Crime rates have fallen - but our expert explains that it’s too soon to celebrate.
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Classifying killers into particular types is intuitively appealing. It helps us make sense of what otherwise seems senseless. But this approach tells us only the smallest fraction of their motivation.
The NSW Taxi Council says ridesharing platforms like uberX are no safer than hitchhiking. Is that supported by the evidence?
Not only does capital punishment not deter crime but it’s more expensive than keeping a convicted murderer in prison for life.
More than 150 people have been released from death rows around the US after having their wrongful convictions overturned. Most continue to face social stigma and unemployment.
What are the arguments for and against the death penalty and do they stand up to examination?
When it comes to their targets and tactics, inmates follow a predictable pattern.
We have evolved a tendency to find people with wider faces to be more threatening. But appearances can be deceving.
How can we judge success in Australia’s crackdown on bikie gang? And what lessons can we take away from this type of law enforcement campaign?
Psychopaths and sociopaths have similar characteristics, lacking remorse or empathy for others. And they can both be violent, deceitful and manipulative. But what are the differences between the two?
What actually is the mafia? How does it operate? And what kind of criminal threat does it pose, in Australia and around the world?
Is revenge porn just one example of technology intersecting with sexual and domestic violence? What legal efforts have been made to combat it?
Male serial killers get all the press. But what does the research say about female serial killers?
Gove wants to shake things up but seems to appreciate that lawyers are at the end of their tether.
South Africa needs a new rape policy that will change the way the police collect statistics.
While South Australia’s proposed anti-bikie laws may be constitutional, there are clear reasons why introducing them is at best premature – and at worst a very bad idea.
The creation of veterans’ courts could be part of a fundamental shift to a criminal justice system that genuinely tackles the causes of crime.
Approaches to crime that rely on punitive methods have proved to be ineffective and counter-productive. Rehabilitation programmes not only prevent crime, but are cost-effective and practical.
Research on the UK’s only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
Sentencing policy is a mixed bag of approaches: punishment, deterrence, protection and rehabilitation. The system will remain costly and ineffective until punitive instincts give way to a more rational approach.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Arie Freiberg es Amigo de The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
