Three recent faces of confirmed and alleged terror attacks each treated very differently: the two separate Bourke Street attackers – James Gargasoulas and Hassan Khalif Shire Ali – and Ertunc Eriklioglu, one of the three people arrested on November 20 for allegedly planning a terror attack.
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As recent events show, we might get better media reporting if journalists questioned authorities more closely on the relevance of ethnicity and religion in crime reporting.
Terri-Lynne McClintic, convicted in the death of an eight-year-old girl, is escorted into court in Kitchener, Ont., in September 2012. News that McClintic was transferred to an Indigenous ‘healing lodge’ has stoked outrage.
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The politically and emotionally charged court of public opinion is not the place to make policy changes in areas as complex as corrections.
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Scotland tends to take a more progressive approach to inequality, but how is it actually faring compared to the rest of the UK?
A raid on a suspected organised criminal network in south London.
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The Home Office’s new strategy to tackle organised crime is more reactive than proactive.
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Open gates, good food and communal living make for a very different approach to incarceration.
Walking on by.
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Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it’s costing both them, and society.
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Why is the age of criminal responsibility in the UK the lowest in the European Union?
Australia has launched countless domestic violence campaigns over the years. So, why haven’t they shifted public attitudes on the problem?
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In order to change public opinion, campaigns need to move beyond awareness raising and start addressing the perpetrators and causes of domestic violence.
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The chances of your genetic data being recorded by the state depend on who you are.
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Teenagers become indentured to drug dealers after owing them money for weed, creating a hierarchy of exploitation with the user at the bottom.
The scene of the crime.
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Serious violence is rising, and there’s little more that police can do to stop it. Of course, the real culprits are cutbacks to the nation’s social protection systems.
Chicago is often invoked in political debates on crime.
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What’s really the most dangerous American city? The way crimes are currently counted in the US can easily confuse and mislead.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, arrives in the East Room of the White House, July 9, 2018.
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Brett Kavanaugh presented himself as a good and reputable man in his recent Senate hearing. But a man’s social status and education tell us nothing about whether he’s likely to commit sexual assault.
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Drug users aren’t the problem – the current ‘war on drugs’ is.
The #MeToo movement and more recent allegations against Brett Kavanaugh have posed questions about past conduct.
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Whether the sins of our past stay with us forever has become a pertinent question of our time. A philosopher argues we don’t need to carry our past burdens – although there are some moral conditions.
Comforting or creepy?
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Street lighting may not actually reduce crime – but it can make people feel safer at night.
Portrait of Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), whose name and writings gave us the term ‘sadism’
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In early 20th-century Australia, a series of highly publicised murders of women saw newspapers widely discuss sadism.
Research into how the Toronto police force uses Twitter shows that they use the social media platform mostly to talk among themselves, not engage with the community.
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Police forces say they use Twitter to engage with the community. But new research suggests they’re usually tweeting to one another.
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Well trained and experienced staff are a crucial part of improvements.
A Texas school’s tribute to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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The Department of Education says there were 240 school shootings during a recent school year. Another database only counts 29. How could the numbers be so different – and who is right?