Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
A Syrian soldier has been sentenced for battlefield crimes. Why did it take so long?
Heba Habib and Louisa Loveluck
After Charlottesville, how we define tolerance becomes a key question
Peter Godfrey-Smith, Benjamin Kerr
Don’t take opioids off the market - make it harder to abuse them
Zaina Qureshi
How can we prevent financial abuse of the elderly?
Eileen Webb, Teresa Somes
Las Vegas shooting: The gun fight is over and the gun-rights crowd won
Nancy Kaffer
On the Front Lines of Antifascism With Teens in Eastern Germany
Morgan Meaker
Psychosocial factors, psychological disorders and violent crime
University of Seville
German Linda Wenzel tells more on her entry into Islamic State world
Mohamed Mostafa
“I Sell Tools”: A Las Vegas Firearms Dealer Who Sold Guns to Stephen Paddock
Charles Bethea
“A crazed, gun-obsessed nation”: How mass shootings are affecting America’s reputation abroad
Kelly Kasulis
Democrats heavily push “sensible gun laws.” Here’s why those aren’t enough.
Andrew Joyce
How gun violence affects mental health — even for those who didn’t experience it firsthand
Tim Mulkerin
To fight homegrown terrorism, Canada must focus on facts
Stephanie Carvin
Dissociative identity disorder exists and is the result of childhood trauma
Michael Salter, Martin Dorahy
Parole violations, not new crimes, help drive prison's revolving door
University of California - Berkeley
Las Vegas highlights Islamist terrorism is not America's greatest domestic threat
Jeffrey Treistman
Las Vegas highlights Islamist terrorism is not America's greatest domestic threat
Jeffrey Treistman, opinion contributor
How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment
Andrea Bernstein, Jesse Eisinger, Justin Elliott, and Ilya Marritz
Fingerprints lack scientific basis for legal certainty
CMU's Joseph B. Kadane and AAAS Forensic Report call for more research into validity of fingerprint comparisons
Perpetrators of genocide say they're 'good people'
Study examined testimony of defendants in Rwandan violence. Ohio State University
How to Reduce Mass Shooting Deaths? Experts Say These Gun Laws Could Help
MARGOT SANGER-KATZ and QUOCTRUNG BUI
How to avoid war and conflict – with a little help from social psychology
Ken Rotenberg Professor in Psychology, Keele University
Let’s face it, we’ll be no safer with a national facial recognition database
Bruce Baer Arnold Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
Are mass shootings a white man’s problem?
Author Nick Haslam Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
Fatal opioid traffickers targeted by nearly $1 million federal grant
Case Western Reserve University
Stephen Paddock: Isis insists Las Vegas shooter was 'soldier of caliphate' as authorities probe gunman's motive
Stephen Paddock
Bundy trial embodies everything dividing America today
Ann Eisenberg Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
Beyond bullying: Study shows damaging affects of multiple forms of victimization on school climate
University of Vermont
Cannabis consumption increases violent behaviour in young people in psychiatric care
University of Montreal
Sometimes one head is better than two when it comes to decisions. Here’s the science
Davide Valeriani
What makes American society so violent? 4 essential reads
Emily Costello Senior Editor, Politics + Society
Why so many young British men are choosing to carry knives
James Treadwell
Guns play an outsized role in deaths from terror attacks, especially in the US, data show
Deborah Netburn
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Paul Lewis in San Francisco
Oversimplifying gun control issues can pose a real threat to community safety
Suzanna Fay-Ramirez, Emma Belgrove
DNA databases: it’s still far from clear how effective they are in fighting crime
Carole McCartney, Aaron Opoku Amankwaa
Religious beliefs alone don't motivate people to political action, study finds
University of Kansas
Prevention Model Poised to Combat Opioid Misuse, Other Health Challenges
Iowa State University
More than half of police killings not officially documented on US death certificates
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Have background checks been ‘unequivocally’ shown to reduce gun violence?
John Kruzel
What do Americans fear most? Chapman University releases 4th annual Survey of American Fears
Criminal offenders with genetic mental disorders judged more negatively
University of Missouri-Columbia
Commit a crime? Your Fitbit, key fob or pacemaker could snitch on you.
