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New research hopes to stop police lineups leading to false identification or criminals walking free.
There are many similarities between wildlife poaching and the cultivation of drug plants like the coca bush or the opium poppy.
Peter Dutton’s comments reinforced historically ingrained ideas about sexual assault victims as being ‘unreliable’ or ‘untrustworthy’.
Was this a crime about hate or political ideology? Extremist experts use data to explain what type of crime took place in Florida, and why it matters.
Was Pauline Hanson right to say that crime is getting worse in Australia?
A new technique could help the police identify more criminals from just their footprints.
Her case followed certain well known patterns, but the Surrey teenager’s killer was not identified for years after her death.
Are domestic violence figures actually on the decline? FactCheck investigates.
Two-thirds of released prisoners in the US are arrested again within three years. Here’s how we could change that.
The NSW Taxi Council says ridesharing platforms like uberX are no safer than hitchhiking. Is that supported by the evidence?
When it comes to their targets and tactics, inmates follow a predictable pattern.
Psychopaths and sociopaths have similar characteristics, lacking remorse or empathy for others. And they can both be violent, deceitful and manipulative. But what are the differences between the two?
Male serial killers get all the press. But what does the research say about female serial killers?
Time for politicians to get honest about crime statistics.
In matters of national security, who is deviant and poses a threat to our safety depends on the claims made by those in positions of power and the sociopolitical climate. The news media are crucial in…
Mention the word “logistics” and most people would probably think of trucks or the shipping of freight at a mundane best. A more textbook definition might be that logistics is the managed movement of resources…
South African paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found not guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The presiding judge, Thokozile Masipa, found him guilty, though, of culpable…
The home secretary, Theresa May, has announced a major independent inquiry into claims that for decades, accusations and evidence of child abuse were dismissed, ignored and mishandled by many of Britain’s…
“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.” This maxim is attributed to 19th century man of letters Honoré de Balzac – the suggestion being that business activity of any kind is inherently corrupt…
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer and Researcher in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Honorary research affiliate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Director and Senior Researcher, Melbourne Criminological Research and Evaluation, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Professor and Program Head, Justice Health Research Program, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University
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Forensic psychologist & Adjunct Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Canberra
