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Daily Californian, 01.06.2014
Early-childhood stimulation improves earnings of disadvantaged children, study finds
Natalie Meier
Expressandstar.com, 02.06.2014
Study reveals impact of burglary
One in four victims of burglary have experienced mental health issues, such as anxiety or symptoms of depression, after a break-in, according to new research.
New York Times, 02.06.2014
Before Brief, Deadly Spree, Trouble Since Age 8
Elliot O. Rodger’s Killings in California Followed Years of Withdrawal
LOS ANGELES — It was the summer of 1999, and the parents of Elliot O. Rodger were battling over the boy’s deep and puzzling psychological problems as they struggled through a divorce.
ADAM NAGOURNEY, MICHAEL CIEPLY, ALAN FEUER and IAN LOVETT
EurekAlert!, 02.06.2014
Nearly 1 in 8 American children are maltreated before age 18
By the time they reach age 18, about 12% of American children experience a confirmed case of maltreatment in the form of neglect, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, according to a new study by researchers at Yale University.
EBONY.com, 02.06.2014
Scholars Weigh In on Ending Mass Incarceration
The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted a panel at the National Press Club on how the solve the nation's prison crisis
Medical News, 02.06.2014
Youths who have committed homicide 'show differences in brain structure'
A new study published in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical suggests that youths between the ages of 12 and 18 who have committed homicide have significantly different brain structures, compared with other teenage criminals who have not committed homicide.
theguardian.com, 02.06.2014
Sydney pub and club assaults drop dramatically but violence at home is up
Assaults at Kings Cross have fallen by 30.5% in the past two years but there has been a 2.5% rise in violent assaults at home
Research Magazine, 02.06.2014
Crime story
Brian Tarran meets David Canter, a founding father of investigative psychology, who went from studying biscuit purchases to helping police catch murderers and rapists.
Brian Tarran
Police Oracle, 03.06.2014
Terrorist groups: Dealing with membership
Understanding the culture, history and symbols of an outlawed organisation can pay dividends in identifying suspects, writes Andrew Staniforth.
Andrew Staniforth
The Conversation, 04.06.2014
Genes made me do it: genetics, responsibility and criminal law
Arlie Loughnan
The Verge, 04.06.2014
If violence is in your genes, should courts be more lenient?
A debate is raging, but that hasn't stopped lawyers from using genetic evidence in criminal trials
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
Reason, 04.06.2014
Criminalizing Sex Work Clients: the Hot New Anti-Prostitution Strategy That Works About as Well as the Old Strategy
Elizabeth Nolan Brown
National Post, 05.06.2014
Moncton shooting accused may be a classic ‘pseudo-commando’ with anti-government Freeman ideology
Joseph Brean
Medical Xpress, 05.06.2014
Alcohol-related terms can increase aggression
New psychology research shows that exposing people to alcohol-related words can influence aggressive behaviour in ways similar to actually consuming alcohol.
HealthCanal.com, 05.06.2014
Psychologists find that entitlement predicts sexism, in both men and women
theguardian.com, 05.06.2014
Britain's first secret trial: this way lies trouble
If we allow hard-won freedoms to be discarded without a fight, what is to stop the powerful coming for other rights?
Owen Jones
Huffington Post Canada, 06.06.2014
Videos look to help police in U.S. curb dog shootings that can lead to distrust, lawsuits
The Guardian, 06.06.2014
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China – review
Leta Hong Fincher has written a shocking account of the way women are treated in the People's Republic
Aljazeera.com, 06.06.2014
Boko Haram and defining the 'al-Qaeda network'
The presence of a British-born man in Boko Haram's ranks proves that the group's appeal is not confined to Nigeria.
Robin Simcox
Police Oracle, 06.06.2014
Terrorist grooming: 'Greater evidence base needed'
People identified as being vulnerable to radicalisation "are not making it to prison," says academic.
