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The show presented itself as a crusade to protect children. But its appeal may have had as much to do with the pleasures of being able to play judge, jury and executioner from your living room couch.
Dark tourism ranges from visits to memorials, to tours that glorify violence.
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
While wealth and power can go a long way in fighting a criminal conviction, sometimes these factors fall short.
Florida’s new unified human trafficking database allows criminologists to determine the scope of the problem and find patterns of exploitation.
New research tries to unpack why and how groups of people hide victims after a murder.
There are about 40 occult-related gangs operating in one province. Understanding what draws young people to them is key to combating them.
As political debate over law and order grows, leaders must address the divide in how city and country Australians view crime and punishment.
If you’ve only ever seen crime scenes on TV shows, the reality will likely surprise you.
The Philadelphia Police Department plans to expand its use of drones, including as first responders.
Data from the Australian Institute of Criminology shows alarmingly high rates of sexual violence perpetration. Here’s what is shows.
A uniquely identifying population of bacteria can survive on clothes for months after a person wears them.
The vast majority of people with mental illness pose no risk of violence to others. But is there a link between mental illness and violent crime?
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.
A new study contradicts the notion that people who are sexually attracted to children and are willing to act on it are social outcasts and statistical outliers.
In the mid-20th century, civil servants in Ireland recognised the harms incarceration wreaks not just on individuals but their families and society at large.
Leonard Mack spent years in a US jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Here’s how identification procedures can, and have, led to wrongful convictions, and what can be done to prevent it.
Inmates who are mothers tend to be accused of being bad parents.
These ‘custodial killers’ are often healthcare workers who murder helpless or dependent people in their care.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond 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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Natalie Gately is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Associate professor in Criminology, University of New England
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Honorary research affiliate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Lecturer and Researcher in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Lamar University
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Lecturer in Business IT & Logistics, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, City St George's, University of London
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Reader in Criminology and Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology, Birmingham City University
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University