Erin Patterson, who received a life sentence for murdering three people, is one of just a handful of female killers. The evidence can help tell us why.
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The violent attack in a Sydney shopping centre left seven people dead, including the attacker, and many more injured, horrifying the nation.
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
Myles Sanderson was given statutory release from prison prior to a stabbing rampage that left 10 people dead. But a legal expert says his case is unrepresentative of how people behave on this form of release.
Of the 13 mass school shootings that have taken place in the US, the three most deadly occurred in the last decade. Data from these attacks helped criminologists build a profile of the gunmen.
The biggest challenge is that the government does not have a monopoly over the legitimate use of force.
An oral history based biography of a survivor of colonial genocide in Namibia indicates instances of humanity during an entirely inhumane era.
The recent acquittals should be seen as a vindication of the ICC as an independent and impartial judicial institution.
Under new WA legislation, the state’s attorney-general has the power to order serial killers and mass murders remain in jail, sometimes without judicial review.
Throughout the movement’s history, African Americans and whites lived, worked and protested side-by-side. It was one of the few long-term experiments in American interracial communalism.
The notion of a ‘crisis of masculinity" clouds the understanding of complex social phenomena and falsely asserts a vision of humanity as being radically divided between men and women.
The arrest of former cop Joseph DeAngelo in the Golden State Killer case raises questions about the common occupations of killers and psychopaths. Canada’s Russell Williams was a former military officer.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Ontario
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Emerita Professor of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
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Full Professor of Criminology & English Literature, Western University
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Professeur, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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Professor of Law, Swansea University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State 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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PhD Candidate in Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology