While there have been significant improvements in the way complainants in particularly are dealt with in court cases, some old myths and stereotypes persist.
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The South African print often uses language that portrays foreigners in a bad light, and dehumanises them.
As humans, we want a rational explanation to help us understand why someone would commit these horrific crimes.
Our research finds at-risk youth in north Queensland wanted to feel safe and included in the community, but often felt the opposite.
Thieves are trading their pry bars for laptops and wireless devices to steal cars that nowadays rely on remotes and computer networks.
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?
Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Dating apps have given an ancient profession, confidence scamming, a high-tech boost.
Fatal stabbings are the leading cause of homicide in countries with restricted access to firearms, including Australia. New research could help solve these cases.
Research on developing brains has helped bring about a sea change in attitudes toward juvenile life without parole. But many people who committed crimes as minors are still serving such sentences.
Ghana is a signatory to several international conventions that oblige it to guarantee the right to life.
The short answer: It’s complicated – and depends, in part, where you live.
The scandal and its aftermath point to a systemic failure of police accountability. Such failure is fertile soil for police corruption and makes a repeat of the scandal entirely possible.
AI could allow cybercriminals to operate with greater efficiency, targeting more people at once.
The promise of pardons to offer criminal sanctuary likely undermines the rule of law and increases the risks of political violence.
Check fraud is one of history’s oldest financial crimes and criminals are finding new ways to use it to steal billions from banks.
The story of Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s cult The Family has been told in a non-fiction book and documentary, a novel, In the Clearing, and now a Disney+ series. What can stories like this teach us?
The stories of women who escape the mafia need to be told but we also need to learn more about the women who stay and reinforce the structures of crime families.
Similar techniques used to identify criminals have been employed to unmask anonymous authors. But they aren’t foolproof.
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