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As Mexico elects its new president, gang violence continues to sprawl.
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.
Ghana’s anti-gay bill will affect heterosexual’s too
South Africa has long been seen as deficient in dealing with terrorism financing.
Some areas of Merseyside have more children at risk from gangs than in London. So why isn’t it studied more?
When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
Research shows black men are less likely to exercise in white neighborhoods. Those who do jog report having police called and neighbors shun them.
‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science
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On the outskirts of Sydney, in a secret bushland location, lies what's officially known as the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research. In books or movies, it'd be called a body farm.
Media coverage often uses the label ‘homeless’ in ways that link the plight of tens of thousands of Australians to criminality. But a homeless person is much more likely to be vulnerable than violent.
Corrupt politicians and public servants will be under the spotlight of the new federal corruption watchdog. But if its proposed powers are any clue, it will have neither bark nor bite. Here’s why.
In many places across the US, law prohibits people with felony convictions to serve on juries. Research puts the thinking behind these laws to the test.
The murder of toddler James Bulger 25 years ago by two 10-year-old boys was a rare and shocking case that still impacts the criminal justice system today.
As former partner of TOWIE star Ferne McCann is sentenced for throwing acid in a nightclub, a criminologist considers the real reasons such attacks are on the rise.
The 19th century Irish crimewave that wasn’t: how a change of policing brought the English counterfeiters to book.
During the war, fear of being undermined by the enemy sparked restrictions on freedom of speech. As a result, thousands of Americans were prosecuted.
Violence is on the rise in French Guiana. To understand this phenomenon, scholars delve into the often tragic history of the region.
Our panel of experts examines whether immigration leads to more crime using data from across 200 metropolitan areas and 20 years of research.
Some youths find in gangs the love and social standing that’s missing in their home lives.
Machine learning is being used to see if it’s possible to predict whether someone will commit a crime some time in the future. But does this risk condemning people for a crime they haven’t committed?
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Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology, University at Buffalo
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CEO, Sentencing Advisory Council
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Masters of Public Health graduate, Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Social Work, Durham University
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Chargé d'enseignement, Université de Guyane
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Partner, Government & Public Sector, Providence / Honorary Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology, Loughborough University
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Professor of Climate Justice, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of Statistics, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Assistant Professor of Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice, California State University, Long Beach
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