Cliff Caswell
The Times of Israel, 07.06.2014
Brussels attack underscores threat of returning jihadists
European Jewish institutions left to reckon with danger of Islamist extremists coming home from Syria with new skills and increased fervor
Cnaan Liphshiz
NEWS.com.au, 07.06.2014
Attacks on police in NSW have risen 13 per cent in two years
IT SEEMS while we are better behaved towards each other we are turning against the police in greater numbers.
University of California, 09.06.2014
Does 'free will' stem from brain noise?
Our ability to make choices — and sometimes mistakes — might arise from random fluctuations in the brain's background electrical noise, according to a recent study from the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis.
American Spectator, 09.06.2014
Is There Really an Epidemic of Mass Shootings?
After Isla Vista, some unconsoling perspective.
Josh Blackman
Monash Weekly, 10.06.2014
Melbourne University professor’s web tool to help domestic violence victims
Virginia Millen
Police Oracle, 11.06.2014
Prevent, and tackling radicalisation in schools
Identifying radicalised individuals of school age is a complex task – but must be tackled, says Andrew Staniforth.
Andrew Staniforth
Police Oracle, 12.06.2014
The hazardous task of protecting the vulnerable
Chief officers must understand the pressures faced by operational commanders in a critical area, says Irene Curtis.
Irene Curtis
Houston Chronicle, 13.06.2014
Temple: Don't be so quick to blame mental illness in shootings
Mentally ill may be easy to blame, but they're rarely violent
Jeff Temple
Bucks Herald, 13.06.2014
Campaign launched to tackle potential rise in domestic violence
Martin Phillips
New York Times, 13.06.2014
Anti-Overdose Drug Becoming an Everyday Part of Police Work
J. DAVID GOODMAN and ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Science Codex, 13.06.2014
Gun violence and mental illness: Study addresses perception vs. reality
Recent mass killings in Isla Vista, California, and elsewhere have again raised concern among lawmakers and the media about the possible connection between mental illness and gun violence. A new study sets the record straight and recommends an evidence-based approach to limiting firearms fatalities.
Police Oracle, 13.06.2014
Misconduct: 'Strong case for public hearings'
Officers must accept that they are now subject to increased scrutiny, says academic and former chief.
Cliff Caswell
Police Oracle, 13.06.2014
Training issues, and tackling disability hate crime
Progress in this area has been made – but the overall picture remains patchy, writes Nick Alatti.
Nick Alatti
New York Times, 13.06.2014
After Florida State Rape Case, Police Will Revise Procedures
WALT BOGDANICH
Deccan Chronicle June, 14.06.2014
Elderly women more vulnerable to abuse than men, says report
New Delhi: Elderly women face more abuse than their male counterparts in metro cities than non-metro cities, a survey on the existence of elder abuse in urban India has found.
Truth-Out, 14.06.2014
Myth vs. Fact: Violence and Mental Health
After mass shootings, like the ones these past weeks in Las Vegas, Seattle and Santa Barbara, the national conversation often focuses on mental illness. So what do we actually know about the connections between mental illness, mass shootings and gun violence overall?
Lois Beckett
The Japan Times, 14.06.2014
Southeast Asia now biggest global danger zone for piracy: U.N.
GENEVA – Southeast Asia has overtaken the Horn of Africa as the world’s hot spot for pirate attacks after concerted international efforts to police the waters off Somalia, the U.N. said Thursday.
Las Vegas Sun, 15.06.2014
What now? Three mass shootings in a week leave communities wondering how to react
Ed Komenda Jackie Valley
MyFoxAL, 16.06.2014
Delinquent teens more likely to die violently as adults
MONDAY, June 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Delinquent youth face a significantly increased risk for a violent death when they're adults, a new study finds.
Huffington Post, 16.06.2014
This Is How A Domestic Violence Victim Falls Through The Cracks
Melissa Jeltsen
The New Republic, 16.06.2014
What in God's Name Is Going on in Iraq? An Expert Explains. An interview with Olivier Roy
By Isaac Chotiner
Mother Jones, 17.06.2014
Did This City Bring Down Its Murder Rate by Paying People Not to Kill?
