Research on developing brains has helped bring about a sea change in attitudes toward juvenile life without parole. But many people who committed crimes as minors are still serving such sentences.
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Research highlights at least six different motivations for perpetrators that commit arson.
Working one arm or leg could help strengthen the corresponding injured or immobilised limb and also stop it wasting away from lack of use.
Ghana needs a more effective approach to juvenile justice reform that considers the long-term impact of detention on youth offenders.
Robots are already carrying out tasks in clinics, classrooms and warehouses. Designing robots that are more receptive to human needs could help make them more useful in many contexts.
We’re still learning about long COVID – but working with a physio or occupational therapist on goal-setting could help you get back into your usual routine.
While high-profile concussions in the NFL have brought renewed attention to the gravity of head injuries, they can also occur on the playground or during junior varsity practices – with lasting effects.
Ghana’s government should shift to a community-based and voluntary approach to forest restoration and conservation
Family and friends provide nearly all the care needed by stroke patients after they leave hospital. Caregiving can be rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming and take a toll on caregivers’ health.
China has been very successful at crime control while South Africa has neglected rehabilitation and failed dismally at resettling ex-offenders.
Since the Games’ post-war beginnings, the Paralympics have become the second-largest mega-event in the international sporting calendar. Is the core purpose being lost?
People who lose their sight have to deal with not only the practical implications but their sense of identity.
Canada needs a better framework to understand and analyze the participation of women who marry ISIS soldiers — and find ways to hold them accountable
At the end of the 1925 movie ‘Red Kimono,’ the protagonist, Gabrielle Darley, throws away her garment and moves on to a better life. Real life is more complicated.
Darryn Frost continues to suffer from PTSD but insists we don’t forget why people were gathered near London Bridge on November 29.
The effective response to crime has always been a matter of debate. But evidence is mounting in favour of treatment and support, rather than punishment.
Governments must think very carefully before sacrificing the very human rights that give the state its identity and democracy.
I know first-hand the need for a rehabilitative rather than punitive system.
A portrait of Cefn Coed Hospital, which operated in Wales between 1932-2018, provides unique insight into life at a mental hospital.
Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, Loughborough University
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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PhD Candidate, Criminal Justice, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow in Brain Plasticity and Pain, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer, The Open University
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Professor of Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University
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Research Assistant, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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Adjunct assistant professor and Statewide Medical Director VPRS, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford