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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Why do rap lyrics continue to be used to demonize people inside and outside the courtroom, in ways that no other art form has to contend with?
Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions such as taking away the former partner’s firearms can protect them.
Evolving views about parental gun ownership and liability will likely have ramifications in custody battles.
Latest data show First Nations women are much more likely to be killed than non-Indigenous women. It demands action.
A new study of nearly 40,000 family violence reports shows more than 99% of people with risk factors for killing a family member don’t go on to do so.
With submissions about to close on the proposed Arms Bill, overseas experience provides valuable guidance on improving public safety.
Those who murdered the 15 year-old have received life sentences, but the ruling on racially motivated crime isn’t so definitive.
Using robots to simulate stabbings can enhance forensic accuracy – and the pursuit of justice.
Police officials in high-crime areas are overwhelmed by the many criminal cases they must investigate.
Protests against femicide led by feminist groups have gained increasing attention in recent years. However, the polarized political climate in Mexico has undermined the demands of these demonstrations.
Several recent stabbings in Australia have left many people nervous. But what does the data say about knife crime here?
Claudia Sheinbaum follows in the footsteps of a popular predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who leaves behind many issues he either skirted or exacerbated.
Due to conflicts over music rights and the high cost of adapting the show to HD, the series had become overshadowed by its spiritual successor, ‘The Wire.’
The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
Half of the women homicide victims in 2022-23 were killed by a former or current partner.
Firearms may provide firearm owners with a means of self-defence in confrontations with criminals, but the unlawful use of a licensed firearm can have negative legal consequences.
Since the ‘trial of the century,’ the lines between news and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.
A spate of recent high-profile murders has put focus on the role of patriarchy and misogyny in persistent rates of anti-woman violence in Italy.
While it can feel like little progress is being made to stop women being killed by their partners or ex-partners, the data show a steady decline in recent years.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer (Teaching) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University
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Professor of Law, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology