Recent political arguments about policing methods aren’t supported by the evidence: New Zealand crime rates are static, and even declining in some categories.
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Media reporting often unfairly stigmatises people with mental illness and promotes the stereotype that mental illness causes violent behaviour. New guidelines offer tips for more responsible reporting.
Television shows about police often perpetuate false narratives about violent crime that excuse police violence.
Prosecutors say they’ve closed Sweden’s most famous cold case. But many Swedes still have doubts. The crime and botched investigation have been a ‘national trauma’ for this normally peaceful place.
On the whole, results from psychology research studies don’t support a direct connection between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
The biggest problem with using the military to fight rime is that soldiers are not trained for law enforcement, but warfare, using maximum force.
The boxing gym can be a place for young people to escape street life – but it’s also the home of a violent sport.
View from an expert in criminal justice – who also lives in one of the UK’s most deprived areas.
Knife crime incidents are individual tragedies, but rising homicide rates reveal a changing society which is ill at ease.
Nations like Scotland and New Zealand have pioneered community-centred strategies to tackle knife crime – it’s time for the rest of the UK to follow suit.
In a pilot program, older prisoners sentenced to life mentor younger prisoners who have a chance to lead productive, lawful lives when they get out. The focus is on healing trauma.
Many of the crime prevention strategies South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proposed have been tried, with few positive results.
President López Obrador campaigned on some outside-the-box ideas to ‘pacify’ Mexico after 12 years of extreme violence. But so far his government has emphasized traditional law-and-order policies.
London is struggling to manage a violent crime epidemic, yet the Manchester attack attracted global attention.
When people don’t trust the government, the media or police, they are less inclined to play by the rules and more likely to lash out violently.
Former young offenders can be uniquely well-equipped to support teenagers at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Drug users aren’t the problem – the current ‘war on drugs’ is.
Data from victim and crime perception surveys help make sense of South Africa’s crime statistics.
People opposing medical marijuana are often concerned about increased crime rates, but analysis of city-level data across the US found medical marijuana laws have little effect on crime.
Distrust in the police is a surprisingly central factor when people arm themselves illegally.
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Ph.D. Candidate, Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Research Associate at UCT's Centre of Criminology, Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Associate Professor of Criminology & English Literature, Western University
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer in Security and Public Policy, University of Bath
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Professor and Program Head, Justice Health Research Program, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Statistics, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Lecturer, Psychology and Epidemiology, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Lincoln
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Research Fellow, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
