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Grand Theft Auto doesn’t cause crime, but poverty and alienation will
Victorian police are attributing a rise in car thefts to the "Grand Theft Auto Generation". But blaming video games just distracts from bigger questions of inequality and societal detachment.
Do we need more police, or are there better ways to cut crime?
Police are important, but not sufficient, in the crime-reduction effort. I have enormous faith in their abilities, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we need more of them.
It’s about time cybercrimes appeared in crime figures if we are to take the problem seriously
An increase in the crime figures doesn't necessarily mean an increase in crime.
New models to predict recidivism could provide better way to deter repeat crime
Two-thirds of released prisoners in the US are arrested again within three years. Here's how we could change that.
Hard Evidence: crime rates are down, but is the world a less harmful place?
Crime rates have fallen - but our expert explains that it's too soon to celebrate.
Burdens of war service create a strong case for a veterans’ court
The creation of veterans' courts could be part of a fundamental shift to a criminal justice system that genuinely tackles the causes of crime.
Official statistics mask extent of domestic violence in the UK
Research on the UK's only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
Manifesto Check: Tory plans to tackle police and prison corruption are doomed to fail
When it comes to crime and justice, the Conservatives don't convince.
The evidence is in: you can’t link imprisonment to crime rates
Some claim rising crime rates justify jailing more people, others that such policies cut crime. Evidence from around the world shows those claims are wrong and that we should be looking at inequality.
State of imprisonment: prisoners of NSW politics and perceptions
Most crime in NSW has been declining since the early 2000s, and the state's current murder rate is half what it was in 1988. So why is the NSW prison population growing?
State of imprisonment: if locking ‘em up is the goal, NT’s a success
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.
State of imprisonment: lopsided incarceration rates blight West
Indigenous people are jailed at a rate 18 times that of non-Aboriginal Western Australian adults, but the overall rate is high too. The great costs of this punitive approach yield few clear benefits.
State of imprisonment: out one day, back the next in Queensland
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.
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Hilde Tubex is a Friend of The Conversation.Future Fellow, Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Law, University of Sydney
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