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Mental health response for Tauranga 111 calls
It costs a million dollars a day to keep low-risk defendants on remand. More prisons aren’t the answer
National wants to scrap sexual offender character references. Should NZ go further?
New appointments give victims a voice on serious offenders
Public trust in Australian police is declining. COVID sparked it – but there’s more to the story
Liberal backflip means harsher criminal sentences for vulnerable people
Prison education program wins $1.5M to create national research hub
Keeping Vexatious Litigants Out Of Courtroom
Disability compounds employment woes for people with criminal records, and vice versa
Supporting Better Futures For Women In Custody
Netherlands violated child’s right to privacy by storing his DNA profile, UN committee finds
National Rollout Of Sexual Violence Legal Services Pilot Now Complete
Tougher Sentences For Sexual Offending
National rollout of sexual violence legal services pilot now complete
Cannabis: it’s medicine if you’re rich enough – a crime if you’re not
Federal Budget Provides Funding For Continuing Measures
Joint Declaration on Sudan – Adopted by the Joint Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the…
Four in five children in prison haven’t been sentenced: new data shows alarming increase in locking up kids
Minns Labor Government continuing to pursue ‘good character’ reforms
Call for urgent national action after UN raises ‘grave concerns’ about treatment of Indigenous children
Mali Betrays Correctional Officers
First dedicated investment in long-term recovery for sexual violence victim-survivors
Indigenous children face systemic racial discrimination in criminal justice system, UN committee warns: Australia
Independent UN mechanism to assess racial justice in law enforcement during an eleven-day visit: Colombia
Albanese is prioritising politics over the responsible handling of ISIS families, setting a dangerous precedent
$5 Million Boost To Help Drive Down Youth Crime
Budget Backs Courts, Crime Reduction as Justice System Gets Moving Again
UN experts demand accountability for trafficking allegations in ‘Epstein files’, warn of continuing violence of patriarchal power systems
Special agents: the rise of the neurodivergent hero in TV crime drama
New Support Service Makes Bail Work For Young People
Offenders serving community sentences are more likely to keep jobs, earn more – new research
From Serving Nation To Serving Prison Sentence
Argentina has made progress in fighting foreign bribery but must address key obstacles to enforcement, including by introducing whistleblower protection, says OECD…
Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim-survivors’ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop
After 216 days on the run, how was Dezi Freeman caught and what happens now?
After more than 200 days on the run, how was Dezi Freeman caught and what happens now?
Safer, More Secure Youth Justice Centres
BOCSAR evaluation of the NSW Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) shows we really need a better EDDI
Science association honors Iowa State researcher for studies of criminal behavior
Youth crime prevention programs taking effect in Geraldton
Elected Body to shape implementation of recommendations of Independent Review into the over-representation of First Nations People in the ACT justice system
Police work to reduce antisocial behaviour in Peregian Springs and Coolum
$5 million to improve outcomes for sexual violence victim-survivors
Why people accused of serious crimes have the right to a fair trial
Victoria Police’s response to the Crime Statistics Agency data release – 2025 calendar year
Certainty for victims and swift justice for offenders as TIG-ER Taskforce roars ahead
Standing Together Against Islamophobia
Innovative program underway to steer children from crime

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