The Future of Crime Control
This presentation speculates on what Australia's response to crime will look like in the year 2020. Following a brief discussion of the anticipated criminal environment, and trends which will influence the delivery of public services, the article will suggest some of the forms which future institutions of crime control are likely to take. In addition to the transformation of Australian police services, the paper will discuss private and non-profit institutions of crime control, and how these will interact with public institutions. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of trade-offs between personal safety and individual freedom, and how these will shift over time. It predicts greater societal investment in personal safety at the expense of individual freedom.

Dealing with fraud and corruption in the new managerial environment
Like many jurisdictions, the federal level of government in Australia has implemented comprehensive arrangements for dealing with fraud and corruption.  At the same time, public sector administration in Australia, like many other countries, has been experiencing fundamental changes, commonly termed the 'new-managerialism'.  These changes involve the privatisation of functions, adoption of private sector management techniques, the pulling back from doing things to influencing outcomes by regulatory frameworks and audit regimes as well as senior public officials by making them more responsive to direct political direction.  This paper analyses the impact of the 'new-managerialism' on the Australian Government's campaign against fraud and corruption and argues that these changes may have compromised the effectiveness of this campaign.

Date: September 11, 2001 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: 14/F, Senior Common Room, K.K. Leung Bldg., The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Peter Grabosky is a Professor in the Research School of Social Sciences of the Australian National University.  He is a former Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, where he worked for eighteen years before taking up his present appointment.  Dr. Grabosky specialises in white-collar crime, including computer crime, and in regulatory policy generally.   He holds a bachelor of Arts in Government, and Masters and PhD Degrees in Political Science.   He is currently President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Deputy Secretary-General of the International Society of Criminology.

Mr. Peter Roberts is a Senior Research Fellow with Special Research Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Charles Sturt University (CSU), and also teaches post graduate law enforcement courses through the Centre for Investigative Studies and Crime Reduction (CSU).  Prior to joining CSU, Peter Roberts had been in the Australian Public Service for thirty years and a Senior Executive for twelve years with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and the National Crime Authority.  He was instrumental in the development of the Commonwealth's fraud control campaign from its inception in 1987 and had continuous responsibility for it until mid 1999.  Peter has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours) in political science, and a Masters degree by research in Applied Science (Psychology).