{"id":2313,"date":"2017-09-06T13:23:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T07:15:07","slug":"6-7-sep-2017-national-victims-of-crime-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/2017\/09\/06\/6-7-sep-2017-national-victims-of-crime-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"National Victims of Crime Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Victims of Crime Conference 2017, titled Victims&#8217; Voices \u2013 Reform, Innovation and Action, was cohosted by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General (coordinated by Victim Assist Queensland), and the Griffith Criminology Institute.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Conference held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre explored effective ways of giving victims and survivors a voice and how their experiences are influencing and reforming 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