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Research reveals young people aged 16 to 24 don’t always recognise what stalking is, particularly when it involves someone they might know.
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
Ukraine war likely to reinforce transformation to criminal networks that are more professional, militarised and embedded within state structures.
Motor traffic makes residents feel less safe from vandalism, burglary and violence.
Neuroscience provides plenty of evidence for raising the age from ten.
Understanding what drives recruitment into these academies is not a defence of fraud. It is a precondition for dismantling it.
There’s a separate justice system for people under 18 because their brains are still developing. Treating them as adults can turn them into repeat offenders.
Gangs offer belonging, identity, protection and support for young people.
Pokémon cards emerged from Japan’s love affair with collectables – but creator Satoshi Tajiri had a vision for global conquest.
Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the national average in 2012.
Overcrowded homes, mismatched dog groups and sizes are the biggest drivers of dog-on-dog aggression in South Africa.
A historic drop in violent crime, including the murder rate, is at risk after the cancellation of federal funding for programs that helped make the decline possible.
The solutions they offer - economic shock therapy, militarized crackdowns and a lack of agency in foreign policy - are just old responses retooled with new aesthetics and a new international support network.
Police relied on old-fashioned bushcraft, human persistence and the expert knowledge of Indigenous Elders.
Young people are being coerced into performing violent acts on themselves, family members or their pets, with vision of these crimes often shared online.
Databases of stolen art make selling on pieces a lot harder these days.
In February police said they strongly believed Dezi Freeman was dead. It may have been a tactic that helped bring the manhunt to an end.
Fuel theft has risen up to 30% nationally since the start of the Middle East war. Here’s what can push it higher, how common it is – and what to do if you spot it.
Can you solve the GCSE maths problem that ‘baffled’ Young Sherlock Holmes?
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