Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
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State governments across the country have brought in harsher laws to deal with youth crime in recent years. But do the stats justify the punitive measures?
Data from the Australian Institute of Criminology shows alarmingly high rates of sexual violence perpetration. Here’s what is shows.
Half of the women homicide victims in 2022-23 were killed by a former or current partner.
Tools used in the criminal justice system predict the risk of crime – but the scores are based on factors completely out of our control.
Arrest numbers reflect a nearly 40% decline from 2019, but the statistics come with some caveats.
Whether crime is up or down depends on what kind of crime, what the comparison is to, and where you’re counting crimes.
The number of bank robberies is at about the lowest since the 1960s. A researcher investigates why.
Nigeria’s built environment should ideally be part of a broader, integrated approach to crime prevention and community policing.
Recent political arguments about policing methods aren’t supported by the evidence: New Zealand crime rates are static, and even declining in some categories.
Last year, men were more likely to report losses to investment fraud, while women were the main target for romance fraud. Overall, men reported higher financial loss.
New analysis reveals the most common types of anti-social behaviour, and who the victims are.
Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy said under Premier Daniel Andrews, ‘Victoria has won the unenviable title as the state with the country’s highest rate of crime’. Is that right?
The police held to account those responsible for nearly 300,000 fewer offences between 2014 and 2018.
Increasing police patrols won’t solve South Africa’s high rates of violent crime. Underlying problems need to be addressed.
It’s still rare for cases of coercive control to reach prosecution.
Poor leadership in crime intelligence and a struggling detective service are affecting the ability of South Africa - where a murder happens every 28 minutes - to bring down crime.
Some reports say crime is rising, but others that it is falling. Can they both be right?
Energy and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg said he thought that Victorians have never felt more unsafe, and that burglaries, assaults and murders are rising year-on-year. Is he right?
South Africa releases crime statistics once a year. Politicians interpret them according to their particular agendas. Here’s a guide to what to look for and how to make sense of the trends.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Senior researcher, University of Cape Town
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Director of the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Visiting Professor of Criminology, Kent Crime and Justice Centre, University of Kent
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer of Law & Criminal Justice, University of Surrey
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ARC DECRA Associate Professor in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University
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Teaching Fellow in The School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
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Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The Open University