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After two more fatal shootings by police of black men this week, we republish one legal scholar’s argument that what needs addressing is the police’s culture of masculinity.
Sexual harassment is a persistent and damaging problem in many Australian workplaces. But why does it appear to be an entrenched feature of some organisational settings more than others?
In Indonesia, a culture that views policewomen as lesser officers than their male counterpart still prevails.
To tackle the ice problem, the government must learn from experience and avoid adopting a blinkered law enforcement approach.
Part one of the ABC’s Hitting Home provides an insight into the work of those responding to domestic violence on the front line – including police, courts, refuges, and a specialist forensic unit.
Textbook language can influence thinking. So, what do some textbooks say on issues of race?
Preventing crime before it happens, while saving resources, sounds like a great use of big data. But these calculated probabilities raise big questions about civil liberties.
Mobile video technology means outrageous behaviour and abuses can rapidly become public knowledge, but achieving just outcomes still depends on a political willingness to act on such knowledge.
Police are entrusted with enforcing the laws against domestic violence – the same laws that some are breaking in their own relationships.
Police-worn body cameras could be a helpful tool for law enforcement in cases involving domestic violence. But they could also have unintended consequences.
The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment…
Can the Queensland government’s domestic violence reforms address the heightened risk involved in leaving an abusive or controlling partner?
While the Australian Border Force’s Operation Fortitude caused an outcry, people might be surprised at the extent of official powers to check their immigration status in a range of circumstances.
New Orleans police have been eulogized as heroes and condemned as racists in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. A scholar examines the legacy of conflicting narratives and points to a way forward.
Though they presented themselves as hardened gangsters, the only rap sheets NWA had were notebooks full of song lyrics.
Easy media stereotypes rather than clear evidence attributes performance enhancing drug supplies to organised criminals.
It has been 10 years since British police shot and killed an innocent man in Stockwell station.
Research on the UK’s only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
Football’s governing body and its President Sepp Blatter are used to annual meetings which run like clockwork. US and Swiss police have made sure this time it’s different.
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