From the Desk -Adult Time for Adult Crime: Is Locking Up Kids Actually Working?
In this bonus epsiode From the Desk Adam asks the question. Australia is getting tougher on youth crime — longer sentences, stricter bail laws and “adult time for adult crime.” But with youth detentio...
20 Elo 9min
Bali, Terrorism and the Thai Cave Rescue: Glen McEwen’s Story
Former Australian Federal Police commander Glen McEwen spent 35 years confronting organised crime, terrorism and international crises. His new book, Crime, Chaos and Controversy, takes readers behind ...
18 Elo 46min
Turning the tide? Detective inspector Graham Banks
Recent arrests in Melbourne of individuals alleged to be connected to offshore organised crime bosses have raised hopes police may be turning the tide on the arson campaign that has beset Melbourne. A...
16 Elo 35min
From The Desk - Sky High Violence in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory’s homicide rate is more than five times the national rate, while communities including Alice Springs and Katherine experience extraordinary levels of assault and domestic violen...
13 Elo 9min
Waiting for Justice – Simone Patterson
For 25 years, former NSW prison officer Simone Patterson lived with the consequences of sexual harassment and assault by a male colleague. Then she decided to pursue justice — and succeeded. Simone jo...
11 Elo 1h
The Daughter of the Silver Gun Rapist
In the 1970s, Peter Vaitos was one of Australia’s most notorious sexual predators, known as the “Silver Gun Rapist.” But behind the headlines, the crimes and the prison sentence was a family forced to...
9 Elo 39min
From the Desk: Why do victims stay silent when the offender is powerful?
Using the allegations against convicted rapist Ralph Carr as a starting point, Adam Shand explores the hidden power imbalance at the heart of sexual abuse. Drawing on conversations with another allege...
6 Elo 6min
Paul Mallinder : His Story
Paul Terrance Mallinder was found guilty of the 1985 shooting of Kay Nesbit, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. For more than four decades, he has maintained that he did not commit this crime that left a...
4 Elo 44min