A controversial experiment in Richmond, California, may have slashed street violence—or maybe it just got lucky.
Tim Murphy
The Guardian, 17.06.2014
Here the Camorra has lost: Italian mayor offers new dawn for mafia town
Renato Natale's election brings residents hope Casal di Principe will finally be able to emerge from the shadow of organised crime
Lizzy Davies
theguardian.com, 17.06.2014
The digital arms race – and what is being done to fight it
With surveillance-security software on the rise, the fight against the use of espionage malware on citizens is gathering steam
Tom Brewster
Phys.Org, 17.06.2014
Historians become scientists to reveal the real reason for a decline in violent crime
A scientific analysis of 20 million words recorded during 150 years of criminal trials at London's Old Bailey reveals how changes in culture rather than law helped to reduce violent crime, according to a co-authored University of Sussex study.
EurekAlert!, 17.06.2014
Minimizing belief in free will may lessen support for criminal punishment
Exposure to information that diminishes free will, including brain-based accounts of behavior, seems to decrease people's support for retributive punishment, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
New Statesman, 17.06.2014
Is this the beginning of the end of the war on women’s bodies?
The recent summit in London has grabbed headlines, but whether we have now reached a turning point in the fight to end sexual violence in conflict remains to be seen.
Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
U.S. News University, 17.06.2014
Temple University Investigates Integrity of Professors' Prison Study
Olivia Vanni
GoodTherapy.org, 18.06.2014
New Research Aims to Explain Unethical Group Behavior
Contributed by Zawn Villines, GoodTherapy.org Correspondent
The Atlantic, 18.06.2014
Confusing Marriage and Violence Prevention
A problematic argument for getting married
Jonathan Stray
University of British Columbia, 18.06.2014
Fighting crime one tweet at a time
Researcher studies how police use Twitter to protect and serve
EconoMonitor, 18.06.2014
The Rise of Cyber-Security Blackwaters
Recently, the Department of Justice launched its first criminal cyber espionage case against alleged Chinese hackers. The case depends on new cyber-security start-ups – the successors of Blackwater.
Indiana University, 18.06.2014
Exposure to TV violence related to irregular attention and brain structure
INDIANAPOLIS -- Young adult men who watched more violence on television showed indications of less mature brain development and poorer executive functioning, according to the results of an Indiana University School of Medicine study published online in the journal Brain and Cognition.
EurekAlert!, 18.06.2014
Counterterrorism, ethics, and global health
A new article traces the ways that the war on terror is incorporating medicine into warfare, threatening the health of local populations, increasing global health disparities, and causing profound moral distress among humanitarian and health care workers
Newswise Released, 18.06.2014
Majority of Minors Engage in Sexting, Unaware of Harsh Legal Consequences
ScienceDaily, 19.06.2014
Having authoritarian parents increases risk of drug use in adolescents, European study finds
RedOrbit, 19.06.2014
Mental Health Patients More Than Twice As Likely To Be Victims Of Homicide Than The General Public
Washington Post, 19.06.2014
Less incarceration could lead to less crime
Ken Cuccinelli and and Deborah Daniels
Huffington Post, 19.06.2014
What the Slender Man Case Reveals About the Juvenile Criminal Justice System
Tina Freiburger, Associate professor and chair of the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Information (DK), 19.06.2014
NSA ‘third party’ partners tap the Internet backbone in global surveillance program
’Third parties’ give NSA access to international fiber-optic cables, sharing massive amounts of phone and Internet data, new Snowden documents show. Germany and, by all accounts, Denmark, are among the partners in the NSA mass surveillance program codenamed RAMPART-A.
Michigan State University, 19.06.2014
New cocaine tracking system could lead to better drug enforcement
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication, 19.06.2014
Haters spend more time … hating?
