Crime Prevention

• Sentencing hearing told DVO lodged by murdered wife could have been 'catalyst'

  By Jaqueline Breen

  Posted March 02, 2017 18:01:45

  A domestic violence order filed by a woman the day before her partner murdered her could have been the catalyst for the violent attack, a prosecutor tells the sentencing hearing of Darren Ashley.

  Topics: domestic-violence, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870

• Man scammed in online dating details months of seduction to warn others

  ABC South East SA

  By Kate Hill

  Posted March 02, 2017 16:50:47

  As a warning to others, a Mount Gambier man shares his three months of dialogue with scammers who assumed the alias of a Russian woman on a popular Australian dating website.

  Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, crime, community-and-society, relationships, mount-gambier-5290, sa, russian-federation

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  ABC News

  Posted February 28, 2017 19:17:53

  Topics: crime-prevention, alice-springs-0870

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  ABC News

  Posted February 28, 2017 17:24:19

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, el-salvador

• Universities 'take plagiarism more seriously than rape', advocacy group says

  By Danuta Kozaki

  Posted February 27, 2017 15:33:45 | Updated February 27, 2017 16:27:46

  With thousands of new students starting university this week, an advocacy group claims violence against women is rife on Australian campuses, and there is a culture of covering up claims.

  Topics: university-and-further-education, sexual-offences, crime-prevention, law-crime-and-justice, education, sydney-2000, the-university-of-sydney-2006, nsw, australia

• Cybercrime victims 'on their own' as police fail to follow up cases

  Lateline

  By Matt Wordsworth

  Posted February 27, 2017 14:41:58 | Updated February 28, 2017 00:33:34

  If you get scammed online it is likely you will never hear from police, let alone see justice done to the culprits, according to the head of Australia and New Zealand's cybercrime helpline.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, fraud-and-corporate-crime, computers-and-technology, australia

• These are the emotional traps to watch out for in scams

  Lateline

  Posted February 27, 2017 14:23:02 | Updated February 27, 2017 17:00:47

  From love bombing and ether states, these are the emotional traps scammers are using against us.

  Topics: crime, crime-prevention, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, computers-and-technology, australia

• Explained: How Tiahleigh's death is changing the child protection system

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted February 20, 2017 15:47:09 | Updated February 20, 2017 19:15:27

  Tiahleigh Palmer was one of 46 Queensland children in the child protection system who died in 2015-16, in a case the Government has described as "tragic". Take a look at what could be changing as authorities hope to prevent similar incidents.

  Topics: family-and-children, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, qld, brisbane-4000

• Tiahleigh Palmer's death prompts improvements to child safety system

  By Chris O'Brien

  Posted February 20, 2017 11:04:19 | Updated February 20, 2017 11:38:43

  The Queensland Government will spend $6 million to improve communication between agencies when a child goes missing, as part of recommendations following the death Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer.

  Topics: family-and-children, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, qld, brisbane-4000

• GPS-wearing cows may be clue to stopping cattle duffers

  ABC Rural

  By Amy McCosker

  Posted February 17, 2017 12:46:46 | Updated February 17, 2017 15:35:16

  It is a crime evoking bushrangers and cattle duffers but stock theft has become a modern crime and researchers are hoping to find a technological solution.

  Topics: beef-cattle, miscellaneous-animal-production, weird-and-wonderful, crime-prevention, science-and-technology, university-and-further-education, research, central-queensland-university-4701, qld

• Man accused of trying to kill woman with claw hammer

  By Declan Gooch

  Posted February 17, 2017 09:33:10 | Updated February 17, 2017 14:12:41

  A 54-year-old man appears in court accused of trying to kill a woman with a claw hammer in far west New South Wales.

  Topics: crime-prevention, crime, law-crime-and-justice, broken-hill-2880

• Stock squad shake up puts sex, drugs and fraud crime in focus

  ABC Rural

  By Andrea Crothers

  Posted February 17, 2017 09:01:34 | Updated February 17, 2017 12:49:10

  A plan to overhaul Queensland's stock squad will see greater focus placed on tackling rural crime issues such as drugs, child exploitation and fraud.

  Topics: police, livestock, crime-prevention, qld

• Ashton Kutcher close to tears telling Senate hearing about his fight to end child sex slavery

  Posted February 16, 2017 15:26:07 | Updated February 16, 2017 17:30:47

  Hollywood actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher tells a US Senate committee about the children his anti-trafficking organisation has rescued, saying "I've seen things no person should ever see".

