Upholding victims’ rights on parole decisions means respectfully enabling their active participation in decisions that affect their personal interests.
Speaking with: Professor David Field about unusual crimes that have changed the law
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Sleepwalking murders and 'battered wife' syndrome are unique precedents set by extraordinary cases. David Field talks about unusual cases that have shaped Australian law.
The most common reason for intimate partner homicide was jealousy, followed by gain, and then love.
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Intimate partner homicides where there is no known history of violence are not uncommon.
Hip hop star Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier for the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army in Ethiopia, visiting Sudanese school children in a Fitzroy community centre.
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As former partner of TOWIE star Ferne McCann is sentenced for throwing acid in a nightclub, a criminologist considers the real reasons such attacks are on the rise.
The charges against a 59-year-old Sydney man relate to UN sanctions and Australian autonomous sanctions.
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The charges against a Sydney man for allegedly acting as an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea are set against the background of recent tougher UN sanctions against the rogue nation.
A new Victoria Police strategy represents a major milestone in the evolving police approach to family violence.
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Tim Nicholls said the introduction of a youth curfew in the WA suburb of Northbridge ‘saw a dramatic drop in crime and a reduction in the anti-social behaviour of young people’. Is that right?
The offence of controlling or coercive behaviour is distinctive because it protects victims from psychological abuse.
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South Africa’s Reserve Bank is facing a growing challenge of illicit financial flows and money laundering from gangs and errant businesses hell-bent on tricking regulators.