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Claire Ferguson

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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology

Needles have now been found in six different brands of strawberries, as well as apples and bananas, suggesting the possibility of copycat crimes. Erik Anderson/AAP

September 19, 2018

Strawberry sabotage: what are copycat crimes and who commits them?

Claire Ferguson, Queensland University of Technology

Copycat criminals are inspired by media depictions of previous crimes. But they also have to have a criminal mindset to start with.

The most common reason for intimate partner homicide was jealousy, followed by gain, and then love. shutterstock

January 15, 2018

Why some people in non‑violent relationships kill their partners

Belinda Parker, Queensland University of Technology and Claire Ferguson, Queensland University of Technology

Intimate partner homicides where there is no known history of violence are not uncommon.

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