Negative reinforcement has a bad reputation. Here’s what it really means, and why it can be surprisingly helpful.

Psychopaths might account for only about 1% of the general population, but they account for a disproportionate share of ...

"While it might stop behaviour in the moment, it rarely teaches the skills we actually want children to develop," says therapist Anna Mathur.

Secretly unimpressed by Britain's most beloved books? This list skewers Booker Prize winners and canonical classics for ...

Crucially, this isn’t just career criminals returning to old habits. The study found that cancer drives individuals with clean records to break the law for the first time. The diagnosis acts as a ...

Soldiers from the South African National Defence Force are going to be deployed alongside members of the South African Police Service to combat gangs and armed groups associated with illegal mining.

Recently, however, the pendulum has begun to swing back nationwide. Criminal enforcement is up and bail reform and sentencing ...

Militarised policing has a long history in SA and is also common in other countries facing high levels of violent crime. But does it ever work?

The Bafta film awards are brilliant at making film feel like it matters. The clothes, the cameras, the applause, the shared ...

This weekend marked the sixth anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, the courageous young ophthalmologist who, along with seven others, was branded a “rumormonger” and punished for attempting to ...

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Stocks have prospered while the world has plunged into disorder, an economist says. “Keep calm and carry on” may be the best investors can do.