The Victorian government’s new centre to prevent terrorist and lone actor attacks needs to fully understand the links between these types of attacks and violence against women.
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Policing culture is often associated with a lack of transparency and a resistance to external examination.
There is still much we do not know about lone-wolf terrorism. But what we do know may provide investigators with a sort of detection system to prevent attacks from taking place.
The spotlight is on a 2013 decision to grant bail to Man Haron Monis, the man responsible for the Lindt Cafe siege a year later. It must be hoped risk-averse politicians can avoid knee-jerk responses.
There will be more Jake Bilardis to come, and Australia must realise that no two cases will be entirely the same. Radicalised individuals will come from all areas of society.
The recommendations of the joint review into the Martin Place siege confirm Australia is on the right path with tight gun controls but needs to clamp down on illegal firearms in the community.
The events of the Sydney siege this week evolved amid a torrent of speculation and theorising about the motivations and intent of the hostage-taker Man Haron Monis. Some media reporting during the Sydney…
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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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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Professor, Victoria University
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Professor, Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research, Sociology, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professorial Fellow, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Research Fellow, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology, Indiana State University
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
