Professor Jenny Fleming
Funding: University of Tasmania
A research project will be developed (Discovery) around community policing for the 2009 ARC round. Applications will be submitted in March 2009.
"The Public gets what the public wants?" Managing public expectations of the police
Chief Investigator: Professor Jenny Fleming
Funding: British Academy and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
A UK workshop will be held in London in June 2009 with an Australian workshop being held in Hobart in December 2009.
The Effectiveness of Forensic Science in the Criminal Justice System
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Roberta Julian (UTAS), Professor Rob White (UTAS), Professor Claude Roux (UTS), and Dr Hugh Sibly (UTAS)
Partner Investigators: Alastair Ross (VicPol), Peter Woodman (VicPol), Robert Hayes (VicPol), Terry Purton (VicPol), Dr James Robertson (AFP), Anna Davey (NIFS) and Professor Pierre Margot (University of Lausanne)
Funding: Australian Research Council (ARC) Victoria Police, Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the National Institute of Forensic Science(NIFS) The research aims to assess the effectiveness of forensic science in the criminal justice system (in both police investigations and court outcomes). This collaborative research with Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police will develop an evidence-based best practice model for using forensic science in both the reactive and proactive investigation of serious and volume crime. This research is significant in that, for the first time in Australia, an attempt will be made to establish the value of forensic science thereby assisting in the achievement of intelligence-led policing and improving court outcomes that will serve to safeguard Australia from crime.
The Concentration of Offending and Related Social Problems in Tasmanian Families
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Roberta Julian and Post Doctoral Fellow, Dr Vanessa Goodwin
Funding: Department of Police and Emergency Management (DPEM)
The aim of the study is to explore the extent to which crime and related social problems (e.g. chronic dependence on social security, poor health, transience, truancy, neglect, poverty) are concentrated in Tasmanian families, with a view to identifying ways to break the cycle of inter-generational crime and better respond to the needs of families with multiple problems. The study is intended to be a pilot project to test the research methodology and explore the feasibility of conducting a more comprehensive study on the topic at a later date.
The study will build on research conducted in the 1970s which examined the concentration of offending in 16 multi-problem families in Tasmania (Davies and Dax, 1974). In that study the criminality of the second generation was examined and revealed that 50% of the individuals (73% of the males, 17% of the females) had a police record, 34% had been to prison (51% of the males, 9% of the females) and that the average age of the first appearance in the Children's Court was 12.3 years. It was also estimated that the members of the 16 families had spent 201 years in jail in the previous 15 years, which amounted to 250 times as much time in jail as for Tasmanian families in general.
Longitudinal Review of the Risk Assessment Screening Tool (RAST)
(Confidential Report - not available)
Chief Investigators: Mr Ron Mason and Associate Professor Roberta Julian
Funding: Department of Police and Emergency Management (DPEM)
As part of the overall response to family violence, Tasmania Police utilise a Risk Assessment Screening Tool (RAST) to assess the risk of a victim experiencing future violence. In 2005 TILES was commissioned to conduct a review of the RAST. The RAST has been in use for approximately three years and Tasmania Police have identified the need for an analysis of the RAST. The project will be divided into two parts: validation and a longitudinal analysis.
Policing Issues and Crime - Analysis of Tasmanian Data
Chief Investigators: Professor Jenny Fleming and Associate Professor Roberta Julian
Funding: Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
The research will comprise statistical analysis of a dataset containing Tasmania Police data currently held by the AIC. |
