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Women who have moved to Australia, particularly from traumatic settings, are particularly at risk of gendered violence. Here’s what our research found helps them to speak up.
Civil forfeiture laws and unexplained wealth orders seem to be less about crime control than an exercise in public funding.
Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
Unfortunately, there’s no cure for scammers – but you can build immunity against them.
Evidence shows the links between punishment, discipline and behaviour change are weak at best. Good rehabilitation has a therapeutic focus – but this is less popular with politicians and the public.
It may be about repairing your self-image or playing twisted mind-games.
Rising food costs mean more people are turning to the black market to feed themselves – but this has consequences for business and consumers.
Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture.
British Columbia’s proposed ban on name changes could impact people’s Charter rights and undermine the rehabilitation and reintegration of those convicted of crimes.
As climate change ravages coastal livelihoods, piracy is on the rise, imperilling seafarers and trade.
New research challenges the conventional wisdom that those who enjoy some form of employment and strong support networks are more inclined to attach themselves to a set geography.
Many young Mexican men that are working in precarious conditions are drawn into the fold of drug cartels.
In the last year, the public’s concern about crime has risen again.
The Victims Bill of Rights merely lists a series of guidelines that those in the criminal justice system should take into account, as they see fit. It does not compel them to do so.
The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.
The vast majority of people with mental illness pose no risk of violence to others. But is there a link between mental illness and violent crime?
A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.
There are proven ways to significantly reduce violent crime within the next five years. It requires becoming not “tough on crime,” but “smart on crime” before it happens.
Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
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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