Mens Rea

The Criminology Postgraduate Society

Mens Rea aims to:

• encourage social interaction of students within the Criminology Department,
• provide academic support to fellow postgraduates and foster communication of research ideas and collaborations,
• represent Criminology Department Postgraduate students to the Department, Faculty and University, and hence enhance the academic and professional life of the Criminology Department Postgraduate students.

Mens Rea: The Criminology Postgraduate Society welcomes all criminology postgraduate students to sign up for membership - download the membership form here, or collect one from the criminology general office. Please return completed applications to Mens Rea, care of the criminology general office.

The committee also welcomes suggestions from members regarding events they would like to be held; please email suggestions to: Ruth Liston: r.liston@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au or Dave McDonald: d.mcdonald@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

Activities for 2007

The Criminal Pursuit: Thinking about crime across the disciplines
28 November 2007

Mens Rea Sixth Annual Conference to be held on Level 4, 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton 3053

Call for papers: Abstracts (100 words)
Due: 5 pm Friday, November 12, 2007
Submit to:
Dave McDonald: d.mcdonald@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au or
Ruth Liston r.liston@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au.
Phone: 03 8344 9441
Fax: 03 9349 4259

The Criminal Pursuit is a one-day interdisciplinary conference organized by and for postgraduate students. It aims to provide a supportive environment in which participants can share their work and exchange ideas. All papers will be considered, however, those addressing the relationship between the pursuit of crime and any of the following perspectives are particularly welcomed:

• Legal
• Political
• Social
• Historical
• Theoretical
• Scientific
• Philosophical

Click here to Download a flier

Pub nights, Movie Night and Trivia Night dates to be announced soon!

Other events in Criminology

What else do we do?

Since Mens Rea was established in 2002, criminology postgrads have enjoyed pub nights, research forums, picnics, BBQs, cocktails parties, movie nights, dinners, trivia nights, a wine tour, and four major conferences representing delegates from across Australia.

Some useful links for postgrads

• Criminology postgrad courses

Past Mens Rea conferences

• The Challenge of Our Times
• Transgressions: Intersections of culture, crime and social control (2005)
• Crime Revisited: Deviance and Conformity in the 21st Century (2004) conference program
• Space, Place and Crime (2003) conference program
• Fusion and Diversity (2002) conference program

Minutes of Committee Meetings and Constitution

• Minutes of the 2004 AGM, August 25 2004
• Minutes of the June 22, 2004 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the June 18, 2004 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the June 9, 2004 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the September 1, 2003 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the August 20, 2003 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the May 12, 2003 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the April 30, 2003 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the February 12, 2003 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the November 13, 2002 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the October 23, 2002 Committee Meeting
• Minutes of the October 9, 2002 Committee Meeting
• Read the society's constitution

Read the minutes of the Inaugural General Meeting

Office bearers

• President: Ruth Liston
• Secretary: Nicole Bluett-Boyd
• Treasurer: Rhys Thompson

Committee members:

• Haley Clark
• Dave McDonald
• Nesam McMillan
• Clare Spivakovski
• Rhys Thompson

The committee also welcomes suggestions from members who wish to propose new events; please email suggestions to:

Ruth Liston: r.liston@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
or
Dave McDonald: d.mcdonald@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au