Australia acknowledges the sacrifices of war veterans on commemorative occasions, but those who are charged with criminal offences can only hope the court shows understanding.
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The creation of veterans’ courts could be part of a fundamental shift to a criminal justice system that genuinely tackles the causes of crime.
A NSW programme in which prisoners train stray dogs as part of their rehabilitation is one of a number of innovations adopted in recent years.
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Approaches to crime that rely on punitive methods have proved to be ineffective and counter-productive. Rehabilitation programmes not only prevent crime, but are cost-effective and practical.
Statistics don’t reflect the real picture of violent crime in the UK.
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Research on the UK’s only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
Unless most prisoners are given a realistic prospect of rehabilitation, how much good can prison really do?
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Sentencing policy is a mixed bag of approaches: punishment, deterrence, protection and rehabilitation. The system will remain costly and ineffective until punitive instincts give way to a more rational approach.
New law upsets proceedings.
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The UK isn’t home to the mob or the mafia - and the law should reflect that.
Are authorities too focused on the usual suspects and missing the new and emerging markets in organised crime?
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Today’s organised crime occurs through loose and undefined networks made up of criminal entrepreneurs and freelancers with little concern for group branding or loyalty.
Taking decisions.
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Architects should experiment with cues that encourage potential thieves to make unconscious decisions not to steal.
Scene of the crime.
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CSI lied to you: investigating a crime scene is long, complicated and often boring.
Will Ed’s crime policies lead him on the path to the premiership?
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Labour’s crime manifesto goes communitarian, despite them not branding it that way.
Run, don’t walk.
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Time for politicians to get honest about crime statistics.
Yvette Cooper out on the beat.
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Labour and the Lib Dems have clashed over whether crime is going up or down. Which is it?
Two Australians will soon be killed at a prison on the Indonesian island of Nusakambangan – for no deterrent effect.
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Joko Widodo argues that Indonesia needs to execute drug offenders like Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to deter others, but he can produce no evidence to support this claim.
The UKIP manifesto says crime is not a “lifestyle option” that they will tolerate.
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UKIP’s pledges on crime reflect their core values: populism, and leaving the EU.
The site of the Hatton Garden robbery.
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A Hatton Garden break in has reminded us all how much we all like pore of the detail of daring crimes.
Plaid want police to acknowledge the needs of victims - but how?
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According to our expert, Plaid Cyrmu’s crime manifesto is window dressing with uncosted goods.
Prisoners took control of Strangeways for 25 days.
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Suicide, bullying and drugs continue to plague the penal system despite promises of change.
The coalition got off to a rocky start on crime with the 2011 riots.
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The government faced civil unrest almost as soon as it came to office. Then it decided to cause some disruption of its own.
Research has shown that when sex work is illegal, street sex workers who are victims of sexual assault are reluctant to report it to police.
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There is a non-binding precedent in Victoria that allows judges to consider the victim’s sexual experience when passing sentence on a sex offender – but only when the “victim is a prostitute”.
Methylamphetamine, in particular crystal meth or ‘ice’, has been the subject of much scrutiny in Australia in recent times.
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How does the ACC report help inform the debate around methylamphetamine, and what practical lessons can Australian society and law enforcement draw from it?
Material in a new media law textbook was manually redacted with a black felt pen after it inadvertently breached a suppression order.
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It is hard to inquire about a suppression order you do not know exists because discussion of its existence and contents has been suppressed.