The School of Social and Cultural Studies brings together the teaching, research and scholarship strengths of Criminology, Cultural Anthropology, Religious Studies, Social Policy and Sociology.
You’ll study the current analyses of how societies and cultures are formed, how they are governed, how they break down and how we might envisage new and viable future social and cultural systems.
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Reserach funding has been received by staff in the Institute of Criminology to examine the effectiveness of drug checking programmes at music festivals.
'It quickly became a trial about a young woman’s sexual history and interests instead of the actions of a violent man', says Teaching Fellow Samantha Keene.
'Policing' is fast falling to private security and citizen-led initiatives. Yet the wages and the training don't match the responsibility. What can we do?
Since graduating with a degree in Criminology, I have also worked at the Court of Appeal, the National Intelligence Centre (New Zealand Police) and the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Read more about Kymberley Jack"The work I do at the Building Research Association of New Zealand is very similar to what I had to do to complete my post-graduate degree at Victoria".
Read more about Orin
Having a degree in Sociology showed my employer that I could grasp complex concepts, meet deadlines and articular myself clearly with logic and reasoned argument.
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It’s not the step-porn that’s a problem, it’s the aggression behind it. In the wake of the OFLC report Breaking Down Porn, an academic studying the gendered influence of pornography urges people not to panic, but to be aware of when – and why – pornography becomes problematic.
Stanley said kids had no choice but to harden up and use violence as a form of protection, in turn becoming bullies and offenders themselves.
Dr Carol Harrington (School of Social and Cultural Studies) is interviewed by NZ Herald about the #MeToo movement and the changes it's brought about in New Zealand.
Dr John Shaver—University of Otago Across societies, many aspects of religious rituals suggest they provide…
Prof Constant J Mews - Monash UniversityThe recent proposal by the ANZSRC Review Steering Committee…
Prof Jon Altman After a summer when south-east Australia burned dramatically there seems to be…
