Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMINOLOGY RESEARCH ACT 1971 - SECT 16

    The Director has the following functions:

  (a)   to conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, the criminological research that is:

  (i)   approved by the Director, taking the advice of the Advisory Council into account; or

  (ii)   requested by the Minister;

  (b)   to communicate the results of that research to the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and the community;

  (c)   to conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, the seminars and courses of training or instruction for persons engaged, or to be engaged, in criminological research or in work related to the prevention or correction of criminal behaviour that are:

  (i)   approved by the Director, taking the advice of the Advisory Council into account; or

  (ii)   requested by the Minister;

  (d)   to advise the Advisory Council in relation to needs for, and programs of, criminological research;

  (e)   to provide secretarial and administrative services for the Advisory Council;

  (f)   to give advice and assistance in relation to any research performed wholly or partly with money provided out of the grants program;

  (g)   to give advice in relation to the compilation of statistics relating to crime;

  (h)   to publish the material resulting from or connected with the performance of the Institute's functions that is approved by the Director, taking the advice of the Advisory Council into account;

  (i)   to collect information and statistics (without detracting from, and in the context of, the overall collecting and coordinating role of the Australian Bureau of Statistics);

  (j)   to provide information and advice to Departments, agencies and authorities of the Commonwealth, of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory dealing with the administration of criminal justice;

  (k)   to collaborate, in and outside Australia, with governments, institutions and authorities, and with bodies and persons, in relation to research, or the training of persons, in or in connection with the administration of criminal justice;

  (l)   to approve payments for grants and engaging specialists, taking the advice of the Advisory Council into account;

  (m)   to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of these functions.