Crime and the 2025 Federal Election: Why Dutton’s fear campaign isn’t really about law-and-order
By Dr Chloe Keel, Dr Kai Lin and Prof Murray Lee Crime has… Read More
“I behave like there are three on my street”: Why public child sex offender registers won’t keep kids safe
By Danielle Harris Opposition Leader Peter Dutton continues to push to introduce a publicly accessible national child sexual offender register in… Read More
Location-sharing apps are enabling domestic violence. But young people aren’t aware of the danger
By Silke Meyer and Maria Atiénzar Prieto This article first appeared on The Conversation. Location-sharing apps… Read More
“It’s so disappointing and puts politics over people”: Why ‘adult crime, adult time’ won’t make us safer and will hurt kids
By Nadine Connell and Caitlin Davey It might make you feel safer, but evidence shows… Read More
Australia’s fight against corruption risks failure
By Janet Ransley When fighting official corruption, prevention can be the cure. But what does that look like? Corruption is costly, difficult to detect… Read More
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dangerous Sex Offender Legislation
By Danielle Harris and The Hon Justice Peter Applegarth AM* How effective is the system of preventative… Read More
Police killings in Australia
By Professor Mark Finnane _______________________ More than 50 years ago a young legal academic from the University of Western Australia, Richard… Read More
Before 9/11, Australia had no counter-terrorism laws, now we have 92 — but are we safer?
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh* and Keiran Hardy This article first appeared on Australia is a long way… Read More
Friendlyjordies producer arrest: what is the NSW Police Fixated Persons Investigations Unit and when is it used?
By Keiran Hardy This spotlight was first published on The Conversation A producer for YouTube comedian Friendlyjordies was recently arrested for… Read More
Coronavirus spike: why getting people to follow restrictions is harder the second time around
By Kristina Murphy, Harley Williamson, Jennifer Boddy and Patrick O’Leary This article was first published on With residents in… Read More
