As a subject matter expert on the eye-catching topics of crime, illicit drugs and deviant subcultures, Jarryd frequently writes articles in print and online media.
Portfolio
- You Might Not Celebrate Valentine’s Day If You Knew Its Bloody Origins, 10Daily, 14 February 2020
- Why Some Women Fall In Love With Serial Killers, Whimn, 30 January 2020
- ACT Cannabis Laws May Not Be What You Hoped For, The Conversation, 28 January 2020
- Here’s How They Catch A Bushfire Arsonist, 10Daily, 7 January 2020
- Music festival pill testing shouldn’t be controversial, Daily Telegraph, 3 December 2019
- Why People Start Bushfires, 10Daily, 20 November 2019
- ‘Extreme’ Body Modification: Beauty Is All About Perspective, 10Daily, 8 November 2019
- Psychobabble: The new cover-all for bad behaviour, RendezView, 24 October 2019
- Cannabis reform raises conflict, The Age, 29 September 2019
- Home grown cannabis to be legal in the ACT. Now what?, The Conversation, 26 September 2019
- ‘Climate Doomers’ Think It’s Too Late Even If The World Listens To Greta, TenDaily, 24 September 2019
- No, The New ‘Joker’ Movie Will Not ‘Cause’ Incel Violence, TenDaily, 8 September 2019
- The Competitive Eaters Risking Death For Gastro Glory, TenDaily, 28 August 2019
- What To Do When Kangaroos Attack Your Family, TenDaily, 21 August 2019
- We know that prison doesn’t work. So what are the alternatives?, The Guardian, 16 August 2019
- When Taking Meth Was A Normal Part Of Life, TenDaily, 16 July 2019
- Government’s welfare drug-testing plans will end in disaster, RendezView, 9 July 2019
- The Health And Legal Concerns Of Modern Vampires, TenDaily, 6 July 2019
- Going To Hell? Don’t Fret, Satan Is Your Friend!, TenDaily, 28 June 2019
- GoFundMe’s decision to shut out Folau is a moral overreach, SMH, 26 June 2019
- Is It Time To Let The Manson Family Out Of Prison?, TenDaily, 17 June 2019
- People Are Suing For Being Born — And Winning, TenDaily, 6 June 2019
- The Relationship Between Booze and Violence, SBS The Feed, 31 May 2019
- Why Sending Criminals To Jail Isn’t The Best Way To Keep Us Safe, TenDaily, 28 March 2019
- Are There Health Benefits In Tripping Out Of Your Mind?, TenDaily, 26 March 2019
- 10 Drop Dead Amazing Facts About Corpses, TenDaily, 4 March 2019
- History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t, The Conversation, 2 February 2019
- The UK Is Blocking Online Porn To Under 18s. Could It Happen Here?, TenDaily, 17 January 2019
- Why men are more violent than women, News.com.au, 16 January 2019
- Remembering the Witch of Kings Cross, News.com.au, 11 January 2019
- ‘Grabher’: The war over this man’s last name, News.com.au, 8 January 2019
- We Can Lecture Kids About Bad Decisions, But Only If We Keep Them Alive, Ten Daily, 6 January 2019
- When Body Modification Goes Wrong, Who Is to Blame?, TenDaily, 1 January 2019
- Australia’s Worst Female Killers, News.com.au, 30 December 2018
- Every corpse has a story: How forensic experts find clues in the dead, News.com.au, 16 December 2018
- 10 things you won’t believe are illegal in Australia, News.com.au, 10 December 2018
- Why police and prosecutors don’t always disclose evidence in criminal trials, The Conversation, 11 October 2018
- Prisoners need drug and alcohol treatments but AA programs aren’t the answer, The Conversation, 7 September 2018
- Most Australians support decriminalising cannabis, but our laws lag behind, The Conversation, 5 July 2018
- Legal highs: arguments for and against legalising cannabis in Australia, The Conversation, 17 April 2018
- Where Should The Law Draw The Line Between Consent and Culpability in Sadomasochism, The Conversation, 21 February 2018.
- Victoria Just Quietly Banned Drugs That Don’t Even Exist Yet, VICE Australia, 21 November 2017.
- Gangland Wedding Frenzy Misses The Point, The New Daily, 19 November 2017.
- Is Porn Legal in Australia? Doogue + George Blog, 14 November 2017.
- Why ‘Just Say No’ To Drugs will Never Work, The Huffington Post, 13 November 2017.
- Sickness or Scourge? Australia’s Ice Problem Can’t Be Summed Up in Soundbites, The Conversation, 19 August 2015.
- Thoughtless Populism: Why Hinch’s s Call For An Australian “Megan’s Law” Is Misguided, New Matilda, 10 July 2016Require a feature article on my areas of expertise? Contact me!
