Years ago it may have been inconceivable to think events such as today's riots could occur. But the writing was on the wall — and we missed our chance to fix things.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after he visited outside St. John’s Church across from the White House on June 1, 2020, in Washington.
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According to research, a strong sense of social identity and empowerment often dictates how rioters behave.
The youth justice system should consider alternative community-based models that better recognise the ability for young people to abandon crime.
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Australia should look to the New Zealand model, which has a strong focus on community, and recognises that the majority of young people grow-out of participating in crime.
The violence in the aftermath of the Indonesian elections has abated, but deep tensions remain.
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While the riots in Jakarta have been brought under control, the deeper religious tensions that have polarised Indonesia will present a major challenge for Jokowi’s second term.
Hosay, a religious ritual performed by Trinidadian Muslims, combines the somber Islamic observance of Ashura, brought by immigrant Indians, and the joy of Trinidad's famous carnival.
Emmanuel Macron is driving through his neoliberal agenda by relying on French police forces renowned for their violence against ethnic minority citizens, protestors and migrants.
Serial killers are strategic and clever, usually choosing cities or towns in the midst of upheaval to commit their heinous crimes so they can fly under the radar.
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As Toronto reacts to the news that a killer was preying on victims in the city’s gay village, an expert on serial killers explains how violent offenders are more strategic than previously thought.
Cigarettes are part of the social and economic fabric of prisons.
Members of the Black Bloc light flares as riot police arrive during a street protest against the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July.
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Black Blocs sprung from an anarchist movement in western Germany. Anti-capitalism and anti-government, the original Black Blocs marched against nuclear energy and neo-Nazis.
The protest by Zimbabweans against police road blocks and banned imports highlights a new political economy that is rising on the back of informalisation of the economy.
The cultural context in which class, ethnic and racial tensions explode into open violence must be analysed honestly.
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Australia's key foundation stories have a narrative arc based on the slow simmering of social tension and anxiety culminating in an explosive release of group hostility. Was Cronulla any different?
A bit of crowd control – nothing heavy-handed.
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The announcement Monday evening in the US that there would be no charges against a policeman over the shooting of a teenager is puzzling and already the target of critique. It’s not just the decision itself…