View the latest COVID-19 crime and justice items collected by the AIC library.

 
Coronavirus: crime cartels helping communities will extract a high price in years to come / Matteo Pazzona
Governments of countries where mafias operate must not only deal with the coronavirus but also limit the advancement of these groups and their activities.
The Conversation May 2020
 
Courts mediation and COVID-19 / Tania Sourdin and John Zeleznikow
The COVID19 pandemic is requiring lawyers, courts, judges and others involved in the justice system (such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘ADR’)practitioners) to reassess how they operate in a rapidly changing environment. They are being required to use technology to operate remotely and to make use of technological tools that often are not constructed to support the needs of those working in the justice sector.
SSRN May 2020
 
COVID-19 racism is making kids sick /Naomi Priest et al
Racism and racial discrimination are everyday experiences for many Australian children and adolescents. The spread of COVID-19 has meant children and adolescents of Asian appearance and children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are experiencing increased racial discrimination.
Medical Journal of Australia May 2020
 
COVID-19 resources for law enforcement/ Police Foundation
The National Police Foundation (US) has launched a real-time Covid-19 law enforcement impact situational awareness dashboard to help law enforcement leaders better assess and monitor the impacts of the virus.
Police Foundation April 2020
 
Crisis and opportunity: impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on illicit drug markets / Jason Eligh
This policy brief offers observations on the current and likely future drug market impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic. There is discussion of policy-response measures as we draw closer to the inevitable post-pandemic recovery period of stock taking and reflection.
Global Initiative May 2020
 
Modeling COVID-19 and its impacts on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, 2020 / Michael Irvine, Daniel Coombs et al
Preventing the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the US may necessitate intervention measures such as granting ICE detainees widespread release from an unsafe environment by returning them to the community.
Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. May 2020
 
Smuggling in the time of Covid-19: the impact of the pandemic on human smuggling dynamics and migrant protection /Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo
it is key to monitor and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and refugees throughout the pandemic. This will avoid a dramatically more severe migrant crisis and a more lucrative smuggling market in the future.
Global Initiative April 2020


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