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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
Auckland stuff.co.nz, 01.03.2014
Drug reformers to converge on New Zealand
A pioneering act which scientifically regulates legal highs rather than banning them has attracted global drug reformers to New Zealand.
SHABNAM DASTGHEIB
EurekAlert!, 02.03.2014
Mandatory arrest in domestic violence call-outs causes early death in victims
New research from a major 'randomised' arrest experiment 23 years ago finds that domestic violence victims whose partners were arrested on misdemeanor charges – mostly without causing injury – were 64% more likely to have died early, compared to victims whose partners were warned but not removed by police.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.03.2014
Updated study on Milwaukee domestic violence victims raises questions
Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel
EurekAlert!, 03.03.2014
Blurred Lines? Sexual boundaries are not really all that blurred
• Sexual aggression has become a common experience in bars.
• New findings show that approximately 90 percent of the incidents involve male initiators and female targets
EurekAlert!, 03.03.2014
Postcode lottery for race relations
People's racial prejudices are influenced by where they live, reports a new study led by Oxford University psychologists.
Medical Xpress, 03.03.2014
Researchers launch website aimed at preventing domestic homicide
Researchers at Western University, in collaboration with the University of Guelph, have launched a new website, taking an important step in developing a national strategy to prevent domestic homicides.
Waterloo Record, 03.03.2014
Turning ideas about crime and imprisonment inside out
Laurier program lets students at the university and students in prison take classes together
Inside out
Bobsguide (press release), 03.03.2014
Bitcoin targeted by 100 malware families
More than 100 uniques families of malware have been created to take advantage of the Bitcoin boom and provide cybercriminals with access to virtual currency around the world, research from Dell reveals.
ABC Online, 03.03.2014
Pubs shut down violence with earlier closing times
Almost 4000 assaults have been prevented since earlier closing times were introduced at Newcastle hotels, new research shows.
By Jeannette McMahon (online producer)
Scientific American, 03.03.2014
Hidden “Signature” in Online Photos Could Help Nab Child Abusers
A new technique exploits sensor noise patterns unique to each camera that can help identify criminals via photographs posted online
Newswise Released, 03.03.2014
Childhood Adversity Launches Lifelong Relationship and Health Disadvantages for Black Men
Black Men Experience 28 Percent More Childhood Adversity In Home Than White Men; Leads To Health, Relationship Disadvantage
Citations Journal of Health and Social Behavior
EurekAlert!, 04.03.2014
International research project: The more available alcohol is, the more likely that people will drink heavily
Newswise Released, 04.03.2014
Research Connects Drug War Violence in Mexico with Desensitization in Social Media
Newswise — Amid times of crisis, citizens often turn to social media as a method to share information, make observations and vent. But as a Georgia Tech professor’s research into social media use amid the Mexican drug war shows, posts can reveal growing numbness, or desensitization, during times of protracted violence and stress.
The Mainlander, 04.03.2014
Book Review | Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police
Lorenzo Fiorito
Huffington Post-Posted, 05.03.2014
Religious Extremism = Child Abuse?
Engy Abdelkader Legal Fellow, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
London Mayor Boris Johnson is making waves with some controversial statements concerning Muslims.
EurekAlert!, 05.03.2014
Adolescent relationship violence has mental health implications for victims, perpetrators
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 05.03.2014
Applying math to cancer, climate, crime and cameras
SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification
University of Toronto, 05.03.2014
Thirty per cent of adults with attention deficit disorder report childhood physical abuse
Government Technology -, 05.03.2014
Police App Encourages Officers to Fight Fatigue
A professor and former police officer and others have created an app that alerts cops when they're too tired to continue working safely.
Colin Wood
Belfast Telegraph, 05.03.2014
4,766 crimes against the elderly, but 96% of cases remain unsolved
Shocking statistics spark call for tougher sentences
ADRIAN RUTHERFORD
Science 2.0, 05.03.2014
Moving Boys Out Of High-Poverty Neighborhoods Leads To PTSD Symptoms
News Staff
RollingStone.com, 05.03.2014
Six Ways America is Like a Third-World Country
Our society lags behind the rest of the developed world in education, health care, violence and more
Sean McElwee
PolicyMic, 05.03.2014
Swiss LSD Study Yields Incredible Results for Terminally Ill Patients
Victoria Kim
The Nation, 05.03.2014
Let’s Call Sex Work What It Is: Work
Villainizing sex workers won’t improve their lives. Basic labor rights will.
