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As the service becomes more professional and diverse, the less it can be influenced by boys’ clubs.
A new Victoria Police strategy represents a major milestone in the evolving police approach to family violence.
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Under recently announced Victoria Police changes, family violence will be investigated as major crime by specialised units.
Young people are experiencing patterns of oppressive policing that are harmful to them, their families and the community.
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Children as young as ten have been targeted for intensive policing under the NSW Police’s secretive Suspect Targeting Management Plan.
Comparatively little is known about the crime of filicide.
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Parents killing their children is uncommon, but there are some risk factors around the crime such as mental illness, previous abuse and domestic violence.
Private security guards secure Uber offices in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg. Its drivers are constantly under attack.
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The future of private security is beset by many challenges and what forms of regulation would be required to align it with the public interest.
The functions of the AFP differ from state police forces in that it has a major role in combating crime impacting on Australia’s national security.
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The AWU case is not the first time the AFP has been embroiled in politics, nor will it be the last.
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DNA evidence has a profile which it might not deserve.
The authorities don’t need a conviction or even for a suspect to be charged with a crime before seizing a car, cash or even a house.
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Politicians on the left and right object to this practice, which the Trump administration is championing.
Forensic techniques are getting more sophisticated.
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Genetic evidence has become a critical aspect of modern criminal investigations. What are the methods and approaches used in present-day DNA forensics?
Sex workers deserve justice and protection, too.
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Sex workers shouldn’t be victims of violent crime and murder at work – and yet they continue to face daily dangers.
A National Guardsman stands at a Detroit intersection during the summer riots of 1967.
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Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Horner watched news broadcasts of the riots that erupted just miles from his home. But he was worlds apart from the racial tensions that had been festering for decades.
Police raided several Sydney properties over the weekend in relation to possible terror plots.
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The government seems hell-bent on pre-crime arrest, prosecution, and punishment for terror offenders – while falling short in providing the necessary long-term support.
An officer and his dog walk the halls at a school in Indianapolis.
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When police coax information from low-level offenders with threats of harsh sentencing, it breeds distrust in the community and ultimately contributes to mass incarceration.
In El Salvador, the dead are almost innumerable, but not forgotten.
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Latin America’s murder rate is the highest in the world, accounting for one in every four homicides on the planet.
Male victims are most likely to be killed by somebody they know – usually a friend or acquaintance.
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Even though males represent around half the population, they account for about two-thirds of Australian homicide victims.
What happened to police budgets on Theresa May’s beat at the Home Office?
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Theresa May says they have. But let’s take a closer look.
While noting the bravery of the police officers involved in the 2014 Sydney siege, a NSW coronial inquest also highlighted that mistakes were made.
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Policing culture is often associated with a lack of transparency and a resistance to external examination.
Counting the cost.
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The figures don’t really add up.
Satirical Bank Note (1820), highlighting how easy it was to be hanged for spending fake money, despite how prevalent it was.
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The 19th century Irish crimewave that wasn’t: how a change of policing brought the English counterfeiters to book.
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The new psychoactive drug Spice is taking its toll on frontline policing.