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SPIEGEL ONLINE, 04.04.2013
The Dangerous New Rules of Cyberwar
Thomas Darnstaedt, Marcel Rosenbach and Gregor Peter Schmitz
The New York Review of Books (USA),, 04.04.2013
What Rules Should Govern US Drone Attacks?
Kenneth Roth
The Inquisitr, 06.04.2013
Study Explains Contributing Factors Which Lead To Wrongful Convictions In The US
Newsmax.com, 06.04.2013
Police Recognize Need for Public to Take Proactive Role in Shootings
Courtney Coren
PsychCentral.com, 06.04.2013
Surprising Myths & Facts About Antisocial Personality Disorder
Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Associate Editor
Battle Creek Enquirer, 06.04.2013
Jim Hettinger: Perceptions false on Battle Creek crime
Comparative studies of municipalities never made much sense to me. As a former researcher, I have a hard time trusting methodologies, and as a resident of Battle Creek, I saw our community constantly denigrated
The Economist (UK),, 06.04.2013
Murder mysteries
Official figures showing a sharp drop in China’s murder rate are misleading
The Economist (UK),, 06.04.2013
Cracking up
The world’s biggest crack market seeks a better way to deal with addicts
New York Times, 07.04.2013
In Shift, Police Advise Taking an Active Role to Counter Mass Attacks
ERICA GOODE
Politics.co.uk, 07.04.2013
Comment: The sloppy journalism which misrepresents cannabis use
Ewan Hoyle: 'Would legalising cannabis lead to a more sensible alignment of moral and criminal boundaries? I think on balance it would.'
Ewan Hoyle
Science Network Western Australia, 07.04.2013
Links between criminality and psychiatric illnesses explored
The Ridgefield Press, 08.04.2013
Her security concerns date back to 1983 school shooting
Macklin K. Reid
Police Oracle, 08.04.2013
Forensic Modernisation: New Technologies ‘Vital’
New technologies must be introduced to update traditional methods of evidence location and form a cohesive database of intelligence
Daily Press, 08.04.2013
Gangs move between streets and social media
Police in Newport News and Hampton use social media as tool to investigate gangs
Newswise — Released, 08.04.2013
Researchers Publish Sobering Statistics on Homicide in Young Black Men
Homicide is, far and away, the leading cause of death in young black men (ages 15 to 24), surpassing unintentional injuries, suicide, cancer, HIV and other diseases combined. In contrast, the leading cause of death among young non-black men and women of all races and ethnicities is automobile accidents.
EurekAlert!, 08.04.2013
Increased rates of hospitalization linked to elder abuse, Rush researchers find
First study to examine relationship between elder abuse and health services utilization
Association for Psychological Science PRESS RELEASE April 9, 2013, 09.04.2013
Low on Self-Control? Surrounding Yourself With Strong-Willed Friends May Help
TransConflict-, 09.04.2013
Using restorative justice at the pre-sentence stage of the criminal justice process
Police Oracle-, 09.04.2013
Officers 'Must Improve Communication With ASB Victims'
Standardised questions for call handlers will help protect vulnerable anti-social behaviour victims
Slate Magazine (blog)-, 09.04.2013
Study Suggests Attackers Choose Victims Based on the Way They Walk
Justin Peters
guardian.co.uk,, 10.04.2013
Little Rock police under renewed fire over accusations of excessive force
Arkansas department facing series of lawsuits over fatal shootings as victims' families allege officers violated LRPD rules
Karen McVeigh in Little Rock
New York Times, 11.04.2013
Loopholes in Gun Regulations Allow Buyers to Skirt Background Checks
MICHAEL COOPER, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MICHAEL
Association for Psychological Science PRESS RELEASE April 11, 2013, 11.04.2013
Most Effective PTSD Therapies Are Not Being Widely Used, Researchers Find
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 12.04.2013
Seeking Closure
Relatives Claim New Rights in Neo-Nazi Trial
Gisela Friedrichsen
The Atlantic, 12.04.2013
Debunking the Myths of the 2013 Law Enforcement Assassination 'Trend'
Philip Bump
Telegraph.co.uk, 13.04.2013
Every attack is a form of hate crime
Manchester police's decision to widen the legal definition of a hate crime to include specific subcultures such as goths or punks risks penalising victims who do not fall within these limited categories
Jenny McCartney
PsychCentral.com (blog)-, 13.04.2013
The Bystander Effect? The Rape of Rehtaeh Parsons & Audrie Pott
John M. Grohol, PsyD
New York Times, 14.04.2013
Shy No More, N.R.A.’s Top Gun Sticks to Cause
SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JODI KANTOR
The Australian, 15.04.2013
Drug rings continue to trawl pharmacies for cold medicine to make amphetamines despite police tracking equipment
Kate McKenna, Josh Robertson
ScienceAlert, 15.04.2013
Witnesses reliably report facts
University of Adelaide researchers are studying the reliability of eyewitness identification testimony in criminal cases in the hopes of improving evidence from witnesses and leading to fairer trials.
