The commercialisation of university-based criminological research in Australia

As part of the Australian university sector, criminologists have been encou raged to find commercial clients for their skills and products. This paper examines the implications for the future development of criminology in Aust ralia of changing patterns of Commonwealth, State and non-government organi sation funding. It explores what might happen to criminology if the entrepr eneurial periphery gains a tighter purchase on the academic core.