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Unfair criminalisation of itinerant traders has been used to justify curbing street hawking in the traffic in Lagos.
Not the dandy highwayman of popular imagination, Dick Turpin was a violent and, according to records, ugly criminal.
Cyber bank fraud is on the rise. Here are some important ways to protect yourself.
A journey through McCarthy’s work is not for the fainthearted, nor the weak-stomached. But these tales of society’s outcasts and misfits are hugely rewarding.
Criminals want your waste. Here’s what you can do to help tackle illegal fly-tipping.
In 1972, justices handed down a decision that attacked discriminatory and capricious death sentences. But it left the door ajar for states to continue the practice.
Finding stable housing is one of the biggest challenges facing prison leavers. Access to public housing has been found to flatten the curve on rates of recidivism.
Transported to Van Diemen’s Land aged 11, Ellen Miles went on to riot in Launceston’s Female Factory, seek fortune in gold-rush Victoria and live to nearly 90.
After five days of deliberations, a jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of five counts relating to the sexual abuse of girls.
FBI statistics recorded a 30% rise in homicides in 2020. A criminologist helps break down what was behind the spike.
If proposed amendments to the law are passed, it will no longer be possible to acquire a firearm licence for self-defence in the country. This has sparked heated debate.
Illicit and legitimate trade are closely connected, so how come one seems to be rising while the other has plunged?
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Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy, Kingston University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Tasmania
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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