Melissa Gira Grant
The New York Times, 05.03.2014
C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program
MARK MAZZETTI
EurekAlert!, 05.03.2014
UCSB study explores cocaine and the pleasure principle
Researchers use animal models to demonstrate that the net result of cocaine use is a balance of both positive and negative effects
Wall Street Journal, 06.03.2014
Police Focus On Subway Panhandlers
New Commissioner's Focus on Quality-of-Life Issue Is Signaled
Pervaiz Shallwani and Nick Pinto
University of Missouri, 06.03.2014
Access to Social Workers Could Keep Veterans Out of Criminal Justice System, MU Researchers Find
Canada says social workers have the ability to help ensure that veterans in the criminal justice system get the assistance they need.
Sarah Clinton
University of Florida, 06.03.2014
For older drivers, study finds, one drink may be one too many
Morgan Sherburne Category: University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of
Psychiatry, McKnight Brain Institute
The Atlantic, 06.03.2014
What Is Your Brain on Pot?
As more states legalize, we still don’t have a clear picture of how marijuana affects the body.
Olga Khazan
Motherboard, 06.03.2014
Genetic Profiling and Predictive Policing Are Taking Us to the Pre-Crime Future
EurekAlert!, 06.03.2014
Black boys viewed as older, less innocent than whites, research finds
Police likelier to use force against black children when officers 'dehumanize' blacks, study says
ITV News, 06.03.2014
Police: Review may have 'negative impact on policing'
Undercover police inquiry after Lawrence corruption findings
Telegraph.co.uk, 07.03.2014
Educated and well paid women 'more likely to suffer domestic abuse'
Women earning more than 67 per cent of the total household income were seven times more likely to experience psychological and physical abuse compared to lower paid women
Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent
EurekAlert!, 07.03.2014
Ever-so-slight delay improves decision-making accuracy
Findings could improve understanding of ADHD, schizophrenia, and other neuropsychiatric diseases
EurekAlert!, 07.03.2014
After years of improving, rates of youth suicide-related behaviors stopped declining
TORONTO, March 7, 2014 -- A new study from St. Michael's Hospital found that, after four years of declining, the rates of teenagers coming into Ontario emergency departments with suicide-related behaviours stopped dropping between 2006 and 2010.
New York Times, 07.03.2014
Decades After London Racial Killing, Inquiry Shows Police Spied on Victim’s Parents
LONDON — More than 20 years after the murder of a young black man became a symbol of Britain’s troubled race relations, an inquiry published Thursday disclosed that undercover officers spied on the victim’s parents as they campaigned for a thorough investigation into their son’s killing.
Health Affairs (blog)-, 07.03.2014
How Will California’s Penal System Respond To The ‘Perfect Storm’?
Jonathan Simon
The Economist, 08.03.2014
Gift of the grab
The boom in British gangster literature may be coming to an end
New Haven Register, 08.03.2014
New Haven detectives go to school, train in simulated-crime situations
Rich Scinto
The Voice Online, 09.03.2014
Helping the hidden victims of domestic violence
Nurses in North West England set to lead the fight against abuse in groundbreaking hospital project
LIFELINE: Victim Support offers hope to men and women trying to escape domestic violence
Los Angeles Post-Examiner, 09.03.2014
How the firearms industry benefits from America´s gun violence epidemic
Topher McDougal Robert Muggah
National Post, 09.03.2014
Middle-aged people actually more likely to fall victim to con artists than ‘risk averse’ senior citizens, study says
Tom Blackwell
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 09.03.2014
N.J. Solitary Confinement: Extreme Cases of Life ‘In the Box’
Gary Gately
The Conversation, 09.03.2014
Gender, culture and class collude in violence against women
Anastasia Powell
EurekAlert!, 10.03.2014
Computer system simulates the behavior of tax evaders
Improving inspections can be a more effective anti-fraud measure than increasing fines
EurekAlert!, 10.03.2014
US cocaine use cut by half, while marijuana consumption jumps, study finds
The use of cocaine dropped sharply across the United States from 2006 to 2010, while the amount of marijuana consumed increased significantly during the same period, according to a new report.
