Video and Podcasts
Documentaries and Interviews
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video (via Alexander Street Press)Videos for professionals and students in criminal justice and public safety. Documentaries and interviews provide personal field experiences as well as insight into the function and controversies of the justice system.Demonstrates how to respond to potentially-dangerous situations, all from the safety of the classroom. Featuring titles by In the Line of Duty, BBC, and AandE Television, Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video.
- Sentencing Matters (Sentencing Advisory Council Queensland)Episode 1—What is sentencing? In this episode, Griffith Criminology Institute researcher Rebecca Wallis discusses the principles and purposes of sentencing in Queensland. She explains that sentencing is a complex process—one that follows the law as set out in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992.
- Sentencing Matters (Sentencing Advisory Council Queensland)Episode 2—Evidence-based sentencing? Former California Supreme Court Judge, The Honourable Peggy Fulton Hora explores the topic of being smart on crime with evidence-based sentencing focusing on drug courts.
- Sentencing Matters (Sentencing Advisory Council Queensland)Episode 3—The role of sentencing advisory councils in policy debate and development. Victorian and Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Council chair Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg discusses how councils are bridging the gap between the community, the courts and governments.
- Sentencing Matters (Sentencing Advisory Council Queensland)Episode 4—Re-thinking imprisonment: the role of evidence in penal reform. This episode introduces extensive research conducted in the United States by Professor Todd Clear of Rutgers University, which involves detailed analysis of US incarceration rates over a 30-year period.
- Judge for Yourself (Sentencing Advisory Council Queensland)Judge for Yourself comprises three interactive court cases based on real-life events, representing the work of the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts in Queensland.
News and Current Affairs
- TVNews (Informit)Stream and download video of Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks. Note: Coverage 2007 to present.
