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Articles on Criminal justice reform
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Colten Boushie’s death and the subsequent acquittal of his killer has fuelled loud calls for reforms to Canada’s criminal justice system and its treatment of the Indigenous. Why has it taken so long?
When police coax information from low-level offenders with threats of harsh sentencing, it breeds distrust in the community and ultimately contributes to mass incarceration.
The University of Michigan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson explains why Americans must demand better access to the nation’s prisons.
Homeless children charged in NSW with a criminal offence who are unable to meet bail conditions are being kept in custody. It’s due, in part, to a well-meant but flawed section of the Bail Act.
Is forensic science an oxymoron? A new White House report suggests there are major issues with many of the forensic disciplines used to convict defendants of crimes in the U.S.
Criminal justice experts suggest one way to change the system to eliminate racial bias.
Healthy, engaged people and communities will be crucial for a prosperous future for New South Wales. Here are four areas of policy focus that will help achieve that.
Australia has become less compassionate, more punitive and more ready to blame individuals for their alleged failings since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Woodruff Deem Professor of Law and Distinguished Fellow of Religion, Brigham Young University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii
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Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Social Welfare, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Management and Organizations, Cornell University
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of Montana
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Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Criminology, Maynooth University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Law/Criminology, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Co-Director, Columbia University Justice Lab, Senior Research Scientist, Columbia School of Social Work, Columbia University