Oldham Chronicle, 15.04.2013
War on bullying
Problem endemic in Oldham’s schools says youth council
HELEN KORN
Washington Times, 15.04.2013
Americans fear terror attacks more than violent crime: study
Shaun Waterman
Times-Standard, 15.04.2013
Fraudulent scams rampant: Law enforcement agencies encourage people to do their homework
Lorna Rodriguez/The Times-Standard
Center for Research on Globalization, 15.04.2013
The Orwellian Paradigm: Killing You for Your Own Safety
Faisal Moghul
Pacific Standard, 16.04.2013
The Truth About Violence and Gun Policy in the United States
We need to stop spinning the research on mass shootings and acts of terror—the outliers—so that we can focus on more common and deadlier threats.
Chris Uggen
EurekAlert!, 16.04.2013
College admission questions rarely identify criminal behavior
Screening identifies small fraction of possible lawbreakers
EurekAlert!, 16.04.2013
Memory, the adolescent brain and lying: The limits of neuroscientific evidence in the law
PreventionAction, 16.04.2013
Mean toddlers make antisocial teens
A little girl scrapes her knee. Crying follows. A little boy laughs at the girl. A decade later, antisocial behavior follows. An exaggeration? Or could the link be true?
Deutschlandradio Kultur, 16.04.2013
Der Verfassungsschutz auf "islamistischen" Abwegen
Wenn Behörden Muslime stigmatisieren
EurekAlert!, 18.04.2013
Effects of Arizona's immigration law on Latino youth and families
Researchers assess the health and well-being of Latino youth and families following the law's 2010 passage
EurekAlert!, 18.04.2013
European Commission must innovate to get value from €70 billion science funding program
Concordia University, 18.04.2013
Cross-cultural similarities in early adolescence
Concordia researcher compares development of self-esteem in Canadian and Colombian children
North Yorkshire Police, 18.04.2013
Know the law, use the law - National Stalking Awareness Day 2013
North Yorkshire Police are supporting a national campaign to help raise awareness of the dangers posed by stalkers.
PolicyMic, 18.04.2013
Who Is the Boston Bomber? Understanding the Psychology Of a Terrorist
T. Chase Meacham
Austin Chronicle, 19.04.2013
Smart Enough to Die
In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.
Jordan Smith
The Atlantic (USA),, 19.04.2013
What You Should Know About Chechnya as the Boston Story Unfolds
For centuries, the small Muslim country has been subject to a series of Russian occupations. Expect Vladimir Putin to use the marathon bombing to further rationalize Moscow's brutal rule.
Thor Halvorssen Apr 19 2013, 4:54 PM ET
The Economist, 20.04.2013
Down these not-so-mean streets
Better policing is only one reason why, despite the persistent economic slump and high youth unemployment, crime continues to fall
The Economist, 20.04.2013
Naked ambition
Iceland is determined to outlaw the world’s oldest business. Can it succeed?
The New Republic, 22.04.2013
Boston: More Like Sandy Hook Than 9/11 A conversation with Olivier Roy on the nature of the alleged Marathon terrorists
JOHN B. JUDIS
University of California, 23.04.2013
People care about the source of cash, attach less value to ‘tainted’ wealth
People care about the source of cash, attach less value to ‘tainted’ wealth
EurekAlert!, 23.04.2013
National study: Teen misuse and abuse of prescription drugs up 33 percent since 2008
Stimulants contributing to sustained Rx epidemic reported in The Partnership at Drugfree.org's Partnership Attitude Tracking Survey
EurekAlert! Public release date, 23.04.2013
Use of psychedelic drugs remains prevalent in the United States
EurekAlert!, 23.04.2013
Study reveals alcohol industry tactics to influence alcohol policy reform in Scotland
Concerns raised over commercial influence on current policy in England and Wales
New Zealand Doctor Online, 23.04.2013
Research into young people with brain injury who offend
University of Canterbury
EurekAlert!, 24.04.2013
Psychopaths are not neurally equipped to have concern for others
Prisoners who are psychopaths lack the basic neurophysiological "hardwiring" that enables them to care for others, according to a new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago and the University of New Mexico.
