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Teaching Criminology in a Safe City: Why Understanding Violence Matters.
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Teaching Criminology in a Safe City: Why Understanding Violence Matters.

Tarin Ong
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15/10/2025
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When colleagues find out I teach a unit called “Forms of Violence”, someone will inevitably ask, “Wah, Tarin… you going to beat up your students ah?” I laugh… “Erm.. no…quite the opposite. My job is to make sure nobody gets hurt, especially in class”. A small pause. A nervous laugh. Then: “Oh… that must be heavy.”

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