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For the first time, researchers have been able to produce estimates of the rate of hate crimes against LGBTQ people.
When communities face security challenges and lack legal protection, they find innovative ways to respond.
In contrast to their depiction in most mafia films, women are an integral part of these groups with their own criminal knowledge and capacity for violence
South Africans would rather see efforts go into tackling other challenges – but climate change will intensify those challenges.
Sexual violence by police is more common than many might think. Failing to fully investigate can have a chilling effect on what is already the most underreported violent crime in Canada.
At least six people have been killed in an attack at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. It happened amid a surge of mass shootings in the US.
Victims of violence are often retraumatized by a legal process that puts prosecuting the accused ahead of supporting the victim.
People may think that green spaces often hide criminals. On the contrary, there is evidence they contribute to reducing crime.
A new analysis of this type of fraud shows it’s a growing problem that almost half of Americans consider an ‘acceptable’ crime.
Tracey Lien’s debut novel investigates a murder of a model student in a Cabramatta restaurant. Anh Nguyen Austen says it brilliantly conveys the complexities of the Vietnamese refugee experience.
We interviewed 50 children between the ages of 11 and 17 years who told us why they stole, what they stole, and how they learned how to burgle.
A new wave of prosecutors, known as progressives, say that public safety can exist with policies like eliminating cash bail for people charged with low-level offenses.
Regulating the sex work industry is the only way to protect sex workers from abuse and violence.
Political and social instability in the country, as seen in frequent mass protests and xenophobia, threaten the flow of African tourists.
On Oct. 24, while a teenage gunman was pleading guilty for a deadly school incident in Michigan, another school shooting was taking place in St. Louis.
Whether crime is up or down depends on what kind of crime, what the comparison is to, and where you’re counting crimes.
Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
The number of bank robberies is at about the lowest since the 1960s. A researcher investigates why.
Convicted rapist Jayden Meyer was given a nine months home detention, sparking protests and an appeal from crown prosecutors. But the sentence is in line with the law. Is it time for change?
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Monash University
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Arie Freiberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Law, Monash University
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