Sydney Morning Herald, 10.03.2014
Domestic violence: police often blame victims
Most women named in AVOs in domestic situations were wrongly branded as perpetrators, according to figures that expose inadequacies in the police response to violence in the home.
Rachel Olding, Nick Ralston
Mother Jones, 10.03.2014
Your Rap Lyrics Can Be Held Against You in a Court of Law
Defendants' amateur rhymes are regularly used against them in criminal proceedings.
Lauren Williams
The Age, 10.03.2014
Are we there yet?
Last year in Victoria alone, more than 61,000 incidences of family violence were reported. Professor Cathy Humphreys of the Department of Social Work researches family and domestic violence. She says there is a clear relationship between gender equity and more respectful relationships between men and women.
Zoe Nikakis
PLoS Blogs (blog)-, 10.03.2014
Book Review: ‘Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare’
Peter Gøtzsche
ABC Online, 10.03.2014
Police intercept drone allegedly trying to deliver drugs to a jail
In Victoria, police have intercepted a drone allegedly trying to deliver a stash of drugs across a prison wall, west of Melbourne. A man was subsequently arrested
Alison Caldwell
The Huffington Post, 10.03.2014
Just How Much The War On Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons, In One Chart
Kathleen Miles
660 News, 11.03.2014
Notion that seniors are more often victims of consumer fraud may be myth: study
Sheryl Ubelacker
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 11.03.2014
Why antisocial youths are less able to take the perspective of others
Neuroimaging study of social interaction with delinquent adolescents
University of Missouri-Columbia, 11.03.2014
Youth Who Help Others and Volunteer are Less Likely to Associate with Deviant Peers and Engage in Problem Behaviors, MU Researcher Finds
Intervention programs should focus on encouraging “prosocial” behaviors in youth
Truth-Out, 12.03.2014
From Fallujah to the San Fernando Valley, Police Use Analytics to Target "High-Crime" Areas
Darwin Bond Graham and Ali Winston, Truthout | News Analysis
Texas Public Radio-, 12.03.2014
Policing In HD
Very soon traffic stops, and every other public interaction the community has with the police, could be videotaped.
Paul Flahive
The Guardian, 12.03.2014
An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web
Exclusive: web's inventor warns neutrality under sustained attack from governments and corporations
Jemima Kiss
New York Times, 12.03.2014
Conflict Erupts in Public Rebuke on C.I.A. Inquiry
MARK MAZZETTI and JONATHAN WEISMAN
University of Washington, 13.03.2014
Negative effects of joining a gang last long after gang membership ends
Doree Armstrong
Los Angeles Times, 13.03.2014
An algorithm to decide early release of inmates: What could go wrong?
Ted Rall
Phys.Org, 13.03.2014
In court, gruesome details equal harsher punishment
(Phys.org) —In court arguments, the less gruesome the description of a crime, the less likely the punishment will match U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines, according to researSteve Hartsoe chers at Duke University.
Toronto Star, 13.03.2014
Free to walk away? Toronto police board draft policy emphasizes rights
New draft carding policy will emphasize an individual's rights when they are stopped on foot and questioned by police without reasonable suspicion
EurekAlert!, 13.03.2014
You should be ashamed -- or maybe not
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Shame on you. These three simple words can temporarily — or, when used too often, permanently — destroy an individual's sense of value and self-worth.
ABC Local, 13.03.2014
Research to look at FASD rates among young offenders
New research is set to provide a better picture of those affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the WA prison system.
Vanessa Mills and Hilary Smale
Salon, 14.03.2014
Legal weed’s race problem: White men get rich, black men stay in prison
Even with legalization, the devastating legacy of the drug war lingers, says Professor Michelle Alexander
April M. Short
theguardian.com, 14.03.2014
LGBT victims of domestic abuse are rarely catered for – or acknowledged
While activists for heterosexual victims of domestic violence have ensured measures such as Clare's law, LGBT people have fallen through the cracks
Ally Fogg
The Guardian, 14.03.2014
Britain is treating journalists as terrorists – believe me, I know
My links to WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden mean I am treated as a threat and can't return to the UK. We need a free speech roadmap
Sarah Harrison
NDTV , 15.03.2014
Satellite firm says its data from jet could offer location
Chris Buckley and Nicola Clark,
Los Angeles Times, 15.03.2014
Letters: Cannabis clash in California
Re "New rules for medical pot," Editorial, March 12
Hartlepool Mail, 15.03.2014
Cops join forces with Durham Univeristy to research experiences of domestic abuse victims
A POLICE force and university have teamed up to conduct research into victims’ experiences when reporting incidents of domestic abuse.
