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Why are we obsessed with crime stories?

04 Jan 2023

The lines between pop culture and criminal justice blur in our fascination with the unlawful.

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Craftivism: effecting change with needle and yarn

15 Dec 2022

A creative form of activism uses embroidery to explore gender-based violence issues and advocate for reform.

A nurse at the injecting centre checks on the welfare of a patron

Recognising signs of overdose earlier leads to better health and social outcomes: study

01 Nov 2022

Knowing the clients who inject drugs in Sydney’s only injecting centre gives staff a better chance to deliver more suitable overdose treatment.

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The hard truth about child sexual exploitation in the home

19 Nov 2021

Addressing the over-representation of parental offenders in child sexual abuse is vital to primary prevention and survivor support.

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New research shows parents are major producers of child sexual abuse material

22 Feb 2021

A study of child sexual abuse material survivors found 42 per cent were abused by their father or stepfather, meaning abuse prevention and education services can't assume all parents protect children in their care.

Australia's shameful detention of people with cognitive disability must stop

18 Feb 2021

The UN has twice called on Australia to dismantle its indefinite detention system for people with cognitive impairments and mental illness, which disproportionately affects Indigenous people.

Eileen Baldry on the rainbow steps, UNSW Mall walkway

Australia Day Honours recognise and celebrate members of the UNSW community

27 Jan 2021

Revered academic and advocate Eileen Baldry leads the list of UNSW Sydney recipients of 2021 Australia Day Honours.

Cop that: the rise of criminal infringement notices

20 Oct 2020

The increasing use of on-the-spot penalty notices by police should have us concerned, a UNSW expert says.

Shaken or stirred? Dangerous fieldwork in the social sciences

13 Oct 2020

A UNSW criminologist and an international relations expert walk into a bar … years later their discussions over drinks turn into a book.

Australia needs to challenge male cultures to prevent pack violence

14 Aug 2020

Dr Phillip Wadds says early intervention can challenge toxic masculinity that may have led to the recent unprovoked knife attack on a man in Sydney.

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