Posts tagged policing
The case for drug decriminalisation
The case for drug decriminalisation

Australian governments have been hesitant to adopt comprehensive drug decriminalisation despite the overwhelming evidence that it will protect the most vulnerable. While the vast majority of people use drugs recreationally with little to no to no harm, some people experience health and interpersonal problems as a result of drug use. Allowing for these people to access support without fear of criminal sanction is the most effective way of reducing the harms drugs can have on individuals, their families and communities.

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Advocacy, Policy and governance, Issues, InnovationPower to Persuadedrugs, health, public health, young people, policing, crime prevention, Policy making
Countering poisonous stories: an example of sorcery in Papua New Guinea
Countering poisonous stories: an example of sorcery in Papua New Guinea

This blog is the first in a series examining narration and renarration as regulation from the School of Regulation and Global Governance (Regnet) at ANU. Here, Miranda Forsyth and Philip Gibbs tell us what we can learn from attempts to curb sorcery accusation related violence in PNG.

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Advocacy, Creating using evidence, Innovation, Issues, Policy and governancePower to PersuadePolicy Research, violence against women, policing, systems
RAMP-ing up responses to radicalisation in our communities: effective pathways to engagement.
RAMP-ing up responses to radicalisation in our communities: effective pathways to engagement.

Post-Christchurch, our leaders must reinvigorate their responses to radicalisation in our communities. Deb Cleland and Valerie Braithwaite (ANU) introduce the RAMP framework for behaviour change to help understand community organisations’ responses to radicalisation. The RAMP framework suggests that behaviour change can be facilitated by: Rewards, Awareness, Motivation and Pathways. 

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Issues, Policy and governancePower to Persuaderadicalisation, CALD communities, communication, Government, policing
The un-intended consequences of the bizarre incentives catalysing the referral of mental health patients as radicalisation threats
The un-intended consequences of the bizarre incentives catalysing the referral of mental health patients as radicalisation threats

One has to stretch the imagination to conceive that a new policy might result in health professionals in Britain considering whether to refer patients with mental health needs as radicalisation threats in order to gain quicker access to necessary support and services. In this post, Dr Chris Allen examines the un-intended consequences of the bizarre incentives catalysing the referral of mental health patients as radicalisation threats.

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Advocacy, Issues, Policy and governancePower to Persuadepolicy problem, terrorism, radicalisation, policy research, policing, mental health