Modern-day pirates still operate in Indonesian waters.
Local fishermen or young men looking for work in the Riau Islands Special Economic Zones earn extra income by mugging boats in the Malacca Strait at night.
Two students comfort each other during a candlelight vigil held to honour the victims of Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista, Calif., in May 2014. Was Toronto’s van attack suspect inspired by Rodger?
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Was the suspect in Toronto’s van attack inspired by a misogynist mass killer in the United States?
A Toronto policeman is being praised for the way he apprehended a suspect who was accused of killing 10 people by driving a van onto a busy sidewalk.
The Toronto cop who apprehended the van attack suspect is being lauded internationally for refraining from using deadly force as he apprehended him. Here’s how everything went right for the constable.
Protesters in Rio de Janeiro walk with a sign reading ‘Marielle lives’.
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Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale.
The value of abalone increased as it moves from traffickers and later to overseas wholesalers.
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Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
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Does immigration lead to more crime? Here’s what the research says.
Australian governments have too often succumbed to perceived community pressure to limit parole authorities’ independence and powers.
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Government and judicial interventions into the decisions of parole boards display a progressive loss of faith in these independent bodies.
Part of the concern about any move to arm frontline police with military hardware is the rise of the ‘warrior cop’ phenomenon.
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To justify giving police military-style weapons, there must be both a credible threat and an identified deficiency in current police capabilities.
Flint, Mich., has one of the highest crime rates in the country for a city of its size. One neighborhood has found a novel way to fight back.
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Crime is way down in one Flint, Michigan, neighborhood, where locals have teamed up to revamp neglected public spaces. Here, why ‘busy streets’ can prevent violence and save cities money.
George Pell emerges from court during his committal hearing on historical sexual offences.
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George Pell’s current committal hearing engages the principle of ‘open justice’ and some of its most important exceptions.
Now what?
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The powers exist but must be used with caution, explains a legal expert. They don’t form a vigilante’s charter.
Investigating the possible scene of the crime in Salisbury.
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Russia isn’t the only suspect when it comes to the practice known as ‘wetwork’.
Some of the firearms handed in during Tasmania’s second gun amnesty in 2017.
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Whenever gun control enters public debate, the high emotions and moralising tend to take over rational, evidence-based debate.
A lack of federal funds stymies gun violence researchers.
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Research is the foundation for evidence-based policies. But because of funding prohibitions, there’s little US research to inform the contentious debate around gun violence and gun control.
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The prime minister conceded that the UK must continue to abide by European Court of Justice rulings, even after Brexit.
The scene of the crime: an estate in England.
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Stabbing deaths among young people are at an eight-year high – and the government is not doing anything effective to solve it.
52% of dogs are stolen from gardens.
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More cats and dogs are being stolen than ever before – here’s what you need to know.
Increased awareness of sexual violence is not sufficient to challenge the abuse and stop it at its source.
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There’s a much larger issue at play when people have an opportunity to do something about sexual violence but instead choose to remain silent.
Jamaica’s lotto scammers have gotten rich tricking American seniors and gamblers into thinking they’ve won the lotto, then demanding a modest ‘processing fee.’
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Lotto scamming — a criminal enterprise largely targeting elderly Americans — is lucrative in western Jamaica, where it is thought to be behind 50 percent of all area murders last year.
In Australia, a victim’s right to participate and be heard in parole decisions is enshrined in legislation.
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Upholding victims’ rights on parole decisions means respectfully enabling their active participation in decisions that affect their personal interests.