Why do we know some victims' names and not others?

In this episode of Motive & Method, Tim & Xanthe explore how conscious bias is enacted in the justice system and serves to protect some groups of people, while others are left more vulnerable. 

If the victim is seen as totally innocent, criminologists describe them as the “ideal victim”, which in turn garners more sympathy and ultimately more attention from the media, the public, and sometimes the police. Its impacts are longstanding and can even determine the fate of victims, survivors and those before the courts fighting for justice and restitution for certain crimes.  

So who can we turn to when the police cannot be trusted? 

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Warning: This episode contains the stories of First Nations Australians who have since passed. 

What value is attached to a human life and how much do we sympathise with victims comes down to how much we can relate to them? And who does the legal system serve to protect in crimes largest cases and who does it neglect? 

On today’s episode of Motive & Method, Tim & Xanthe speak to one of Australia's more respected homicide detectives, Gary Jubelin. 

Gary Jubelin was involved for years in investigating the Bowraville Murders - a currently open case which saw three missing Aboriginal children murdered in a small town over a five month period between 1990 and 1991.

To find out more about Gary, listen to I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin.

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This week, Tim & Xanthe take a look at how domestic violence & coercive control manifests in toxic relationships. 

They examine the red flags and patterns of behaviours that exist in these relationships, provide profiles of both the perpetrator & victims & explore both top down and bottom up approaches to instigating change from within the legal justice system and within our own lives.

If you fear you or someone you know might be in a domestically violent relationship, act now. Call 1800RESPECT. 

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What are the common personality traits of individuals who murder their spouses? Can we identify the patterns of coercively controlling relationships before they manifest into their furthest extremity? 

In the first episode of Motive & Method, Tim & Xanthe share the stories of two women whose lives are affected by domestic violence and coercive control in their relationships: Hannah Clarke & Helen Cummings. 

To find out more about Helen Cummings’ story, read her book ‘Blood Vows’.

If you fear you or someone you know might be in a domestically violent relationship, act now. Call 1800RESPECT. 

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Join criminologist Xanthe Mallet and criminal psychologist Tim Watson Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders tick behind some of history’s most notorious cases.

 

 

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