In six months, the state’s parliament has voted to override its own Human Rights Act, not once but twice.
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Mesopotamia’s prisons were built for detaining people, not punishing them. But they shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t so different from today’s.
What can President Trump and his lawyers say about documents and witness statements used as evidence in his upcoming trial over his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election?
Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
While Trump has received early warnings ahead of indictments and detailed explanations behind the charges, criminal defendants typically get a bare-bones explanation.
Donald Trump has been indicted for crimes in connection with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A legal scholar looks at the law to determine whether he can boycott his upcoming trials.
The International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant for Putin and his children’s rights commissioner in March 2023, alleging the illegal abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children.
We wanted to quantify what social factors increase a person’s chance of ending up in prison, and to use that to improve policy and reduce the harms and costs of incarceration.
Experts still disagree about why the US prison population has grown so much over the last few decades. But crime is only one part of the problem.
Mexico’s crime epidemic continues to worsen, as poverty and inequality also grow in the country.
Most prosecutors are elected in uncontested races across the country. But there are signs that the posts are becoming political hotbeds, placing more pressure on the criminal justice system.
Victims of violence are often retraumatized by a legal process that puts prosecuting the accused ahead of supporting the victim.
A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
You be the judge: just how wacky can jury decisions be?
Sam Uffindell experienced a form of forgiveness after assaulting a younger schoolboy 22 years ago. But this should be the norm under NZ’s child justice system, which is overdue for reform.
Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
A cornerstone of the First Step Act, passed with bipartisan support, is the PATTERN risk-assessment tool.
The murder of Ahmaud Arbery exemplifies the racial, often violent barriers still remaining in the US. The 25-year-old Black man was out for a jog. But three white men thought he was a criminal.
Three men who pursued a black jogger who died of a shotgun wound in the confrontation claim they were trying to conduct a citizen’s arrest.
Punishment for crimes allows a society to express its values, but a theorist of criminal law and punishment argues it could also reinforce prejudicial stereotypes about racial and ethnic groups.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Social Work and Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, University of Bath
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Director of Pro Bono and Employability, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University
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Professor of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Senior Lecturer Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University
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Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University
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Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University
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Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
