President Trump wants to punish states and cities that eliminate bail money, but releasing defendants pretrial without having to post bail doesn’t lead to higher crime rates, data shows.
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Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
There’s a widespread belief that people who breach their bail conditions do so deliberately, but the real causes are often much more benign.
Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
Tracking young people who are accused of serious crimes will not actually reduce youth crime - in fact, it may well entrench it.
Poccum’s Law provides a best practice, evidence-based model for bail reform which would have prevented Veronica Nelson’s death in custody.
Arrested on suspicion of shoplifting and denied bail, Veronica Nelson died alone in a cell. A Victorian coroner has called for urgent reform of the state’s tough bail laws.
While tightened as part of a ‘tough on crime’ stance, the bail laws cause unintended trauma for women on remand, and should be repealed.
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ARC DECRA Associate Professor in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Flinders University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Natalie Gately is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer and Researcher in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Scientia Senior Lecturer, Cities Institute, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, California State University, Long Beach
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne