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The new series on Stan is most successful through its links to rural crime noir, pulling apart the vulnerability and deception of this small town.
An improved public transport system and mapping of hotspots by law enforcement agencies would reduce susceptibility to crime in Lagos, Nigeria.
The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
Leonard Mack spent years in a US jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Here’s how identification procedures can, and have, led to wrongful convictions, and what can be done to prevent it.
Victims of witchcraft accusations face alienation or exclusion from their communities.
Ecowas regulations on pastoralism discourage big investment in livestock and need to be reformed in line with present day realities.
Shoplifting in the UK has become brazen, threatening to shop staff, and seemingly without consequence.
Indigenous knowledge of spiritual protection could help fight crime.
These ‘custodial killers’ are often healthcare workers who murder helpless or dependent people in their care.
While there have been significant improvements in the way complainants in particularly are dealt with in court cases, some old myths and stereotypes persist.
The South African print often uses language that portrays foreigners in a bad light, and dehumanises them.
As humans, we want a rational explanation to help us understand why someone would commit these horrific crimes.
Our research finds at-risk youth in north Queensland wanted to feel safe and included in the community, but often felt the opposite.
Thieves are trading their pry bars for laptops and wireless devices to steal cars that nowadays rely on remotes and computer networks.
Recent data from Statistics Canada shows crime rates in Canada rising. Crime has become a hot-button political issue in Canadian cities. But what does the data actually mean?
Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Dating apps have given an ancient profession, confidence scamming, a high-tech boost.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Arie Freiberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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Director of the University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
