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Rural and regional areas bear a disproportionate burden of domestic violence. Distance, police staffing and station hours aren’t the only barriers to seeking help.
The escalation of organised crime violence could be due to a multitude of reasons – including illicit drug consumption.
Growing concerns about police use of AI could erode the public’s perception of trust in the legal system.
Who gets to authorise such deployments? And who checks the safeguards?
License plate readers are widely used in the US. A new product marketed to police departments promises to add the ability to sense phones and other devices in passing cars.
Ever wondered what it really means to make a citizen’s arrest? It’s more complicated and risky than you might think, despite the latest changes to the Crimes Act.
NT Police said the alleged incident took place at a public event on Saturday July 18.
Building relationships and creating equitable opportunities are critical to engaging Detroit’s young people in safe and positive activities.
Public safety workers face rising rates of psychological injury and suicide. Research suggests employers are focusing on the wrong solutions.
One of west Africa’s most popular action films speaks to Nigeria’s pressing security issues.
Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve been shot or for members of the public too.
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
The way a police interview is conducted affects the credibility of everything that follows in the criminal justice process.
One woman said her husband and his friends told her that, in Australia, police strip-search women who complain about domestic violence.
New research on ShotSpotter’s deployment in Detroit suggests the technology did not reduce officer response times.
New research has found why so many Australians no longer trust police. There are solutions, though.
Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the national average in 2012.
Unless you go completely offline, you cannot completely eliminate the risk of being tracked.
In February police said they strongly believed Dezi Freeman was dead. It may have been a tactic that helped bring the manhunt to an end.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
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Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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