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.
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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.
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.
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Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & SocioTechnical Studies, Griffith University
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Professor of International Security, Director of Centre for War and Technology, 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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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, University of Michigan
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Environmental Criminologist and Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University