Mintpress News, 15.03.2014
Interview: Writer Kristof Clerix Talks About Europe’s Hotbed For Spies, Brussels
In an interview with MintPress, Belgian journalist and author Kristof Clerix discusses the history of Brussels as a hot bed for spies and espionage.
Magda Fahsi
The Aviationist (blog), 16.03.2014
What SATCOM, ACARS and Pings tell us about the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370
David Cenciotti
New York Times, 16.03.2014
A Rare Opportunity on Criminal Justice
The current Congress is the place where virtually all legislation, however urgent or reasonable, goes to die. Yet out of this stew of partisan mistrust and dysfunction there may come one promising and unexpected achievement: the first major reforms to America’s broken criminal justice system in a generation.
Huffington Post, 16.03.2014
Crowd Control
Political Revolt and the Accumulation of More
Lewis Lapham Editor of Lapham's Quarterly
New York Times, 16.03.2014
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
As government financing of basic science research has plunged, private donors have filled the void, raising questions about the future of research for the public good.
WILLIAM J. BROAD
CNN-, 17.03.2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search grows as pilots face increased scrutiny
Steve Almasy, Chelsea J. Carter and Jim Clancy,
Men's Journal, 17.03.2014
The Ivory Highway
Inside one of the world's largest, most shadowy criminal trafficking networks – from the jungles of Cameroon to the black-market bazaars of Beijing.
Damon Tabor
Cambridge Now!-, 17.03.2014
University Profs Launch Important Website Aimed at Preventing Domestic Homicide
Domestic Homicides Can No Longer Be Explained Away As Crimes of Passion
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, 17.03.2014
Tough Guise: Violence in male stereotypes
APRIL ALLEN Pilot-Tribune Staff
Huffington Post, 17.03.2014
This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts' Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save Money
Kathleen Miles Kathleen.Miles@huffingtonpost.com
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 17.03.2014
To Reduce Juvenile Recidivism at Rikers, New York City Bets on ABLE
Ken Stier
The Plain Dealer, 17.03.2014
Crime hotspots to be identified by Kent State researchers
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Urban crime hotspots in northeast Ohio will be identified through interviews and mapping by Kent State University researchers
Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer
Firedoglake, 17.03.2014
Police Impunity and Law Enforcement’s Increasing Acceptance of Body-Mounted Cameras
Kevin Gosztola
New Republic online, 17.03.2014
Far-Right Forces are Influencing Russia's Actions in Crimea
TIMOTHY SNYDER
Huffington Post, 17.03.2014
Medical Identity Theft: Does The Health Care Industry Think It's Too Big for Its Breaches?
Adam Levin
The Globe and Mail, 18.03.2014
Zero-tolerance policies discourage the reporting of cyberbullying, study finds
Adopting a zero-tolerance policy may be hurting educators’ ability to respond to cyberbullying among their students.
SUSAN KRASHINSKY, MARKETING REPORTER
University of Northern British Columbia, 18.03.2014
Canadian Drinking-Age Laws Have Significant Effect on Deaths Among Young Males
theguardian.com,, 18.03.2014
The pain of flight MH370 lies in its ambiguity
Families of passengers of the missing Malaysian airlines plane may be faced with a lifetime of unresolved grief. But there is a way for them to find healing
Pauline Boss
Pew Research Center, 18.03.2014
In 2013, 59% of deported immigrants convicted of a crime
Jens Manuel Krogstad and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera
9NEWS.com, 19.03.2014
Research: Extended bar hours may not fight LoDo crime
DENVER - New research from a Metro State University criminal justice class finds extending hours at lower downtown bars may not help reduce violence in the area.
EurekAlert!, 19.03.2014
Youth, wealth and education found to be risk factors for violent radicalization
Le Monde diplomatique English edition, 19.03.2014
Shadows of a thug state
The revelations of Edward Snowden, and the other leakers of US intelligence, have given Americans the illusion that they really know what their government is up to. They don’t. It’s far bigger, and far worse.
