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CCTV is a popular form of digital evidence but it can be unreliable and problematic.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
A cold-blooded shooting is a common trope in gangsta rap - but a disturbing new development in South African hip-hop.
While most journalists don’t develop PTSD or depression, many will struggle with the stress of their work. Knowing the warning signs can help deal with trauma.
Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
Eight teen girls are charged in the stabbing death of a homeless man in Toronto. Research shows that jurors tend to respond when the perpetrator of a crime is or appears to be younger.
Colorado is one of 19 states that have laws in place to prevent individuals believed to pose a threat from obtaining guns. But a preventive order needs to be petitioned before it can be issued.
It’s highly unusual for a journalist to pursue someone he thinks has been involved in foul play by publishing a popular podcast. But the trial verdict will give Hedley Thomas enormous gratification.
Writers seem to be especially vulnerable in polarized times, when the nuances of works are more likely to be overlooked.
A recent jury examining murders of women urged the federal government to add the term femicide and its definition to the Criminal Code.
Historically, most mass shootings in South Africa have been associated with three main things: gang conflicts, rivalries in the minibus taxi sector and factional or inter-group feuds.
A host of problems are behind police failures, including poor evidence gathering and the mistreatment of witnesses.
A suspect apparently motivated by a white supremacist agenda shot dead 10 shoppers. Analysis shows that mass shootings – and those at grocery stores – are on the rise.
Letizia Battaglia’s images of Mafia bloodshed made it impossible for people to turn a blind eye to the criminal outfit’s reign of terror.
Two books on historical gay hate crimes – the murder of George Duncan in Adelaide, 1972, and army officer Warwick Meale in Townsville, 1942 – aim to create positive change by revealing past injustice.
Australia has recorded a small rise in the number of murders in 2019-20. We need to know more about these cases to make sure this does not become a trend.
Experts help explain the context around the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and subsequent trial and convictions of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan.
If proposed amendments to the law are passed, it will no longer be possible to acquire a firearm licence for self-defence in the country. This has sparked heated debate.
Life prison sentences are getting longer and longer.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith 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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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Research Associate at UCT's Centre of Criminology, Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Criminology, Loughborough University
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Honorary Associate Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Canberra
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
