Where does Australia's drug policy money go?
$5.45 billion a year: nearly two-thirds to law enforcement, under 2% to keeping people alive. Who gets arrested, and what Portugal and the ACT did instead.
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Crime and justice. What reduces harm, what doesn't, and what prison does to people.
What happens when a medic and a crisis worker answer the call instead of police?
Eugene, Denver and Australian co-response teams send health workers to mental health calls. What the evaluations found, and what they did not.
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It wasn't that bad? What prison does to people after release
People often play down time inside. Death rates, trauma and reoffending after release tell a different story, and Norway shows another way.
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Do bystanders really stand by and do nothing?
Real CCTV footage says no: someone steps in to nine in ten public fights. Where the "bystander effect" came from, when it holds, and how to help safely.
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Can police tell when someone is lying?
Barely better than a coin toss, and trained officers do no better than anyone else. What the research says, and why truthful people get caught out.
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