The authorities don’t need a conviction or even for a suspect to be charged with a crime before seizing a car, cash or even a house.
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Genetic evidence has become a critical aspect of modern criminal investigations. What are the methods and approaches used in present-day DNA forensics?
Sex workers deserve justice and protection, too.
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Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Horner watched news broadcasts of the riots that erupted just miles from his home. But he was worlds apart from the racial tensions that had been festering for decades.
Police raided several Sydney properties over the weekend in relation to possible terror plots.
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The government seems hell-bent on pre-crime arrest, prosecution, and punishment for terror offenders – while falling short in providing the necessary long-term support.
An officer and his dog walk the halls at a school in Indianapolis.
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When police coax information from low-level offenders with threats of harsh sentencing, it breeds distrust in the community and ultimately contributes to mass incarceration.
In El Salvador, the dead are almost innumerable, but not forgotten.
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Theresa May says they have. But let’s take a closer look.
While noting the bravery of the police officers involved in the 2014 Sydney siege, a NSW coronial inquest also highlighted that mistakes were made.
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Satirical Bank Note (1820), highlighting how easy it was to be hanged for spending fake money, despite how prevalent it was.
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The new psychoactive drug Spice is taking its toll on frontline policing.
Recently, police services have begun to set in place strategies designed to improve the response to mental health problems among their members.
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It is often assumed that police are at higher risk of suicide than other members of the community because of the stress involved in their jobs. But the picture is more complicated than that.
Armed officers patrol in London in late March 2017.
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The DOJ has found excessive use of force in the Baltimore, Ferguson and Chicago police departments. Could a solution be found by seeing the police as victims of violence as well?