Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 

About: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Poison control & Criminal justice. It has an ISSN identifier of 0004-8658. Over the lifetime, 1285 publications have been published receiving 18949 citations. The journal is also known as: The Australian & New Zealand journal of criminology.

Public Satisfaction With Police: Using Procedural Justice to Improve Police Legitimacy

Abstract: Policing research and theory emphasises the importance of supportive relationships between police and the communities they serve in increasing police effectiveness in reducing crime and disorder. A key reason people support police is that they view police as legitimate. The existing research literature, primarily from the United States, indicates that the most important factor in public assessments of police legitimacy is procedural justice. The present study is the first in an Australian jurisdiction to examine the effect of procedural justice and police legitimacy on public satisfaction with police. Using responses to a large postal survey (n = 2611), findings show that people who believe police use procedural justice when they exercise their authority are more likely to view police as legitimate, and in turn are more satisfied with police services. This study differs to US-based research in the greater importance of people's evaluations of instrumental factors in judgments of police legitimacy. The findings are important as they confirm that people's assessments of fair and effective policing in Australia will be enhanced by policing strategies that emphasise the use of procedural justice in encounters with the public.

Femicide : the politics of woman killing

Abstract: Femicide is as old as patriarchy the patriarchal home - the most lethal place for women femicide and racism the mass media, pornography and gorenography femicide and the travesties of justice women fighting back against femicide.

Family-based Prevention of Offending: A Meta-analysis

Abstract: This paper presents a review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of family-based crime prevention programs. Programs were included in this review if (a) the family was the focus of the intervention, (b) there was an outcome measure of delinquency or antisocial child behaviour, (c) the evaluation used a randomised or well controlled experiment and (d) the original sample size was at least 50 persons. Forty evaluations were found that met the criteria for inclusion. In general, these family-based programs had desirable effects in reducing delinquency (especially) and antisocial child behaviour. Over all delinquency outcomes, the weighted mean effect size of .321 corresponds approximately to a decrease in offending from 50% in a control group to 34% in an experimental group. Furthermore, the effects on delinquency persisted in long-term evaluation studies. The most effective types of programs used behavioural parent training, while the least effective types were those based in schools. Home visiting, day care/preschool, home/community and multi-systematic therapy programs were generally effective. Effect sizes were greater in smaller scale studies. Research on the monetary costs and benefits of family-based programs is also reviewed.