Lithuania’s liberation from the Soviet Union did require certain sacrifices, and one of the biggest of them occurred on the so-called Bloody Sunday—January 13, 1991. Historically, January events in Lithuania might be paralleled to earlier massacres intended to stymie Soviet-era liberation movements: Black Saturday in Baku (1990) and The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi (1989). This topic covers a wide range of legal and criminological themes, including selective justice; the issue of the liability of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (i.e., Mikhail Gorbachev); and limitations of criminal law while incriminating the acts falling under Arendt’s term known as the “banality of evil.” Naturally, similar events have a Rashomon-like character, with both facts and interpretations varying wildly depending on the source. In light of this, the article discusses several dichotomous (i.e., opposingly perceived) concepts: the relationship between spontaneous and planned, liberation and status frustration, and crowd and mobs. The aim of the article is to analyze the criminal case and the events of January 13, 1991, to apply criminological theories to this specific case, and last but not the least, to determine whether this legal case can be described as a quest for justice or a quest for criminals.

There is evidence to suggest that law enforcement data are a valid and reliable source for firearm violence data. Data for this exploratory study come from law enforcement sources in a large Midwestern city and include all unintentional nonfatal shooting incidents (n = 177) occurring in between 2017 and 2019. Incidents most commonly occurred in the fall season, during nighttime hours, and at a residence. Victims were more likely to be male, Black, Indigenous, or People of Color, and 18–34 years old. Their injuries resulted from improper firearm handling. Most victims were wounded in their extremities and did not engage emergency medical/ambulance services before seeking medical care. This study demonstrates the utility of law enforcement data as a source for additional context surrounding unintentional nonfatal shooting incidents. Findings suggest two policy implications: requiring a gun safety course as part of the permitting process and treating gun safety as a life skill by advocating for gun safety courses in schools.

This paper explores attitudes to and experiences of patron banning policy (which prohibits an individual from entering a nightlife area or venue after engaging in anti-social behaviour) in Queensland, Australia. Key informant interviews were conducted with 66 participants from health, justice, industry, and government sectors across the state. Interviews were semi-structured, and transcripts were examined using thematic analysis. Overall, key informants reported that patron banning provisions helped to keep out customers who cause problems in venues and that ID scanners helped to enforce bans. There was some concern about displacement of banned patrons to other nightlife areas, the discretionary nature of venue bans, the potential for banning notices to be misused, and a general perception that police-imposed bans should be longer than the current 10 days. The majority of interviewees were supportive of patron banning and felt that it could (positively) affect patron behaviours. A number of recommendations were suggested to refine the framing and operation of Queensland’s banning policy.

This paper explores farmer’s experiences of crime and their attitudes towards crime prevention in one rural hinterland. Farmer’s attitudes about safety and crime present a dichotomy: fear of victimisation was relatively high, yet few participants reported having been victimised, and there was a perception that agricultural crime was high in Ireland but low in their locality. Feelings of insecurity were partly influenced by the closure of rural Garda stations and uneven distribution of information technology. Participants were most concerned with theft of small machinery, violent coercion connected to fraudulent work, illegal dumping and trespassing, rather than thefts of expensive machinery and livestock. Participants reported being unable to afford some crime prevention measures and/or having insufficient time to implement them. The paper concludes by highlighting the relevance of Farrell and Tilley’s (2020) concept of elegant security to farm crime and discussing the role of community policing.