Half of the women homicide victims in 2022-23 were killed by a former or current partner.
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Firearms may provide firearm owners with a means of self-defence in confrontations with criminals, but the unlawful use of a licensed firearm can have negative legal consequences.
Since the ‘trial of the century,’ the lines between news and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.
A spate of recent high-profile murders has put focus on the role of patriarchy and misogyny in persistent rates of anti-woman violence in Italy.
While it can feel like little progress is being made to stop women being killed by their partners or ex-partners, the data show a steady decline in recent years.
Recent data from Statistics Canada shows crime rates in Canada rising. Crime has become a hot-button political issue in Canadian cities. But what does the data actually mean?
The Stephen Lawrence inquiry and subsequent Macpherson Report led to changes in how police deal with the family of murder victims.
Arweiniodd ymchwiliad Stephen Lawrence a’r adroddiad Macpherson at newidiadau yn y ffordd y mae'r heddlu'n delio â theuluoedd unigolion sydd wedi eu llofruddio.
Australia recorded the second-lowest number of homicides since the Australian Institute of Criminology began compiling national statistics in 1989.
CCTV is a popular form of digital evidence but it can be unreliable and problematic.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
There are many different reasons why men and women commit these acts, but the small number of cases makes it difficult to track.
Whether crime is up or down depends on what kind of crime, what the comparison is to, and where you’re counting crimes.
Gun sales have risen in recent years. An expert explains who and what is driving this trend and how it’s affecting Americans.
Australia has recorded a small rise in the number of murders in 2019-20. We need to know more about these cases to make sure this does not become a trend.
Doctors and nurses fear arrests and being charged with culpable homicide even for minor mistakes.
School shootings are typically preceded by a series of warning signs. Are educators, police and policymakers paying enough attention?
FBI statistics recorded a 30% rise in homicides in 2020. A criminologist helps break down what was behind the spike.
Older adults’ experience of violent death is different to that of younger adults, our new research finds.
Gun violence as a whole is much more common, and much more deadly, than mass shootings are.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Lecturer (Teaching) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor in Crimniology, Deakin University
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Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University
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Professor, Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University
