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Ms Katherine Danylak1, Associate Professor Rachael  Fullam2 1Victoria Police 2Consultation and Evaluation Lead, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science (CFBS), Swinburne University of Technology. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Abstract: The Embedded Youth Outreach Program (EYOP) is an innovative Victoria...

A/Prof. Stephen Moston1 1Forensii, Townsville, Australia Abstract: The adoption of evidence-based policing has had a profound effect on many aspects of policing, but there remains one glaring omission: training and practice in the investigative interviewing of suspects.  Police in Australia...

Mr Paul Hart1 1Queensland Police Service, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Very young offenders under the irrebuttable age of criminal responsibility in Australia (under 10 years) who exhibit what would otherwise be considered to be criminal behaviour cannot be prosecuted, leaving law...

Dr Yi-Ning Chiu1, Dr Julianne L Webster1 1Queensland Police Service, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: In 2020, the Queensland Police Service and Australian Institute of Criminology completed a research study on outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) pathways. Drawing on semi structured interviews with...

Dr Sarah-Jane Lennie1, Mrs Jenny  Norman1 1The Open University, Milton Keynes, England Abstract: ‘As current authors writing for the British Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship at The Open University, and as academics and a previous Strategic Police Researcher and an officer,...

Dr Christopher Dowling1 1Australian Institute Of Criminology, Canberra, Australia Abstract: Outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) originated as counter-cultural groups of motorcycle enthusiasts characterised by rebelliousness and violence, but also camaraderie and loyalty. However, recent findings have highlighted the growing involvement of...

Mr Craig Heslop1, Michael Wall1 1New Zealand Police, Auckland, New Zealand Abstract: Purpose: To prevent volume crime in Waitemata East through identifying our most prolific offenders, screening their needs and supporting them with a humane approach. Nature and scope: Targeting a...

Mr Michael Bryden1,2 1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Australia Abstract: The use of police to establish settler societies and suppress Indigenous resistance is well-documented. To date, the police, as the gatekeepers to the...

Mr Michael Bryden1,2 1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Australia Abstract: With the international drive towards legitimate policing, Bottoms and Tankebe (2012) point out that the literature has largely ignored the police’s perception of...

Prof. Maxwell Cameron1, Associate Prof. Stuart Newstead1 1Monash University Accident Research Centre, Clayton, Australia Abstract: Preliminary oral fluid tests to detect drug driving were introduced in Victoria, Australia in December 2004. No evaluation of the introduction of roadside drug testing...