Tom Engelhardt
Huffington Post, 19.03.2014
These 'Bitcoins For Marijuana' Try To Solve Legal Weed's Big Heist Problem
Matt Ferner Matt.Ferner@huffingtonpost.com
The Atlantic-, 19.03.2014
Is Stop-and-Frisk Worth It?
Civil-rights activists are ecstatic that a federal judge declared the NYPD’s policy unconstitutional. But law-enforcement officials say the practice has made U.S. cities dramatically safer
Daniel Bergner
The New Republic online, 19.03.2014
Drug Dealers Aren't to Blame for the Heroin Boom. Doctors Are.
GRAEME WOOD
The New Republic online, 19.03.2014
Drug Dealers Aren't to Blame for the Heroin Boom. Doctors Are.
GRAEME WOOD
Tablet Magazine, 19.03.2014
In Europe, Anti-Semitism Looks Like Other Hate Crimes
But 68 percent of Jews said in a survey they hide their Jewishness sometimes
Daniel Zylbersztajn
Charlotte Observer, 19.03.2014
Feds accused of steering funding to anti-pot researchers
Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy
Community Safety Resource Centre, 19.03.2014
Project Guardian week of action makes 16 arrests for sexual offences
Sixteen arrests for sexual offences have been made following a partnership week of action on London’s underground, trains and buses, to improve reporting and prosecution of offenders involved in sexual assault and harassment offences on London’s transport network.
New York Observer, 20.03.2014
Me, Myself and My Stolen ID
From data breaches to drug runners--navigating the new world of identity crime
Rafi Kohan
EurekAlert!, 20.03.2014
Childhood abuse may impair weight-regulating hormones
Early stress on endocrine system raises risk of excess belly fat later in life
HealthCanal.com, 20.03.2014
Social networks in homes help preschool children who see domestic violence
ANN ARBOR—Having adult family members in the home can buffer the risk of stress and depression for preschool children who witness domestic violence, a new University of Michigan study found.
Christian Science Monitor, 20.03.2014
Why land rights may hold key to curbing drug smuggling in Central America
A new study on Central America and Mexico suggests that strengthening land rights for forest-dwelling and coastal indigenous groups can help curb drug trafficking.
Zach Dyer, Contributor
Daily Caller, 20.03.2014
Study: Spoiled, wealthy college students more likely to support terrorism
Scott Greer
Daily Caller, 20.03.2014
Study: Spoiled, wealthy college students more likely to support terrorism
Scott Greer
Wall Street Journal online, 20.03.2014
Child-Abuse Deaths Prompt Lawmakers to Weigh Overhauls
Arian Campo-Flores
The New Republic, 20.03.2014
Q&A: A New Book's Explosive Claims About Pakistan and Osama Bin Laden
ISAAC CHOTINER @ichotiner
The New Republic, 20.03.2014
The Unwisdom of Crowds - Why people-powered revolutions are overrated
Anne Applebaum is the author of Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 and Gulag: A History.
ANNE APPLEBAUM
Stanford Report, 20.03.2014
Stanford student project shows public benefit of expunging some criminal convictions
A Stanford student project found that erasing some criminal convictions from the public record makes it easier for those offenders to find employment - increasing tax revenues and decreasing public assistance payments.
Clifton B. Parker
EurekAlert!, 20.03.2014
Can 'love hormone' protect against addiction?
Addictive behavior such as drug and alcohol abuse could be associated with poor development of the so-called "love hormone" system in our bodies during early childhood, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.
EurekAlert!, 20.03.2014
Future generations could inherit drug and alcohol use
HUNTSVILLE, TX (3/20/14) -- Parents who use alcohol, marijuana, and drugs have higher frequencies of children who pick up their habits, according to a study from Sam Houston State University.
Pew Research Center, 20.03.2014
What happens to the internet after the U.S. hands off ICANN to others?
Lee Rainie
EurekAlert!, 21.03.2014
Playing as black: Avatar race affects white video game players
Whites act more aggressively after they play as black avatars
Newswise Released, 21.03.2014
Black Students and the Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline
Travis Gosa, an expert on race relations, African American History and professor of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, says the data released Friday by the Education Department's civil rights office reveal frightening racial disparities in early childhood education.
