While high-profile bail cases tend to dominate media coverage, policy on criminal and legal matters must be guided by evidence, not headlines.
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Family members remained more anxious and more than twice more fearful in their neighbourhoods than the rest of the population.
The Victims Bill of Rights merely lists a series of guidelines that those in the criminal justice system should take into account, as they see fit. It does not compel them to do so.
Victims of violence are often retraumatized by a legal process that puts prosecuting the accused ahead of supporting the victim.
Non-stop media coverage can invade their privacy, raise and dash their hopes, and prolong their trauma.
The obsessive and voyeuristic media response to the disappearance of US travel influencer Gabby Petito has demeaned and trivialised a real-life tragedy.
Research shows giving the commissioner greater oversight of complaints could help deliver justice for those failed by the system.
True crime podcasts, series, and books have fuelled our interest in violent and dangerous perpetrators. It’s time victims and their families were remembered.
When victims report cybercrime they want an offender arrested and prosecuted, but a report finds that rarely happens.
Analysing the words used to place blame or give evidence can change how we see a situation.
South Africa’s legal position regarding crime victim compensation is unsatisfactory.
Upholding victims’ rights on parole decisions means respectfully enabling their active participation in decisions that affect their personal interests.
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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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Associate Professor, Teaching Program Director, Flinders Criminology & Head, Social Sciences, College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Discourse Analysis and Language in the Media, Swansea University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Private Law, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Family and Child Law, University of Manchester
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Ph.D. Candidate, Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Professeur adjoint de victimologie à l'École de criminologie, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Social Epidemiology, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, City St George's, University of London
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Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Research Assistant, Criminal Justice and Public Policy, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Guelph
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology