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In a survey, 56% of Americans aged 14 to 24 said they knew little to nothing about the juvenile justice system.
Putting more people in prison is not the answer to reducing crime. New fair and bias free assessment tools may help.
People in jail kill themselves at a rate 3.5 times higher than that of the general population.
The reported number of deaths of people campaigning to protect the environment has tripled over a 15 year period.
Seventy years after it was first launched, legal aid’s principles of equality are a shadow of what they once were.
In countries where people access different justice providers, a hybrid model could pull them together and ensure better oversight and human rights.
There are many conversations these days around ‘successful dying.’ Two African American scholars argue why these conversations need to include race and how it impacts life span.
Evidence shows restorative justice can help fix environmental crime – so why isn’t Australia using it more?
A failure to introduce robust science means forensic science has reached crisis point. The UK has to act now to address this threat to justice.
Facial expressions and gestures can impact the outcome of a trial that depends on the credibility of witnesses.
The royal commission will give people with disabilities an opportunity to share their experiences. But it needs to ensure they’re supported and have the same access to services as others do.
Police have to analyse over 31m documents, 2,500 pieces of evidence and 2,332 witness statements. This makes Grenfell the biggest and most complex corporate manslaughter case ever brought.
Unconscious biases can trigger aggressive behaviour and lead to miscarriages of justice.
The recent acquittals should be seen as a vindication of the ICC as an independent and impartial judicial institution.
Forensic linguistics can play a valuable role in interpreting evidence.
Some Indonesian law enforcers are simply not aware of Constitutional Court decisions. But some are blatantly ignoring them.
The initial aim of the 1937 Foreign Agents Registration Act was long forgotten: the prosecution of Nazis for interfering with American democracy. But that law is startlingly relevant to the US now.
Cyntoia Brown has been granted clemency for killing a man when she was a teenager and forced into the sex trade. The case showed why the justice system must stop punishing women for defending themselves.
Self-examination DNA collection techniques can help women bring the perpetrators of sexual violence to justice.
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