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Because physical security can only do so much, communities have a role to play.
Not every terrorist hostage taker will be open to hostage negotiations. But everything we know from psychology tells us that some of them might be.
Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
Let’s take claims about the value of drug seizures with a grain of salt.
The technical consensus is clear: Adding ‘backdoors’ to encryption algorithms weakens everyone’s security. So what are the police and intelligence agencies to do?
Portugal won the war on drugs by giving up. What lessons can South Africa learn from their approach?
Two criminologists wanted to learn the tricks of the trade so they went to the source, interviewing over 70 pimps.
With citizens filming police, and police recording public encounters, the key to the truth is establishing a clear timeline of events.
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’s report was meant to be a blueprint for reducing the disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous Australians and deaths in custody.
A report by a taskforce reviewing Queensland’s anti-bikie laws is a step in the right direction for dealing with organised crime as a whole, rather than just focusing on one small sub-group.
Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm told parliament that of the $1.5 billion spent annually on drug law enforcement, 70% is attributable to cannabis. Are those numbers correct?
Drones are increasingly being used by law enforcement agencies around the world, but this raises some issues around privacy and regulation.
Drones can be plucked out of the sky but it’s easier to disable them with a signal from the ground.
Fresh allegations have highlighted the uneasy relationship between paramilitary groups and the security services during the Troubles.
After two more fatal shootings by police of black men this week, we republish one legal scholar’s argument that what needs addressing is the police’s culture of masculinity.
To tackle the ice problem, the government must learn from experience and avoid adopting a blinkered law enforcement approach.
Routine interrogations between police officers and students have escalated into physical conflicts. Why do such escalations occur?
Provocative, violent and discriminatory policing has sparked riots in both the UK and America.
Queensland has a new Labor minority government, led by Annastacia Palaszczuk, after the shock defeat of the Liberal National Party. Labor’s pre-election promises were “modest”, leaving many now wondering…
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