American Thinker (blog)-, 21.03.2014
Guess who's coming to terror?
A new British study of Muslims who become radicalized turns liberal victimology theories inside out. The Investigative Project on Terrorism summarizes the findings.
Thomas Lifson
The blog of the Crown Prosecution Service, 21.03.2014
First Prosecutions for Female Genital Mutilation
Two men, Dr Dharmasena and Mr Hasan Mohamed will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 15 April, 2014, charged with offences in connection with the genital mutilation of a female patient.
Telegraph.co.uk (blog), 23.03.2014
Google, Facebook, Amazon: algorithms will soon rule our lives so we'd better understand how they work
Jamie Bartlett
Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra, 23.03.2014
Some police figures 'made up'
Some police stop and search figures "are being made up", according to the Chief Constable.
Daily Beast- Books, 23.03.2014
The Domestic Spying of Hoover’s FBI Is an Eerie Prequel to the NSA’s Snooping Today
EurekAlert! PUBLIC RELEASE DATE, 24.03.2014
Alcohol's role in traffic deaths vastly underreported: Study
Association for Psychological Science, 24.03.2014
The Unconscious Mind Can Detect a Liar — Even When the Conscious Mind Fails
EurekAlert!, 24.03.2014
Violent video games associated with increased aggression in children
Habitually playing violent video games appears to increase aggression in children, regardless of parental involvement and other factors.
EurekAlert!, 24.03.2014
Research finds moving public assistance payments from cash to plastic cuts crime
ATLANTA--Counties that change their delivery of public assistance benefits from paper checks to an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system – using debit cards – see their street crimes drop significantly, according to a study published today by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
The Jewish Press, 24.03.2014
Younger, Educated and Affluent: the UK’s Terror Sympathizers
Originally published at The Investigative Project on Terrorism. / Steve Emerson
Steve Emerson
The West Australian, 24.03.2014
Domestic violence costs jobs
More than half domestic violence victims have had to switch jobs or reduce their working hours as a result of being abused, WA researchers have found
Natalie Brown The West Australian
Metro, 24.03.2014
British teenager and boyfriend allegedly commit suicide after killing US policeman
A British teenager and her American boyfriend have been found dead after allegedly shooting a US police officer.
The Daily Beast, 24.03.2014
MH370’s Pilots Behaved As They Should in an Emergency, Not as Sinister Killers
New information shows the aircrew was trying to bring the Boeing 777 to safety, not commit mass murder as the Malaysian government implied.
Forbes, 24.03.2014
Three Ways To Fight Fraud In A World Of Big Data
IBM Smarter Planet Contributor IBM Smarter Planet Contributor, IBM Smarter Planet
By Robert Griffin, VP of Counter Fraud Solutions, IBM
Robert Griffin
The Atlantic, 24.03.2014
Reviewing the Rationale for Stop-and-Frisk
A ban on this effective crime-fighting technique would only make life worse for low-income African Americans. This post is part of a debate series on “Is Stop and Frisk Worth It?," an article featured in the current issue of The Atlantic magazine.
Paul Larkin
Huffington Post, 24.03.2014
Community Policing and Child Development: Averting Traumatic Disorders
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD Medical director, New York State Office of Mental Health
SFGate, 24.03.2014
Blacks stopped more often in Oakland, data show
Nearly two-thirds of the stops made by Oakland police between April and December last year involved black people, according to data released Monday by the city in an effort to made policing practices more transparent.
Will Kane
Straight.com (blog), 24.03.2014
Canadian criminology professor to study online trolls
Western University professor Michael Arntfield will examine the language that trolls use online
Craig Takeuchi
Los Angeles Times, 24.03.2014
San Diego police to undergo federal review amid assault cases
Laura Duffy, Shelley Zimmerman, Kevin Faulconer
EurekAlert!, 25.03.2014
Recreational drug users who switch from ecstasy to mephedrone don't understand the dangers
EurekAlert!, 25.03.2014
Coerced sex not uncommon for young men, teenage boys, study finds
Result is distress and risky behavior, but not lower self-esteem, according to research
Population Council, 25.03.2014
New Study from Population and Development Review Finds That Indian Women with More Resources than Their Husbands Face Heightened Risk of Violence
"Women's and Men's Relative Status and Intimate Partner Violence in India,"
Abigail Weitzman
MWC News, 25.03.2014
Bruce Hoffman: ‘Inside Terrorism’
"Presumptuous and devoid of scholarly value"
The author was for a long time a director at RAND Corporation in Washington, which he designates in his book as an “independent, objective, nonpartisan research institution” (p. xi).