  Topics: actor, arts-and-entertainment, human-trafficking, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, crime, child-abuse, united-states

• 'Fed up' NT Government seeks tougher laws for youth

  By Neda Vanovac and Dijana Damjanovic

  Posted February 15, 2017 17:49:06

  As the Northern Territory grapples with an increase in property crime, particularly involving young perpetrators, the Government announces it will seek to pass legislation on urgency so GPS tracking ankle bracelets can be used to reduce crime.

  Topics: crime, crime-prevention, police, youth, nt

• Boot camps for NT youth diversion dismissed by department head

  By Sara Everingham

  Posted February 09, 2017 13:31:10 | Updated February 09, 2017 13:32:58

  "Evidence-based" diversion programs including boot camps will form part of the NT Government's youth crime prevention package, despite the idea having been dismissed by a senior bureaucrat two months before the announcement.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, community-and-society, youth, nt

• Boot camps, victim conferencing aims to curb youth crime in NT

  By Xavier La Canna

  Posted February 08, 2017 22:14:36 | Updated February 09, 2017 08:34:05

  A suite of measures including boot camps and victim conferencing will be introduced or expanded in the Northern Territory, as the Government responds to growing outrage over a perceived spike in youth crime.

  Topics: crime-prevention, youth, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870, katherine-0850, tennant-creek-0860

• Moreton council targeting 'creepy' characters with CCTV audio: Mayor

  ABC Radio Brisbane

  By Jessica Hinchliffe

  Posted February 08, 2017 13:37:19

  Audio recordings from hundreds of new surveillance cameras in the Moreton Bay region will target "creepy" characters and be available to police if requested by warrant, Mayor Allan Sutherland says.

  Topics: local-government, sexual-offences, crime-prevention, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, redcliffe-4020

• The life-changing power of youth diversion camps

  By the National Reporting Team's Jane Bardon

  Posted February 08, 2017 00:13:53 | Updated February 08, 2017 13:41:40

  As the NT Government prepares to announce more funding for youth diversion programs, young participants reveal the profound influence one program has had on their lives.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, crime, crime-prevention, youth, nt

• Community anger in Palmerston over spike in crime, youth reoffenders

  By Stephanie Zillman

  Posted February 07, 2017 14:35:11

  A police acknowledgement that crime in Darwin and Palmerston has spiked, and promises to reform the bail system, are made at a heated community meeting.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, youth, palmerston-0830, nt, darwin-0800

• Sydney crime falling as prevention strategies yield results, says criminologist

  ABC Radio Sydney

  By Amanda Hoh

  Posted February 03, 2017 14:56:17 | Updated February 03, 2017 15:08:55

  The rate of crime in Sydney has declined in the past 15 years and investing in early intervention programs for young people and creating social locations in suburbs are key to reducing it even further.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, crime, community-and-society, sydney-2000

• Firearm traders call for tougher penalties for gun thieves

  ABC Great Southern

  By Lisa Morrison, Mark Bennett, Andrew Collins and Christine Layton

  Posted February 02, 2017 19:42:31

  A spate of gun thefts in regional WA prompts a call for mandatory prison terms for gun thieves.

  Topics: crime, crime-prevention, police, albany-6330

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  ABC News

  Posted February 02, 2017 19:42:31

  Topics: crime, crime-prevention, police, albany-6330

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  ABC News

  Posted February 02, 2017 19:42:31

  Topics: crime, crime-prevention, police, albany-6330

• NT unveils new police team as part of youth crime crackdown

  By Jacqueline Breen

  Posted January 31, 2017 19:53:04 | Updated January 31, 2017 19:54:16

  Eighteen police officers will work in a new team tasked with working directly with would-be young offenders to prevent them from committing crimes, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner announces.

  Topics: crime, crime-prevention, youth, police, nt, darwin-0800

• NT vows to introduce new bikie laws after spike in violence

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  By James Oaten

  Posted January 30, 2017 18:25:59 | Updated January 30, 2017 22:10:44

  The Northern Territory Government promises to introduce legislation this year to help police in their efforts to crack down on outlaw motorcycle gangs, after a spike in criminal behaviour.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, state-parliament, alp, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, antisocial-behaviour, crime, drug-offences, crime-prevention, nt, darwin-0800

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