Dolores Albarracín, Justin Hepler
Arizona Daily Star, 20.06.2014
Explaining what's happening in Iraq
Maggy Zanger is a professor of practice at the University of Arizona School of Journalism and an affiliated faculty member of the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies. She conducted research in Iraq before the U.S. invasion and lived there in 2003 and 2004 training Iraqi journalists.
Maggy Zanger
Washington Post, 20.06.2014
Is TV making us more afraid of crime? Or burning us out on violence?
Alyssa Rosenberg
New York Times, 20.06.2014
Money Remains Crime-Fighting Tool for New York Police
Amid advances in data-driven policing and forensic science, one traditional crime-solving tool has remained a constant for the New York Police Department: money.
ERIN TENNANT
WalesOnline, 22.06.2014
'He was one of the best boys a mother could ever want': Mother of third young Cardiff man in jihadist video begs him to return
Darren Devine
The Mercury, 22.06.2014
Judge: Bad science led to sentence for murder-by-arson case in the Poconos
Michael Rubinkam
The Atlantic, 23.06.2014
Race and the Execution Chamber
The national death-row population is roughly 42 percent black—nearly three times the proportion in the general population.
Matt Ford
EurekAlert!, 23.06.2014
Intervention appears to help teen drivers get more, better practice
Bottom Line: A web-based program for teen drivers appears to improve driving performance and quality supervised practice time before teens are licensed.
Telegraph.co.uk, 23.06.2014
Murdered By My Boyfriend: How a confident, bubbly woman became a tragic victim of domestic violence
The writer of a new BBC drama, Murdered By My Boyfriend, based on real life events, explains how the typical perceived victims of domestic violence often couldn't be further from reality
Regina Moriarty
PR Newswire, 23.06.2014
Is Yelling The New Spanking? Dr. Dan Siegel on How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids
WalesOnline, 23.06.2014
Radicalisation of young Muslims 'has been big issue in Cardiff for a while'
Alicia Melville-Smith
The British Psychological Society, 23.06.2014
TV violence and brain functioning studied
A new study has linked exposure to violence on television with less mature brain development and poorer executive functioning in young men.
The Conversation, 23.06.2014
Gerry Conlon’s life is a reminder that wrongful convictions happen everywhere
Michael Naughton
Rolling Stone, 23.06.2014
Heil Hipster: The Young Neo-Nazis Trying to Put a Stylish Face on Hate
Inside the tote-bag friendly, "Harlem Shake"-happy world of Germany's "nipsters"
Thomas Rogers
Toronto Star, 23.06.2014
The case of the big talker convicted of terrorism
Mohamed Hersi of Toronto is the first Canadian convicted under new anti-terror provisions. A jury believed was preparing to fight with Al Shabab
Michelle Shephard
Bangor Daily News, 24.06.2014
Why it makes no sense to put more people in jail
Steven E. Barkan is professor of sociology at the University of Maine and former president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
By Steven E. Barkan
Washington Post, 24.06.2014
New ACLU report takes a snapshot of police militarization in the United States
Radley Balko
Guardian Professional, 24.06.2014
How can social work education help practitioners address terrorism?
The curriculum must address more than child and adult safeguarding
Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree
theguardian.com, 25.06.2014
Predicting crime, LAPD-style
Cutting edge data-driven analysis directs Los Angeles patrol officers to likely future crime scenes – but critics worry that decision-making by machine will bring 'tyranny of the algorithm'
Nate Berg
WalesOnline, 25.06.2014
Web crime dominates policing, says officer
Police complain at least half their workload is now taken up by angry exchanges on social media
Darren Devine
New York Times, 26.06.2014
Beating of Roma Boy Exposes Tensions in France’s Underclass
DAN BILEFSKY and MAÏA de la BAUME
theguardian.com, 26.06.2014
What running Homicide Watch has taught me about crime in America
Laura Amico co-founded the groundbreaking website which enables families, friends and neighbours of both victims and suspects to track cases and see justice being done … or not
The Verge, 26.06.2014
Chicago will begin monitoring cellphone signals to track where people are walking
Jacob Kastrenakes
theguardian.com, 26.06.2014
Inquiry into undercover police may lead to quashing of protesters' convictions
Investigation set up by Theresa May will examine if campaigners were wrongly convicted because police officers lied in court
Rob Evans
Washington University School of Medicine, 27.06.2014
Youth regularly receive pro-marijuana tweets
Researchers say pro-pot messages set stage for drug use
The Independent, 27.06.2014
Exclusive: Government aims to win hearts and tackle extremism with documentary on families of dead jihadists
Cahal Milmo
The Guardian, 27.06.2014
The radicalisation of Samantha Lewthwaite, the Aylesbury schoolgirl who became the 'white widow'
Zoe Williams
Daily Beast, 27.06.2014
Whitey Bulger: A Government-Approved Maniac
We’re fascinated by homicidal miscreants like Whitey Bulger because, says the director of a documentary about him, “the dark side makes everybody almost envious of somebody who breaks all the rules and gets away with it for a long time.”