Elias Davidsson
The Independent, 25.03.2014
Cyber-bullies could be given tougher sentences
The proposals were put forward by an MP whose 14-year-old constituent was bombarded with obscene messages
Joseph Watts
The Atlantic, 25.03.2014
How the Decline of Cash Makes America a Safer Country
Yet another reason to hate coins and bills: They're the lifeblood of the criminal underworld.
Derek Thompson
Evening Standard, 25.03.2014
Shaun Bailey: We must intervene early to stop re-offending
The public see prison as punishment, whereas professionals see it as rehabilitation. We need both
Time for change: our prison system is trapped in a cycle that is letting down the public
Shaun Bailey
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 25.03.2014
Study: Illinois Far Behind, Too Harsh With Juvenile Sex Offenders on Registry, Discipline
Lily Oberman
Huffington Post Canada, 25.03.2014
B.C. Prescription Heroin: Addicts Ask For Injunction To Keep Using
Dene Moore
NEWS.com, 26.03.2014
New Australian study reveals the long-term impacts of domestic violence
HALF of women who are victims of domestic violence change their jobs or hours of work as a result of their abuse.
EurekAlert!, 26.03.2014
UT Dallas study: No correlation between medical marijuana legalization, crime increase
Legalization may reduce homicide, assault rates
The Atlantic, 26.03.2014
Stop-and-Frisk Didn't Make New York Safer
There's no good evidence that the invasive policing strategy brought down crime. The real question is what made crime rates climb in the first place. This post is part of a debate series on “Is Stop and Frisk Worth It?," an article featured in the current issue of The Atlantic magazine.
Donald Braman
Florida Courier, 27.03.2014
Study: Racism fueled by violent video games
“What happens when White video game players see themselves as Black characters in a violent game?”
RTE.ie, 27.03.2014
Call for more action to combat money laundering
77% of consumers said it was "easy" to buy illegal cigarettes - report
EurekAlert!, 27.03.2014
Neurobiologists find chronic stress in early life causes anxiety, aggression in adulthood
Newswise Released, 28.03.2014
Brain Scans Link Concern for Justice with Reason, Not Emotion
The Journal of Neuroscience
EurekAlert!, 28.03.2014
NUS researchers developed world's first fluorescent sensor to detect date rape drug
noodls, 28.03.2014
Government closes the net on tenancy cheats
Across England it is estimated that 98,000 social homes are being unlawfully occupied, with those tenancy cheats sub-letting living off the profits elsewhere. In some inner London boroughs cases of social housing fraud are as high 1 in 20 properties. This could be costing taxpayers as much as £1.8 billion a year.
Sydney Morning Herald, 29.03.2014
Legal dirty tricks drag out domestic victim trauma: advocates
Rachel Olding
Sydney Morning Herald, 29.03.2014
Pedophile support programs challenge community hatred
Daniella Miletic, Social Affairs Editor
Green Bay Press Gazette, 29.03.2014
Agents, lawmakers seek new tools to fight human trafficking in Wisconsin
Shereen Siewert Gannett
Herald Scotland, 30.03.2014
LibDem leader calls for end to stop and search 'abuse'
Tom Gordon, Scottish Political Editor
Slate Magazine, 31.03.2014
Why Whites Support Capital Punishment
Nearly twice as many whites as blacks favor the death penalty. There is a simple, and disturbing, reason why.
Jamelle Bouie
Prevention Action, 31.03.2014
School lessons in empathy lead to lower levels of aggression
Aggressive behavior in schools is a problem that can seriously disrupt teaching and learning for all students, not just those that are hostile or engage in fighting. Spanish research suggests that a socio-emotional learning (SEL) program can help to reduce aggression among youth by increasing their levels of empathy.
Sydney Morning Herald, 31.03.2014
Mandatory sentencing creates a risk of excessive punishments
The mandatory minimum sentence debate is not over. Clearly it's a controversial topic, given it's been rejected twice in the NSW upper house, and has caused widespread debate in the community.
Stephen Odgers