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 24.04.2013
New Therapy Proves Effective for Juvenile Sex Offenders
Sarah Boslaugh
Wall Street Journal (press release), 24.04.2013
New Big Brothers Big Sisters Youth Outcomes Survey Report Suggests Mentoring has Positive Effects on the Whole Child
Wall Street Journal (blog)-, 24.04.2013
Saudi Center Aims for ‘Life After Jihad’
They’re not prisoners – they’re “beneficiaries.” And it’s not detention – it’s “care and counseling.”
Ellen Knickmeyer
Nature.com, 24.04.2013
Firearms research: The gun fighter
There are almost as many firearms in the United States as there are citizens. Garen Wintemute is one of few people studying the consequences.
Meredith Wadman
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 24.04.2013
OP-ED: There is More Than One ‘System’ in Juvenile Justice
Jeffrey Butts
PreventionAction, 24.04.2013
Do different kinds of disruptive kids start from the same place?
Conduct disorder, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder are considered separate diagnoses of chronic behavioral problems. But despite their differences, these conditions develop from similar risk factors in children’s early environments, a recent review argues.
Wayne State University, 25.04.2013
Wayne State research finds psychological vulnerable older adults are more susceptible to experience fraud
EurekAlert!, 25.04.2013
Psychology: School violence
Study confirms link between school climate and violence
Huffington Post UK, 25.04.2013
Psychopathic Brain 'Lacks Basic Hardwiring' To Feel Compassion, Research Suggests
Aljazeera.com, 25.04.2013
The lessons from Boston: What video can and cannot do
The images played a key role in identifying, capturing and ultimately charging the Boston bombing suspect.
Miriam Gamoran Sherin
Slate Magazine, 25.04.2013
Passive Pedophiles
Are child porn viewers less dangerous than we thought?
Emily Bazelo
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 25.04.2013
Brazil's Heart of Darkness
Notorious Rebel-Killer May Finally Face Justice
Erich Follath and Jens Glüsing
EurekAlert!, 25.04.2013
Study reveals dramatic changes in global attitudes toward domestic violence
WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2013 — Global attitudes about domestic violence changed dramatically during the first decade of the 2000s, according to a new University of Michigan study that analyzes data from 26 low- and middle-income countries.
Wall Street Journal, 26.04.2013
The Criminal Mind
Advances in genetics and neuroscience are revolutionizing our understanding of violent behavior—as well as ideas about how to prevent and punish crime, writes Adrian Raine.
Adrian Raine
Slate Magazine, 26.04.2013
“The Insane Root That Takes the Reason Prisoner”
Macbeth, Boston, and the two paradoxes of evil.
Ron Rosenbaum
New York Times, 27.04.2013
After Attack, Suspects Returned to Routines, Raising No Suspicions
KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and IAN LOVETT
The Atlantic, 27.04.2013
Is the Specter of a 'Cyber Cold War' Real?
Why the best and brightest in China and the United States have the most to lose from a cyber-related conflict between the two countries.
James McGregor
The Daily Telegraph, 28.04.2013
Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan were allegedly taught by master bomb maker
Sydney Morning Herald, 28.04.2013
Surgeons sick of dealing with the drink and the damage done
Melissa Davey
Los Angeles Times, 28.04.2013
A better way to track a bomber
Tiny plastic markers called 'taggants' can help authorities trace explosives. But they're not used today because of one formidable opponent: the NRA.
Tom Zoellner and Sam Kleiner
Association for Psychological Science PRESS RELEASE, 29.04.2013
Extreme Political Attitudes May Stem From an Illusion of Understanding
Having to explain how a political policy works leads people to express less extreme attitudes toward the policy, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
EurekAlert!, 29.04.2013
Contracted prisons cut costs without sacrificing quality, study finds
Temple University's Center for Competitive Government estimates long-run savings of 12 percent to 58 percent when comparing private and public facilities
PreventionAction, 29.04.2013
No easy wins
Are there patterns to the way in which risk factors that undermine families and outcomes for young children combine? Research from the UK-wide Millennium Cohort Study suggests not and underlines the challenges facing early intervention.
Huffington Post UK (blog)-, 30.04.2013
Becoming a Radical Feminist: On Male Violence, Cultural Femicide and Sisterhood
Louise Pennington
Salon, 30.04.2013
Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse?
Research reveals that as many as 10 percent of abuse reports in 2009 were from a child with a disability
Cara Tabachnick
American Educational Research Association, 30.04.2013
Prevention of Bullying: Research Report and Recommendations
AERA Issues Report on Prevention of Bullying in Schools and Colleges
EurekAlert!, 30.04.2013