Justin Jouvenal
'I had to defend myself': the night Harvey Weinstein jumped on me
Léa Seydoux
How the Islamic State spins the Marawi narrative
Jasminder Singh and Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani
'Words matter': The complicated language of mass shootings, killings, and massacres
Valerie Russ
IUPUI developing, testing tools to predict crime, other social harms
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science
Op-Ed: Mass shootings in SA and the US – why the killings will continue
Peter Storey & Adele Kirsten
Controversial Study Finds Fingerprint Evidence Scientifically Lacking
Calum Mckinney
What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
Bianca Fileborn
'Pack of hyenas': how Harvey Weinstein's power fuelled a culture of enablers
Rory Carroll, Sam Levin
ISIS Fanatic Promises Future Wife To Commit Knife Attack As A Wedding Present
Jack Moore
The voices of Weinstein’s accusers have torn the fabric of patriarchy
Naomi Wolf
How Many Police-Related Deaths Are There Each Year? It’s Much More Than You Think
Victoria Ritter
Tweeting rage: How immigration policies can polarize public discourse
University of Washington
Good data/bad data: ethically designed databases can help police without reducing privacy
Paul Henman
Here’s how Australia can act to target racist behaviour online
Andrew Jakubowicz
How childhood trauma changes our hormones, and thus our mental health, into adulthood
Sarah Baracz, Femke Buisman-Pijlman
Study: Diverse workforce makes friendlier police departments
St. John Barned-Smith
U.K. Reports Big Rise in Hate Crime, Citing Brexit and Terrorist Attacks
KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA
A new way to test body armor
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
British men suffering Islamophobic abuse because they 'look Muslim', reveals research
Samuel Osborne
‘You all look the same’: non-Muslim men targeted in Islamophobic hate crime because of their appearance
Imran Awan, Irene Zempi
Mass killings happen randomly, yet rate has remained steady, study finds
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Police satisfaction in developing countries dependent on less corruption
University of Kent
Are many hate crimes really examples of domestic terrorism?
Arie Perliger
The difference between cybersecurity and cybercrime, and why it matters
Roderick S. Graham
New report shows compelling reasons to decriminalise sex work
Linda Selvey, Basil Donovan, Jonathan Hallett, Kahlia McCausland, Roanna Lobo
BU: More permissive concealed-carry laws linked to higher homicide rates
Boston University School of Medicine
Why is there so little research on guns in the US? 5 questions answered
Lacey Wallace
We analysed online groomers’ conversations to find out how deceptive they really are
Laura Broome, Cristina Izura
Study examines the effects of sexual harassment, assault on researchers' careers
We must do better to protect whistleblowers and investigators like Daphne Caruana Galizia
Costantino Grasso
Body Cam Study Shows No Effect On Police Use Of Force Or Citizen Complaints
Nell Greenfieldboyce
Police Told Rape Victims They Would ‘Look Like a Slut on Trial’: How Law Enforcement Fails Women
Josh Saul
DNA techniques could transform facial recognition technology
Jean-Christophe Nebel
How Islamic financial markets are a safe haven in conventional market crises
Larisa Yarovaya
Parents' alcohol use can set the stage for teenage dating violence, study finds
University at Buffalo
After skyrocketing, opioid abuse plateaus but remains too high, national analysis shows
American Society of Anesthesiologists
From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories
Ronan Farrow
In Central America, gangs like MS-13 are bad – but corrupt politicians may be worse
Jose Miguel Cruz
This grandmother is serving a life sentence for a nonviolent offense
Kendall Ciesemier
Fingerprinting to solve crimes: not as robust as you think
Jamie Walvisch
Adolescents Underreport Amphetamine Use, Likely Unaware That Adderall is Amphetamine
Source Newsroom: New York University
New study suggests psychedelic drugs may reduce criminal behavior
University of British Columbia Okanagan campus
'I Can't Breathe' Examines Modern Policing And The Life And Death Of Eric Garner
Terry Gross
Is your neighbour a terrorist? Triangles of terror emerge in Australian cities
Steve Marshall
#MeToo campaign brings conversation of rape to the mainstream
Jessalynn Keller
Study investigates effects of domestic violence on workplaces -- by asking perpetrators
University of Toronto
It’s not just O'Reilly and Weinstein: Sexual violence is a ‘global pandemic’
Valerie Dobiesz, Julia Brooks
Large declines seen in teen substance abuse, delinquency
Washington University School of Medicine
Why disability hate crimes are woefully under-reported
Ed Hall Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Dundee
The Business of Fear in Boomtown Mogadishu
Fritz Schaap and Christian Werner
FSU researcher: Modern civilization doesn't diminish violence
Florida State University
Children associated with terrorism often motivated by love, not hate, says UN think tank
United Nations University
What British Muslims think about the term ‘British values’
Lee Jarvis, Eylem Atakav, Lee Marsden
Business Briefing: questioning the economics of prison
Jenni Henderson, Josh Nicholas
