Crime
Western Sydney, where pollies would have you think crime control is at sea
Tony Wright Crime in western Sydney is, apparently, out of control. Worse, the inhabitants' borders aren't being protected.
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.
Bruce Guthrie
Police must make punishment fit the crime for lead-footed drivers
Bruce Guthrie Our road laws are too lenient when it comes to speeding.
Ross Gittins
Taxpayers can be freed from rising crime costs
Ross Gittins Although many types of crime have been declining over the past decade, there's still far too much of it.
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.''
Tony Vinson
O'Farrell must not let outrage at the crime rob victims of support
Tony Vinson Because of the widely shared horror at sex crimes against children, many people see the incarceration of incest perpetrators as the appropriate social response.
Greg Curtin
Media, not judicial system, to blame for soft-on-crime view
Greg Curtin In 1946 George Orwell wrote that murders reported in the mass media had certain dramatic and tragic qualities that made them memorable and - my word, not his - newsworthy.
Patrick Vikingsson
Target crime assets in war on drug gangs
Patrick Vikingsson Decriminalisation will not succeed in the fight against trafficking.
Martin McKenzie-Murray
State must intervene when sin is also crime
Martin McKenzie-Murray The sex abuse inquiry is an opportunity for the church to heal itself.
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?
Paul Sheehan
A state's addiction to crime
Paul Sheehan One of the pleasures in public life today will be the Oscars, streamed live from Los Angeles at absurdly self-indulgent length.
Chris Berg
Time for a rethink on migrants - it's no crime to seek a better life
Chris Berg The decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal make disheartening reading.
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".
Richard Ackland
The crime factory is one place where full employment is not ideal
Richard Ackland After 30 years at the NSW bar and 10 years as a Supreme Court judge, Harold Sperling, QC, is retired. He gets out of bed and does what he damn well wants to do.
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.
