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OU on the BBC: Our Crime - AttackedCreative Commons Image By freefotouk via Flickr under Creative Commons license

20 April 2012

The last episode of the series looks at how camera-phones, CCTV and social networking are changing violent crime.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Our Crime - Attacked

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OU on the BBC: Our CrimeCopyrighted Image BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 April 2012

We unpack and re-tell human stories behind the criminal act through the sometimes shocking images of youth crime caught on camera.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Our Crime

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Our Crime: Discussion Hub Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 March 2012

Everyone has got an opinion on young people and crime. You are invited to join the debates and share your views on youth crime and justice issues.  Read more : Our Crime: Discussion Hub

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'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic BritainCreative Commons Image RM London under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dr Mark Smith (The Open University)

29 February 2012

In light of a new Social Attitudes Survey, Mark J Smith examines why problems in the UK are being blamed on the most vulnerable    Read more : 'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain

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Final justice for Stephen Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image By rwdownes via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 January 2012

With justice finally being brought in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, we've gathered some links to explore the meaning of crime and justice  Read more : Final justice for Stephen

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Youth! Justice! And the American Way!Creative Commons Image By FUNKYAH via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Rod Earle (The Open University)

12 October 2011

Rod Earle, OU academic lead for youth justice, looks at why American 'supercop' Bill Bratton has been flown into the UK to help the...  Read more : Youth! Justice! And the American Way!

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A crime against their gender: How the world sees women who killCreative Commons Image &y under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Dr Lizzie Seal (Guest), Dr Louise Westmarland (The Open University)

30 June 2011

Does the perception of women who kill as acting against the typical behaviour of their gender mean we try to find reasons why they're not...  Read more : A crime against their gender: How the world sees women who kill

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Doing prison: Experiences of women in the UK prison systemCreative Commons Image Girlsbehindbarsexhibition under CC-BY-NC licence

By Abigail Rowe (The Open University)

22 June 2011

Does prison work for women inmates? Abigail Rowe spent time exploring the experiences of female prisoners to find out.  Read more : Doing prison: Experiences of women in the UK prison system

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Statistics and the lawInnershadows | Dreamstime.com

By Professor Gary Slapper (The Open University), Professor Kevin McConway (The Open University)

12 April 2011

With clean-up rates and reoffending numbers, discussions of crime often circle back to statistics. But are these 'facts' really such reliable witnesses?  Read more : Statistics and the law

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OU on the BBC: Justice: Timeshift - Crime and Punishment - The Story of Capital PunishmentBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 April 2011

Timeshift steps outside the highly charged debate over electric chairs and fatal injections to investigate the facts about judical killings.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Justice: Timeshift - Crime and Punishment - The Story of Capital Punishment

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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