FBI statistics recorded a 30% rise in homicides in 2020. A criminologist helps break down what was behind the spike.
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It’s time there was a serious policy response to the other key drivers of homicide rates, like poverty and austerity.
Thousands of Central American migrants are trying to cross the U.S. southern border. One scholar followed their paths to find out why they make the dangerous, sometimes deadly, journey.
Did the government-funded gun buybacks introduced after the Port Arthur massacre have “no effect” in reducing gun deaths in Australia, as an audience member claimed on Q&A? Let’s look at the evidence.
Bogota’s mayor wants to make the city ‘better for all,’ but repeated police crackdowns have displaced thousands of homeless Colombians. Are clean streets really more important than human rights?
Latin America’s murder rate is the highest in the world, accounting for one in every four homicides on the planet.
When it comes to homicide rates, the outlook for Australia is positive with continued reduction in the homicide rate. However, challenges remain.
Some 60,000 Brazilians are killed each year, accounting for 10% of all homicides worldwide. As terrorised voters look to authoritarian leaders to impose order, Brazil’s democracy hangs in the balance.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Professor, School of Business Administration (EAESP), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
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Associate Professor, School of Government, Universidad de los Andes
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Professor of Criminology, Deakin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Associate Member of the Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University, Middlesex University
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Human Security, American University School of International Service