Maria Butina, founder of a Russian gun group, allegedly infiltrated the Republican Party.
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The NRA may fund political candidates but only with cash from U.S. donors. The group could face serious consequences if, as news reports allege, it broke laws and rules.
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A life sentence for the neo-Nazi who murdered ten people. But questions remain about how she evaded authorities for more than a decade.
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When England play a match, there’s a 26% increase in reports of domestic abuse. When they lose, reports go up 38%.
Hate crimes increased in many major cities in 2016 and 2017.
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In 38 US cities, hate crimes rose 12 percent in 2017. There were 1,038 hate crimes in the nation’s 10 largest cities – the most in more than a decade.
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New plans will speed students through an intensive training course, that will see them working cases in 12 weeks.
Few shelters will accommodate homeless people with pets.
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People may not have a criminal record before they become homeless, but they likely will afterward due to laws intended to keep people with nowhere to go out of sight.
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Victims of image based sexual abuse deserve legal clarity.
Dating sites are fuelling a rise in the rape and sexual assault of older people.
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At least one in six older people experience some form of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse each year.
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FreeTommy protests depict the founder of the English Defence League as a hero. But his sentencing had nothing to do with the right to protest.
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The fault lines between highly segregated neighbourhoods have been linked to higher crime rates and mental health issues.
A car is set alight during the 2005 riots that prompted soul-searching in France about segregated and badly designed housing projects.
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Planning matters. The 2005 riots in France started in badly designed housing projects, while innovative planning helped Medellín, Colombia, shed its reputation as the most violent city in the world.
South Africa’s police face many civil claims by crime victims.
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South Africa’s legal position regarding crime victim compensation is unsatisfactory.
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Efforts to regulate social media and censor drill music are wasted. Instead, teachers and police need to give young people opportunities to grow.
Modern-day pirates still operate in Indonesian waters.
Local fishermen or young men looking for work in the Riau Islands Special Economic Zones earn extra income by mugging boats in the Malacca Strait at night.
Two students comfort each other during a candlelight vigil held to honour the victims of Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista, Calif., in May 2014. Was Toronto’s van attack suspect inspired by Rodger?
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Was the suspect in Toronto’s van attack inspired by a misogynist mass killer in the United States?
A Toronto policeman is being praised for the way he apprehended a suspect who was accused of killing 10 people by driving a van onto a busy sidewalk.
The Toronto cop who apprehended the van attack suspect is being lauded internationally for refraining from using deadly force as he apprehended him. Here’s how everything went right for the constable.
Protesters in Rio de Janeiro walk with a sign reading ‘Marielle lives’.
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Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale.
The value of abalone increased as it moves from traffickers and later to overseas wholesalers.
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Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
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Does immigration lead to more crime? Here’s what the research says.
Australian governments have too often succumbed to perceived community pressure to limit parole authorities’ independence and powers.
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Government and judicial interventions into the decisions of parole boards display a progressive loss of faith in these independent bodies.