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Police brutality is an ongoing problem in South Africa. Police-worn body cameras may help reduce such incidents by improving accountability. They may also contribute to the safety of officers.
The NSW Taxi Council says ridesharing platforms like uberX are no safer than hitchhiking. Is that supported by the evidence?
Time for politicians to get honest about crime statistics.
Labour and the Lib Dems have clashed over whether crime is going up or down. Which is it?
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?
Victoria was once characterised by low imprisonment rates and innovative corrections policy. The state now has Australia’s highest rate of growth in imprisonment.
Queensland has a new Labor minority government, led by Annastacia Palaszczuk, after the shock defeat of the Liberal National Party. Labor’s pre-election promises were “modest”, leaving many now wondering…
Queensland’s Liberal National government has made law and order – particularly its anti-bikie laws – a key part of its re-election pitch. The government recently claimed that “Criminal Gang laws (are…
A report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has revealed that police in England and Wales fail to record in excess of 800,000 crimes a year. That’s one in five offences; over one-quarter of…
The Office for National Statistics released the latest crime statistics last week, and the headline findings are really rather remarkable. Although approximately 8 million offences were recorded by the…
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Emeritus Professor, School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice & Legal Studies, La Trobe University
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Director and Senior Researcher, Melbourne Criminological Research and Evaluation, The University of Melbourne