National Post, 27.06.2014
Sex in cruisers, lying under oath, assault, drunk driving, porn — a historic year of Mountie misconduct
Colin Perkel
Washington Post, 27.06.2014
Shootings rise after China gives its police guns
BEIJING — A string of shooting incidents involving Chinese police — leaving at least four people dead — has the public wondering if rank-and-file officers are really ready to carry guns, as mandated by new regulations.
The Nation, 27.06.2014
How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes?
Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis.
Soraya Chemaly
theguardian.com, 27.06.2014
On the city streets with the Detroit 300 community police force's armed A-team
Members of controversial voluntary organisation patrol neighbourhoods, hunt criminals and make citizen’s arrests - Billy Briggs in Detroit
Police News, 27.06.2014
NYPD weighs whether cut in stop-and-frisks affects crime stats
Faced with an increase in shootings in recent months, the NYPD is studying whether the big drop in stop-and-frisk encounters has impacted crime
Anthony M. Destefano
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28.06.2014
Mallory O'Brien tackles city's homicides by digging deep into data
Bill Glauber
The Seattle Times, 28.06.2014
Guest: How to prevent more school shootings
Ending the shooting violence at schools means exerting gun control and providing mental-health care, writes guest columnist David R. Stone.
David R. Stone
The Economist, 28.06.2014
Under the spotlight
Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent: Inside British Islam. By Innes Bowen.Hurst; 288 pages; £16.99. To be published in America in September; $30.
The Economist, 28.06.2014
A puff of logic
Genes, cannabis and schizophrenia
Correlation is not necessarily causation
The Economist, 28.06.2014
Murders and acquisitions
The success of Scotland’s police reforms shames England and Wales
The Economist, 28.06.2014
A half-smoked joint
Decriminalising drugs leaves the crooks with the cash. Legalise drugs instead
University of Manchester, 30.06.2014
Effects of mass violence under spotlight
An internationally renowned group of experts are to examine how the appalling effects of mass violence play out in the months and years after they have been perpetrated.
EurekAlert!, 30.06.2014
Blood lead levels associated with increased behavioral problems in kids in China
Bottom Line: Elevated blood lead levels appear to be associated with teacher-reported behavioral problems in a study of preschool children in China.
The Atlantic, 30.06.2014
Doctors' Role in Stopping Gun Violence
With proper training and guidelines, physicians could determine who is fit to carry a gun.
Iulia Filip
NEWS.com, 30.06.2014
Are uprisings in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine plus tension in North Korea pushing world to the brink of war?
The Guardian, 30.06.2014
Why it's critical that we boost the aspirations of black children
One in 5 black children believe their skin colour impedes their success prospects – how do we change this perception?
Hugh Muir
California Forward, 30.06.2014
Reevaluating role of California jail systems as health care providers
Courtney M. Fowler
Convenience Store Decisions, 30.06.2014
Crime Prevention 101
Clear visuals, strict till limits and great customer service are keys to deterring convenience store robberies.
Marilyn Odesser-Torpey
