The CSI effect: are jurors starstruck by forensic evidence?

By Judith Fordham, University of Western Australia

FORENSICS AUSTRALIA – Jurors without technical training are frequently required to consider complex forensic evidence. It’s not just a matter of understanding the forensic evidence: in the case of “opposing…

13 July 2011

Pic_-_arthur_freeman — Convicted killer Arthur Freeman is led away from the Supreme Court in Melbourne. AAP

The fraught issue of how we deal with mentally ill offenders

By Jamie Walvisch, Monash University

Arthur Freeman’s involvement in an altercation in Victoria’s Barwon prison this week has again highlighted the fraught issue of how we deal with offenders who commit crimes that many of us assume could…

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31 January 2012

Coroner inquests focused on child deaths

University of Melbourne

Coroners are more likely to investigate a death if it involve a child, a new study has found. Researchers looked into 20…

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