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Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 07.01.2015
Study: Ohio Diversion Program Decreases Delinquency
Gary Gately
Philadelphia, 11.01.2015
John and Bonnie Raines: The Whistleblowers Whose 1971 FBI Raid Anticipated Edward Snowden
In March 1971, John and Bonnie Raines broke into an FBI office in Media. The documents they leaked revealed that the government was spying on its own citizens. Today, they’re hailed as heroes. Is this what the future will look like for Edward Snowden?
Steve Volk
The Atlantic, 13.01.2015
The Myth of Neutral Technology
Tools like body cameras for police officers can be only as effective at reducing inequalities in law enforcement as the humans using them.
Melissa Gregg and Jason Wilson
Daily Mail Published, 13.01.2015
Police officers wearing body cameras are 50% less likely to use force and 90% less likely to have complaints made against them, new study reveals
The Conversation, 13.01.2015
Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Ray Corrigan
The Conversation, 13.01.2015
The attack on Charlie Hebdo: the problem is the Middle East, not Islam
David Mednicoff
The Conversation, 13.01.2015
Leopards can’t change their spots but domestic violence programmes do change lives
Nicole Westmarland, Liz Kelly
theguardian.com, 13.01.2015
Cameron wants to ban encryption – he can say goodbye to digital Britain
Online shopping, banking and messaging all use encryption. Cameron either knows his anti-terror talk is unworkable and is looking for headlines, or he hasn’t got a clue.
James Ball
Boingboing, 13.01.2015
What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry
Cory Doctorow
Newswise Released, 13.01.2015
Teams Better Than Individuals at Intelligence Analysis, Research Finds
Study results counter common work methods of U.S. intelligence community.
Open Democracy, 13.01.2015
In search of the spider in Anders Behring Breivik's web
For months we searched for the Norwegian terrorist’s most prominent supporter. Our hunt ended in a suburb in South Carolina, USA.
Simen Sætre
EurekAlert! Public Release, 14.01.2015
Making sexual objectification socially unacceptable could enhance women's sense of safety
Sexual objectification increases women's fear of crime.
Forbes, 14.01.2015
Obama Security Proposals 'Will Create Cyber Police State'
Yesterday, President Obama announced plans to “modernize” laws supposed to protect innocents from cyber attacks like the one that tore Sony Pictures apart towards the end of last year. But according to security experts, the proposed legislation could be used against anyone with the slightest link to digital crime.
Washington Post, 14.01.2015
Why the CDC still isn’t researching gun violence, despite the ban being lifted two years ago
Fear and funding shortfalls remain at the CDC, even though the agency was ordered to resume firearm studies after Newtown shooting.
Todd C. Frankel
New York Daily News, 14.01.2015
'Culture of violence': Use of force at NYC jails reaches record high in 2014: report
New York Times, 14.01.2015
Europe Focuses on Emerging Threats From Smaller Crews of Terrorists
STEVEN ERLANGER
The Guardian, 14.01.2015
This UK antisemitism survey would have shocked my great uncle Alex
He survived the Holocaust and never trusted France – but he always thought Jewish people could feel at home in Britain.
Hadley Freeman
Wired (USA), 14.01.2015
No, the NSA Isn’t Like the Stasi—And Comparing Them Is Treacherous
Andrew Curry
BBC News, 15.01.2015
The end of the CCTV era?
Twenty years ago the government backed a major expansion of the CCTV network - now funds are being cut and cameras shut off. Is the UK's CCTV boom over, asks Rachel Argyle.
Medical Daily, 15.01.2015
The False Memory Trap: How Our Brains Are Constantly Distorting The Past
Chris Weller
EurekAlert!, 15.01.2015
Stress from the presence of strangers prevents empathy, in both mice and humans
McGill University
EurekAlert!, 15.01.2015
Difficult behavior in young children may point to later problems
Washington University School of Medicine
EurekAlert!, 15.01.2015
People can be convinced they committed a crime that never happened
Association for Psychological Science
The Conversation, 15.01.2015
Counter-terrorism bill could be ‘devastating’ for university freedoms
Steve Hewitt
The Conversation, 15.01.2015
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch adds Paris attacks to list of successes
Stefan Wolff
Pacific Standard, 15.01.2015
Don’t Believe the FBI’s Most Recent Hate Crime Statistics
Lauren Kirchner
WND.com, 16.01.2015
Profile of a terrorist: What makes people blow themselves up
Experts reveal biggest personality factors contributing to jihadist recruitment.
The Guardian, 16.01.2015
Covering eyes can help witnesses recall crimes, study finds
Researchers at Surrey University find evidence that blocking off vision boosts the ability to remember events accurately.
Owen Bowcott
The Conversation, 16.01.2015
Black flags and balaclavas: how jihadists dress for imaginary war
Michael Semple
The Conversation, 16.01.2015
Belgium terror raids and Paris attacks reveal urgent need for pan-European security
Alistair Shepherd
The Conversation, 16.01.2015
Kathryn Bigelow and the bogus link between ivory and terrorism
Diogo Veríssimo, David H. Smith
The Conversation, 16.01.2015
What admitting Palestine to the International Criminal Court means
Matt Killingsworth
The Observer, 17.01.2015
Isis using UK female jihadis to incite terror acts back home, say researchers
Intensive monitoring of social media accounts of female Britons based in northern Syria reveals women’s key new role.
