What We Do
Research projects
Key research focus areas
Key focus areas under research by Criminal Intelligence staff at Charles Sturt University include:
- Quality and effectiveness of law enforcement policing initiatives and operational policing policies;
- Crime analysis and the use of analytical tradecraft;
- Police management and managerialism;
- Public attitudes towards crime, policing, and community safety; and
- Police education and training.
Current research projects
- Repairing Injustice - A Philosophical Approach to Compensating Injustices
- NSW Police Customer Service Project
- Sentencing and Impact for Remote Sentencing
- Mental Health Intervention Training: The Teaching of Metal Health Curriculum to Policing Students
- Service Provision for Multiple Victims
- Whistleblower Protection: Scheme for the Commonwealth Public Sector
- Towards Resolution: Effective Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Historical research projects
- 'Where the bloody hell are we?' A national intelligence analysis survey: Charting development and direction in intelligence analysis in Australia' (CSU Faculty Research Development Grant 2007);
- Evaluating the Schools Liaison Police Initiative in New South Wales ;
- Examining the prevalence and experiences of intellectually disabled offenders in the criminal justice system;
- 'Classifying Organised Crime Taxonomies: A Survey of Intelligence Analysts’;
- 'Assessing the prevalence of car-jacking in Australia: What don’t we know and why don’t we know it?’ (in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Criminology);
- Best-practice in Police anti-corruption agencies (in collaboration with the Office of Police Integrity in Victoria); and
- The development of intelligence-led policing in Australia.
- Evaluating strategic intelligence assessments (Victoria Police)
- Examining changes to the Police Complaints System (United Kingdom)
- Examining approaches to police training (United Kingdom).
