Australian jurisdictions are making strides to ensure consent means an active ‘yes’ rather than the absence of a ‘no’. But without better knowledge of these laws, they risk being just words on paper.
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Crimes of the Cross tells how clergy and leaders in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle covered up allegations, protected abusive priests and failed to care for survivors.
The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
The new guidelines are not intended to reduce punishment but aim to reduce disparities in punishment that are linked to race and ethnicity.
If we need to use forensic techniques in space, we’ll need to understand how things behave differently in microgravity.
Pierre Poilievre’s “tough-on-crime” rhetoric relies on discredited ideas that can lead to overly harsh penalties and actually increase crime.
Evidence from NYC shows that stop-and-frisk policing leads to greater mistrust of police and more racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
Mexico claims that US firearm manufacturers are fueling illegal cross-border gun trafficking and violent crime abroad.
The new TV series, Feud: Capote vs the Swans tells the story behind Answered Prayers, the never-finished gossip novel that made its author a social pariah. But what was in the book – and was it any good?
The right to a fair trial means cutting the funding of cultural reports will simply shift the burden. Lawyers will find other ways to put the same information before a judge.
A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
New guidance indicates health professionals must not provide information to the police without a woman’s consent unless “concerned for her safety or the safety of others”.
Is the cost of living really driving regular people to crime? And are those security tags on your steak the result of their misdemeanours?
Cyber-scams tend to ramp up at this time of year, with criminals and scammers eager to exploit people’s generosity and excitement.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
So-called honour-based abuse thrives in secrecy and fear.
The new series on Stan is most successful through its links to rural crime noir, pulling apart the vulnerability and deception of this small town.
An improved public transport system and mapping of hotspots by law enforcement agencies would reduce susceptibility to crime in Lagos, Nigeria.
The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
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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