Public Sector Criminological Research

Russell G. Smith is Honorary Fellow at the Institute and Professor in the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University, Australia. He has qualifications in law, psychology and criminology from the University of Melbourne, Australia, a PhD from King’s College London, UK, and worked for almost 25 years at the Australian Institute of Criminology.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Public sector criminological research.- 3 The genesis of the AIC .- 4 Between a rock and a hard place.- 5 Financial resourcing models over time.- 6 The Criminology Research Fund.- 7 Homes and accommodation.- 8 Education and training.- 9 Getting the research out there.- 10 Punching above its weight.- 11 International relations.- 12 Merging priorities.- 13 Evaluating the AICs contribution to criminology.- 14 A future for the AIC?.- 15 Appendices Listing Directors, Council members, staff members, assets and income, publications, conferences, media contacts and website usage.