Crime
Ken Lay
Police committed to focusing on crime, not race
Ken Lay Racial profiling. Over the past week, these two words have been used in conjunction with Victoria Police. It's something I don't want to see happen again.
Hugh de Kretser
PSO policy on wrong track to fight crime
Hugh de Kretser Putting armed officers on every train station is a recipe for risk.
George Monbiot
Lead poisoning linked to waves of violent crime
George Monbiot At first it seemed preposterous. The rise and fall of violent crime during the second half of the 20th century and first years of the 21st were caused, the hypothesis proposed, not by changes in...
Judy Courtin
After decades of injustice, the sex crime revolution arrives
Judy Courtin With a celebratory, yet very holy, time of the year approaching, it is time to reflect on the rapidly unfolding religious revolution in Australia.
Sandy Guy
Heinous crime against the disabled must be included in child abuse probe
Sandy Guy ''I wish my daughter was dead,'' a distraught woman said to me on the phone. ''Then she wouldn't suffer any more abuse.''
Ross Gittins
The bad news is there's good news on falling crime rates
Ross Gittins The figures are dropping but most people find that the truth is no fun.
Ross Gittins
Reporting crime drop just doesn't pay, it seems
Ross Gittins Wow. Did you see the latest figures for the falling crime rate? Pretty good, eh?
Heckler
Baboom or bust: why age is not a crime
Heckler For those of you who were born in the 1950s, like me, or just after the war, I understand your frustration and probable anxiety in becoming a "baboom".
Elizabeth Farrelly
Sex, crime and vengeance: why the world fell in love with Larsson
Elizabeth Farrelly Do you suffer from freckles?'' asks the ad. Pippi Longstocking marches right in and tells the shop lady "No.
Colin McLaren
We are all guilty of being fascinated by crime
Colin McLaren Despite an obsession with all things gourmet and the questionable comeback of the cravat, Florentino chef Guy Grossi could only dream of a full house on a lazy Tuesday.
Allison Pearson
As Blade weeps in court, we forget the Blonde is the victim
Allison Pearson If you have just accidentally shot dead the woman you love, what do you do?
Only Pistorius knows the whole truth
Charles Waterstreet Crime-scene experts and Hollywood agents are descending on Pretoria in droves, as the Pistorius murder case proves once again that a highly skilled cross-examiner and defence team can devastate even...
John Watson
Damning of sport sounds alarm on law
John Watson We should beware the spread of powers that weaken the rule of law.
Anson Cameron
A sad-eyed soldier of the propaganda war
Anson Cameron For a fully fledged country to launch an ape and regard it as cool, well, they're late to the game.
Peter FitzSimons
Had a whale of a time, but I'm baaack
Peter FitzSimons I've done a lot of lying on Newport beach, but I'm back! And I've missed you.
Craig Fry
High on moral panic
Craig Fry Last week we did indeed witness the blackest day in Australian sport. But the low point was the public reaction to this latest drugs-in-sport story, not the apparent truth of the matter.
Ratzinger was behind great Catholic cover-up
Christopher Hitchens Citing wavering strength of mind and body, Pope Benedict XVI announced his decision to resign from the papacy at the end of February. He will be the first Pope to abdicate in nearly six centuries.
Why the world is more dangerous with fewer girls
V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble Today's skewed sex ratios amount to femicide, write V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble.
Fred Hiatt
From such tragedy, change could grow
Fred Hiatt It is more than the random brutality that captured Indians' attention.
Canvas
It's absurd that our best books are not made into films
Peter Craven Why don't we have a film industry that is more sensitive to the riches of Australian writing?
