Afenia Shakur (left). mother of Tupac Shakur (right).
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From Tupac to Jay-Z, many a rap artist has set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave them birth.
Crimestoppers provides a link between the public and the police.
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Crimestoppers was originally founded in 1988 and now receives more than half a million reports each year.
29 years of democracy has left its mark.
Rather battered and frayed South African flag billowing in the wind against a cloud-strewn sky.
A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
The ready availability of clay pipes meant that they were sometimes used for other activities other than smoking.
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A pipe in the hand could end or save a life.
Fetching water is a chore, but some women also said it was a welcome opportunity to be in nature.
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Experiencing nature helps people in times of joy and pain. However, inequity of access to green spaces means that South Africans cannot enjoy nature when they need to.
Juvenile offenders face stigma once released.
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Ghana needs a more effective approach to juvenile justice reform that considers the long-term impact of detention on youth offenders.
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New Zealand came very close to having an independent sentencing council to help set sentencing guidelines for crimes. For the sake of consistency, it might be time to revive the idea.
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro speaks during a Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers’ meeting on bail reform in Ottawa in March 2023.
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Those determining bail must reflect on their own beliefs and show restraint as they determine risk to avoid relying on false racist narratives. So should those calling for bail reform.
Matteo Messina Denaro: on the left is a picture taken when he was about 30; in the centre is an age-progressed image made before his arrest; on the right, a photo of Denaro following his arrest this year.
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How do police forces make artificially aged images of people who have been missing for years?
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There are many different reasons why men and women commit these acts, but the small number of cases makes it difficult to track.
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Our vehicles hold a remarkable amount of information, which can be used by digital forensic investigators in the detection of crime.
Cells at Alcatraz, a famous former prison on an island off the coast of California.
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Prisons and jails have a long history, but they weren’t always used for the same kinds of punishment.
A Venezuelan migrant child cries after the police told his family to break up a camp they had set up on the seashore in El Morro, a neighbourhood of Iquique, Chile, in December 2021.
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Increasing fears about crime in Chile can be attributed to the recent influx of immigrants, but research shows those concerns aren’t based in reality.
Photos of Matteo Messina Denaro over the years.
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Organised crime gangs appear to have realised that committing fewer murders enables them to fly under the radar more easily.
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Whenever there is talk of a “crime wave” in Indigenous communities, the response has always been paternalistic and harsh. The evidence shows it doesn’t work.
Two deadly mass shootings have California on edge.
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Mass shooters over the age of 60 are rare, but often differ from younger gunmen in motives and actions prior to their attack.
Kenya last executed a prisoner in 1987 but continues to hand down the death sentence.
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Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
A man rushes past the Ontario courthouse in Toronto in May 2022.
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To protect communities, we must improve the likelihood that accused people can comply with their bail conditions by offering greater support on several fronts, from social services to law enforcement.
Matteo Messina Denaro is pictured in the back of a police car following his arrest.
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The mafia boss is the last known face of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate. But his capture represents the end of an era, not the end of the mafia in Sicily.
Christian Bale as Augustus Landor in Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye.
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The impressionistic tale of a young Edgar Allan Poe may not be based in fact, but it captures the essence of the young writer.