Church abuse survivor Steven Smith as a boy.
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Crimes of the Cross tells how clergy and leaders in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle covered up allegations, protected abusive priests and failed to care for survivors.
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The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
According to the state’s new guidelines, juvenile convictions that are 10 years or older should no longer be considered when determining a person’s sentence.
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The new guidelines are not intended to reduce punishment but aim to reduce disparities in punishment that are linked to race and ethnicity.
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If we need to use forensic techniques in space, we’ll need to understand how things behave differently in microgravity.
Federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about his proposed car theft policy during a news conference at the Port of Montréal on Feb. 6, 2024.
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Pierre Poilievre’s “tough-on-crime” rhetoric relies on discredited ideas that can lead to overly harsh penalties and actually increase crime.
New York City’s use of stop-and-frisk was found to be unconstitutional in 2013.
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Evidence from NYC shows that stop-and-frisk policing leads to greater mistrust of police and more racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
A sign in Laredo, Texas, reminds motorists not to smuggle guns into Mexico.
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Mexico claims that US firearm manufacturers are fueling illegal cross-border gun trafficking and violent crime abroad.
Naomi Watts as Babe Paley and Tom Hollander as Truman Capote in Feud: Capote vs the Swans.
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The new TV series, Feud: Capote vs the Swans tells the story behind Answered Prayers, the never-finished gossip novel that made its author a social pariah. But what was in the book – and was it any good?
The right to a fair trial means cutting the funding of cultural reports will simply shift the burden. Lawyers will find other ways to put the same information before a judge.
Protesters in El Salvador declare ‘Yes to democracy. No to authoritarianism’ during a demonstration on Jan. 14, 2024.
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A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
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New guidance indicates health professionals must not provide information to the police without a woman’s consent unless “concerned for her safety or the safety of others”.
Is it really true that shoplifting is out of control?
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Is the cost of living really driving regular people to crime? And are those security tags on your steak the result of their misdemeanours?
As online shopping increases over the festive period, so does the risk of cyber-scams.
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Cyber-scams tend to ramp up at this time of year, with criminals and scammers eager to exploit people’s generosity and excitement.
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The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
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So-called honour-based abuse thrives in secrecy and fear.
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The new series on Stan is most successful through its links to rural crime noir, pulling apart the vulnerability and deception of this small town.
Commuters waiting for buses at Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria.
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An improved public transport system and mapping of hotspots by law enforcement agencies would reduce susceptibility to crime in Lagos, Nigeria.
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The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
More than 5,000 Black people have been lynched in the US.
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Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
Leonard Mack was exonerated after 47 years in New York in September 2023.
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Leonard Mack spent years in a US jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Here’s how identification procedures can, and have, led to wrongful convictions, and what can be done to prevent it.