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The prosecution and death sentences handed out to two British and one Moroccan national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops contravenes the Geneva Conventions.
Experts help explain the context around the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and subsequent trial and convictions of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan.
In a New Zealand legal first, mass-murderer and terrorist Brenton Tarrant is jailed for life with no chance of parole.
New Zealand and Australia have no prisoner transfer agreement. By negotiating one, we could deport the Christchurch terrorist and help resolve the trans-Tasman prisoner problem in the process.
A whole life sentence has never been imposed in New Zealand but it seems likely the prosecution will call for one for the Christchurch gunman.
The fallout from the Huffman case has been intense, with much anger centered on the light punishment meted out to a white A-list celebrity versus the excessive charges levelled at Black defendants.
Governments impose harsh restrictions to the freedom of sex offenders after their sentence. But there’s no evidence to support that ‘doing more of the same’ improves community safety.
The courts have provided little guidance on whether politically-motivated crimes are better or worse than crimes from ‘common criminals’.
The US is unique in its criminal punishment policies – as the recent sentencing of neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. demonstrates.
How do jurors use different kinds of information about mental illness when making sentencing decisions? An experiment finds that neurobiological evidence could harm or help defendants.
The British justice secretary’s proposal to make short prison sentences a last resort is the right idea at the worst possible time.
Under new WA legislation, the state’s attorney-general has the power to order serial killers and mass murders remain in jail, sometimes without judicial review.
New research found a disparity between the sentences women and men are given for offence when alcohol is an aggravating factor.
The Verdins principles affect the way offenders with mental health problems are sentenced in a court of law.
Remorse is a vital, but often overlooked and underused aspect of justice, for both the victim and the offender.
The enthusiasm around swift, certain and fair approaches to sentencing offenders may not be backed by evidence.
An overriding focus on increasing sentences may not necessarily be the best means of redressing the harm caused by sex offences.
In historic cases the potential for a sentence to rehabilitate, incapacitate or deter the offender is largely insignificant – leaving the focus solely on retribution.
The killing of a newborn baby by its mother is the most shocking of crimes - but more needs to be done to understand the mental condition of the women that do it.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham 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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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Bath
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Health Services Researcher, The University of Melbourne
