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There are proven ways to significantly reduce violent crime within the next five years. It requires becoming not “tough on crime,” but “smart on crime” before it happens.
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.
Predictive policing has improved in leaps and bounds and become increasingly automated thanks to big data, data mining and powerful computers.
Nigeria’s built environment should ideally be part of a broader, integrated approach to crime prevention and community policing.
With face masks now compulsory or recommended in various parts of the country, how are facial recognition systems functioning?
Researchers look for signals that might distinguish people who are upset and ranting online from those who intend to do real physical harm.
Anti-money laundering efforts are based on measuring activity, not results. To cut crime and terrorism, we need a frank conversation about where the system has gone wrong.
Electronic monitoring can help deter people from committing further crimes, but it needs to be used along with other crime prevention methods.
Design principles, known as ‘crime prevention through environmental design’, are used all over the world to make cities safer. But some of these principles can be discriminatory and hostile.
AI has a role to play in trying to prevent crime, but how much control should we give our robo cops?
Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
Crime is way down in one Flint, Michigan, neighborhood, where locals have teamed up to revamp neglected public spaces. Here, why ‘busy streets’ can prevent violence and save cities money.
Parents killing their children is uncommon, but there are some risk factors around the crime such as mental illness, previous abuse and domestic violence.
Computers are getting better at identifying people’s faces, and while that can be helpful as well as worrisome. To properly understand the legal and privacy ramifications, we need to know how facial recognition technology works.
We need to redirect government spending on crime prevention to programs and policies that the research tells us are most effective.
A Canadian police force on Prince Edward Island is threatening drink drivers with Nickelback – continuing a tried and tested method of punishment.
Police are important, but not sufficient, in the crime-reduction effort. I have enormous faith in their abilities, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we need more of them.
Two-thirds of released prisoners in the US are arrested again within three years. Here’s how we could change that.
A new report on the future of humanity explains what we really need to be worrying about over the next 35 years.
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of Psychology; Member of the Strategic Research Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Statistics, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Psychology, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor Criminal Justice Department, Northern Michigan University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Environmental Criminologist and Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University
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Director, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies; Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
