In Queensland, police can issue on-the-spot ten-day banning orders to patrons who engage in violent or anti-social behaviour in and around licensed venues.
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Police across Victoria made it clear that family violence was considered to be ‘different’ to the primary investigative mandate of their work.
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Police remain critical in the effort to tackling family violence in all its forms. But more than just a commitment to extra police and training is needed to improve outcomes for victim-survivors.
Police pursuits are among the most challenging operational situations facing officers.
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Body-worn cameras may seem to be a boost for policing and criminal justice, but they raise a host of issues around admissibility, privacy and fairrness.
CCTV footage is often seen to be decisive – an authoritative and objective witness that can tell us ‘what really happened’.
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While potentially helpful in resolving extraordinary cases, an over-reliance on CCTV images to tell ‘the truth’ risks perpetuating certain myths regarding violence against women.
Gable Tostee was found not guilty of the murder of Warriena Wright, who fell from his balcony.
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Cases of homicide by falling are rare. But the Gable Tostee case is not the first instance of a fall from a building causing death being linked to criminal conduct.
Australian jurisdions should focus attention on evidence-informed practice and policy to tackle domestic violence.
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The controversy over Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the National Anthem isn’t a watershed moment. It’s only the latest chapter in a long history of people trying to control how black people behave.
Many South Africans fear and mistrust the police.
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Clashes between student protesters and armed security (whether public or private) compel South Africans to consider the role of use of force in the context of protests.
A student tries to stem her bleeding during clashes at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Protest movements become radicalised by two factors: escalating policing and competitive escalation between political adversaries and other protesting groups.
A still image captured from a video from the Tulsa Police Department shows Terence Crutcher with his hands in the air.
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A scholar of visual culture sees a transition happening online as the alt-right reinterprets images of police shootings to push back against the gains made by Black Lives Matter.
Protesters call for the arrest of an officer who shot dead unarmed motorist Terence Crutcher.
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Protests erupted against the killing of black men by police in Tulsa and Charlotte. This roundup looks at research on racial violence and explains where there might be potential solutions.
Queensland’s new anti-bikie laws propose to ban the wearing of all gang colours in public.
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Violent cops are just playing by the rules American society has created for them. It’s time to change the rules.
Tackling entrenched sexualised mistreatment in a large organisation such as the Australian Federal Police is far more than a numbers game.
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To say a workplace problem is systemic means that its underlying causes are deeply embedded in the structures and everyday practices of an organisation.
A woman protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling is detained by Baton Rouge police.
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No federal database provides reliable info on deaths that occur in police custody. It’s the same situation in 48 states. But now California and Texas are offering new models of accountability.
South Africa’s elite police unit, the Hawks, block a street during an operation.
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The main criticism leveled at the body that oversees the work of South Africa’s elite police unit, the Hawks, is that it lacks the power to initiate investigations, making it ineffective.