The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Crime and Justice Bulletin No 42 is devoted to an article, "Predicting Violence Against Women: The 1996 Women’s Safety Survey" by Christine Coumarelos and Jacqui Allen.
Apart from the Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice series, the bureau publishes statistical and research reports. Contact: GPO Box 6, Sydney 2001; Level 8, St James Centre, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2001. Phone: (02) 9231 9190. Website: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/bocsar/
FASTS Occasional Paper Number 2, April 1999, Scientists commercialising their research, by Toss Gascoigne and Jenni Metcalfe, outlines the obstacles to this practice and identifies some possible solutions. Obstacles include: attitudes and understanding of scientists, lack of commercial advice, time, flexibility in research and rewards, problems with our taxation system and funding schemes, and cultural gaps with research organisations, industry, Government and the community. Contact: FASTS, P O Box 218, Deakin West, ACT 2600. Phone: (02) 6257 2891; Fax: (02) 6257 2897; Email: fasts@anu.edu.au Website: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/fasts/
Cyberfeminism - Connectivity, Critique and Creativity, by Susan Hawthorne & Renate Klein (eds), 250pp, $24.95, Spinifex Press. This international anthology is written by feminists working in electronic publishing and data delivery, in multimedia production and by those developing critiques of electronic culture.
Has Feminism changed Science? by Londa Schiebinger
Harvard University Press, May 1999, 256 pages, ISBN 0-674-38113-0
This is at once a history of women in science and a frank assessment of the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge. Science is both a profession and a body of knowledge, and Londa Schiebinger looks at how women have fared and performed in both instances.
Lucy's Legacy by Alison Jolly (due out in November)