The Northern Territory stands out for having one of the highest imprisonment rates in the world - much higher even than in the US - and it’s hard to argue that this does the community much good.
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The ACT’s first prison opened in 2009 with lofty ideals, but rising prisoner numbers and high rates of re-imprisonment are presenting a severe test of the capital’s reformist corrections agenda.
Queensland’s rates of imprisonment had been falling, but have undergone a sharp reversal - much of it driven by the nation’s highest rates of return by prisoners released into the community.
Suicide, bullying and drugs continue to plague the penal system despite promises of change.
The Feldenkrais Method is a way of exploring movement, posture and breathing through hands-on touch, used by dancers, musicians, athletes, actors and people living with and rehabilitating from a range…
There are stories some people might not expect to read about Iran – and its progressive drugs policy is one. As a number of countries begin to slowly reconsider their approach towards illicit drugs, following…
A victim’s justice-related satisfaction to punishment is only significant when offenders change their attitude towards offending…
Once upon a time we thought the brain was incapable of changing - if it was broken, it couldn’t be fixed. But that idea has been challenged in the last few decades with research suggesting that the brain…
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, Loughborough University
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Bath
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Research Fellow, Designing Out Crime Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emeritus, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Rehabilitation, University of South Australia
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Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow in Brain Plasticity and Pain, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Kairangahau/Māori hauora and social justice researcher, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor, Dept of Health and Physical Education, Mount Royal University
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Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
