A global survey claims South Africans don’t trust their police.
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The Law and Order Index says South Africans feel less secure than people in Yemen, the DRC and Libya, countries all affected by violent conflict.
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There are no easy answers when it comes to tackling knife crime but young people must be at the centre of any possible solution.
South Africa’s police commissioner, Khehla Sitole, and police minister, Bheki Cele, unveil a new plan to combat violent crimes.
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More than 90% of violent crimes in South Africa fall outside the categories named in the police’s new anti-crime strategy.
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When big data is used for police profiling and surveillance, it puts human rights on the line.
Break-and-enters are increasingly viewed as a precursor to sexually violent crimes. So why do police forces misclassify and mischaracterize them?
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Break-and-enters are consistently common among incarcerated sex offenders as their first, or gateway, offence. But police forces’ statistical manipulation allows them to go entirely undetected.
Police tape is shown in this May 2017 photo. Are Canadian police forces using an array of imaginative methods to inflate their solved crime rates?
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Police forces use widespread and often dubious practices to inflate their solved crime rate. Here’s how, and why, they do it, according to an expert on violent crimes and serial offenders.
Amber Rudd: under pressure over violent crime.
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The former Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex argues that more resources can help, but any available funds need to be spent by the right agencies in the right way.
Police at the scene of a fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man in Hackney, London on April 4.
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There have been more than 50 murders in London already in 2018, and more in February and March than in New York.
Playing violent video games doesn’t make kids more aggressive.
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For years, there have been questions about research showing connections between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
Dogs can reliably sniff out human blood, even after two years of environmental degradation.
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Blood-detection dogs work paw in hand with scientists and Australia’s police to solve crimes and missing persons cases.
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The organisation that monitors chemical weapons could play a valuable role in tackling this problem.
Violent crime is a vicious cycle.
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Attacks can have a serious impact on mental health – and contribute to a disturbing negative cycle.
A large proportion of incarcerated women are there for violent offences.
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The majority of women in prison have committed minor, non-violent crimes. But a large number have committed violent offences such as assault, homicide and robbery.
A woman holds a flag as she looks out over the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum.
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Data on violent incidents in the US reveal that our focus on Islamist extremism since 9/11 may be misguided.
Is Pauline Hanson right to suggest that with bombs and stabbings and murders featured nightly on TV that the situation in Australia is growing worse?
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Was Pauline Hanson right to say that crime is getting worse in Australia?
In response to the surge of crime in the mid-1990s, suburban dwellers in South Africa began to fortress their houses.
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In response to high levels of crime, South Africans have turned their homes into fortresses, seeking security behind high walls. But doing so might be counter-productive.
We need to create safe spaces for young people to enjoy themselves.
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Solving the problem of street violence is not just about alcohol – it’s also about design of the urban environment.
A man walks among crosses outside Pretoria, South Africa, representing farmers killed in violent attacks.
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South Africa’s homicide rates have declined consistently since democracy, but remain among the highest in the world. They are about four times the global average at more than 30 per 100,000 people.
Is there a better way to predict whether someone once released will return behind bars?
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Two-thirds of released prisoners in the US are arrested again within three years. Here’s how we could change that.
Uber is popular. But is it ‘no safer than hitchhiking’?
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The NSW Taxi Council says ridesharing platforms like uberX are no safer than hitchhiking. Is that supported by the evidence?