Triple C
Crime, Criminal Justice and Criminology
Current Posts
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Hate Law and Nazi Expressions
Read more: Hate Law and Nazi ExpressionsIn my previous post I talked about when Victoria was experiencing a series of king hits and the legislated response by the government was adding an alternative pathway for prosecutors to charge people under dangerous act manslaughter; more recently however, the Victorian government has banned both Nazi symbology and associated gestures.The law is a product…
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Manslaughter and the King Hit Epedemic
Read more: Manslaughter and the King Hit EpedemicAs a cultural criminologist, I feel that the public looks to the government to intervene and act when crime or other social problems gets out of hand, in this case it was the uptick of violent youth crime resulting in people ‘king hitting’ or violently striking the back of the head happening close to a…