Australia’s patchwork of criminal appeal laws creates an uneven playing field. Here’s what they are and how the system can be made more equitable.
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In the early 2000s, we tested a new curriculum on more than 200 students. Here’s what we found when we met the students again, two decades later.
Many people feel unsafe in their homes, and when walking in their neighbourhood during the day or at night.
Unlike previous miscarriage of justice cases, the calls to review Letby’s conviction are being led by professionals rather than the family, making this an unusual challenge to the legal system.
There are substantial differences between the two candidates, though each of their records contains some interesting twists and turns.
In just seconds, scammers can clone a voice and use it to extort people. What can be done to safeguard against the threat?
Several recent stabbings in Australia have left many people nervous. But what does the data say about knife crime here?
Under current laws in most states and territories, the life of an unborn child is legally indistinguishable from that of the mother.
As of late September 2024, homicides in Philadelphia are down 40% compared with 2023.
Judges routinely reduce sentences based on mitigating factors. But a proposal to cap such reductions will potentially lead to fewer guilty pleas and put more strain on a the justice system.
Sharif was forced to live on the streets at 14 and became affiliated with criminal gangs as a means to survive. He and I discussed his childhood and how he overcame adversity, war and conflict.
The government says its new rules will deter people from joining gangs. But extending restrictions on gang insignia into people’s homes could be a step too far under the Bill of Rights.
The past 300 years show us that shoplifting is a crime rooted in complex societal as well as economic issues. But who deserves our sympathy: the robbers or the robbed?
Jennifer, now 41 years old, was the first female gang leader in Honduras, a country devastated by gang wars. Fifteen years after going straight, she tells her story.
Due to conflicts over music rights and the high cost of adapting the show to HD, the series had become overshadowed by its spiritual successor, ‘The Wire.’
As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of how these centers work.
Many jurisdictions treat pet theft like property theft, assigning dogs dollar values and failing to account for their emotional importance.
International research suggests many anti-gang policies actually increase crime, rather than reduce it. These local experts could help us do better – if New Zealand’s politicians would listen.
An analysis of trends over the last 20 years in Canada could not find any correlation between increases in municipal police budgets and a reduction in crime rates. There’s another way forward.
Our research shows the smallest of appearance changes are enough to lead to mistaken identifications in a police line-up. It doesn’t bode well for the justice system.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Domestic and Family Violence, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Sociology of Law and Deviance, Università di Bologna; University of Essex; The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate professor in Criminology, University of New England
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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CEO, Sentencing Advisory Council
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Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University