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Preventing youth offending – Expert reaction

Preventing youth offending – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 June 201812 February 2019

Early intervention can help keep prison numbers down and get children off the prison pipeline, according to a new report […]

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‘Tough on crime’ policies aren’t helping our prison system — In the News

‘Tough on crime’ policies aren’t helping our prison system — In the News

In the News  |  Published: 29 March 201813 February 2019

Building new prisons won’t fix the problem with New Zealand’s justice system, instead, we need to focus on prevention and early […]

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Govt cyber security spend welcome – Dr Ian Welch

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 20 June 2016

In the New Zealand Herald Victoria University Wellington cyber security researcher Dr Ian Welch welcomes increased government investment in cyber […]

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Q&A with forensic scientist Keith Bedford – NZ Herald

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 26 April 2016

As Prime’s new documentary series Forensics NZ goes to air, the New Zealand Herald quizzes Dr Keith Bedford from ESR […]

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ESR’s future crime scene technology on Radio NZ

In the News  |  Published: 13 April 201213 April 2012

For Morning Report, Radio New Zealand science reporter Will Hine talked with experts from Crown Research Institute ESR about the […]

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Forensics foil fishy infringment

In the News  |  Published: 09 November 201109 November 2011

The forensic analysis of paint has lead to the fining of a fisherman for the illegal dumping of excess fish,  […]

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RadioLive: Dr Ian Lambie discusses paedophilia in New Zealand

In the News  |  Published: 28 March 201128 March 2011

RadioLive: Dr Ian Lambie, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, talks to Graeme Hill about paedophiles, breaking some widely held myths […]

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Otago study shows childhood self-control influences later life

In the News  |  Published: 26 January 201126 January 2011

Research spearheaded by University of Otago researchers has found that the extent of a child’s self-control can predict their health, […]

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Forensics pioneer on the science of DNA profiling

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 16 February 201017 February 2010

It is 20 years since DNA evidence was first presented in a New Zealand court, a development that resulted in […]

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Dom Post: Pig study may help police investigate crimes

In the News  |  Published: 20 January 2010

Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports on the work of NZ scientist Rachel Parkinson, who has been researching the […]

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