Mark Townsend and Toby Helm
Herald Sun, 17.01.2015
Why would young woman Hayat Boumeddiene sign up to a life of terror?
RUTH LAMPERD
The Observer, 17.01.2015
How a team of social media experts is able to keep track of the UK jihadis
A team of analysts at King’s College in London is building an exhaustive database of western Islamic State fighters – through Twitter and Facebook.
Mark Townsend
OUPblog, 17.01.2015
Fear vs terror: signal crimes, counter-terrorism, and the Charlie Hebdo killings
Signal Crimes: Social Reactions to Crime, Disorder, and Control.
Martin Innes
Science 2.0, 17.01.2015
Innocent People Can Be Convinced They Committed A Crime That Never Happened
News Staff
Pacific Standard, 17.01.2015
How I Learned to Stop Pretending and Fear the Bomb
Fifteen years after surviving a terrorist attack in Moscow, I finally came to terms with how deeply the experience had affected me.
Tanya Paperny
Huffington Post, 17.01.2015
National Security, Values and the Terrorist Threat: Lessons From the 9/11 and French Attacks
Donald Kerwin
New York Times, 18.01.2015
From Amateur to Ruthless Jihadist in France
Chérif and Saïd Kouachi’s Path to Paris Attack at Charlie Hebdo.
RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and JIM YARDLEY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 18.01.2015
Bringing terrorists into sharper focus
Lone-actor Jihadists are motivated by much more than a distorted religious ideology.
Paul Gill
The New Yorker, 19.01.2015
We Know How You Feel
Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can’t wait.
Raffi Khatchadourian
The Conversation, 19.01.2015
Domestic violence is now out in the open but the figures show just how endemic it is
Anne Lazenbatt & John Devaney
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 19.01.2015
Terror from the Fringes
Searching for Answers in the "Charlie Hebdo" Attacks.
SPIEGEL Staff
The Conversation, 19.01.2015
Much soul searching as Belgium confronts terror at home
Valentina Morselli
The Guardian, 20.01.2015
Alan Rusbridger: Home Office must not remove right to protect sources
In a speech to members of the defence and intelligence community, the Guardian editor expressed concern over threats to privacy and freedom of speech.
Ewen MacAskill
Pacific Standard, 20.01.2015
The Semantic Power of ‘Rape’
New evidence that terminology is reshaping campus culture in crucial ways.
Ted Scheinman
CFO Magazine, 20.01.2015
Cyber Crime: Think of A Number and Double It
Businesses would benefit from reliable information on cyber crime’s costs.
Economist Staff
The Independent, 20.01.2015
Forensic science: How its use revolutionised the way we detect crime
Steve Connor
Sydney Morning Herald, 20.01.2015
Violence against women reduced through apprehended violence orders, survey shows
Emma Partridge, Kerrie Armstrong
The Conversation, 20.01.2015
To defeat terrorists, we need a new game plan to unite all moderates
Andrew MacLeod
Christian Science Monitor, 21.01.2015
Fatal stabbing after Snapchat message: How to respond to online abusers and bullies
Stories of violence and online abuse related to the messaging app Snapchat have made the news this week. What can parents and teens do to cope with cyber-bullies?
Lisa Suhay
The Conversation, 21.01.2015
Can the French teach us a basic civics lesson about handling terrorism?
Simon Reich
The Conversation, 21.01.2015
How fear of offending has trumped freedom of speech among today’s young people
Jennie Bristow
The New Republic, 21.01.2015
People in Neighborhoods with High Incarceration Rates Are More Likely to Suffer from Depression and Anxiety
Janell Ross
Boston Globe, 21.01.2015
Defending those accused of unthinkable crimes
The cases of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Jared Loughner, Whitey Bulger, and others demand a special breed of lawyer.
Scott Helman
Guernica, 21.01.2015
The Golden Age of Black Ops
Special ops missions have already taken place in 105 countries in 2015.
Nick Turse
Guernica, 21.01.2015
Your Home Is Your Prison
How to lock down your neighborhood, your country, and you.
Maya Schenwar
The Conversation, 22.01.2015
Q&A: will Indonesia listen to pleas to spare people on death row?
Djayadi Hanan
Telegraph.co.uk, 22.01.2015
Why students don’t understand what counts as rape
Sexual contact without consent is assault – but an alarming number of young people are confused.
Olivia Goldhill
EurekAlert!, 22.01.2015
83 percent of teenagers fall victim to some kind of violence during their lives
EurekAlert!, 22.01.2015
New strategies to identify and help women victims of intimate partner violence
EurekAlert!, 22.01.2015
Profitable phishing schemes slyly tinker with our heads, then rip us off
'The claws that catch' alter cognitive processing to get what they want.
University at Buffalo
EurekAlert!, 22.01.2015
Low-income boys fare worse in wealth's shadow
Poor boys who grow up alongside more affluent neighbors exhibit more antisocial behavior than those who grow up in concentrated poverty, says new research from Duke University.
The Conversation, 22.01.2015
Bali Nine: hypocrisy, politics and courts play out in death row lottery
Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith
Washington Post (blog), 22.01.2015
What Obama didn’t say about crime and incarceration
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
Penn Current, 22.01.2015
Penn research connects social/biological risk factors for antisocial behavior
Evan Lerner
New Statesman, 22.01.2015
To hide behind falling crime rates is to fail victims of crime
New forms of crime are on the up.
Jack Dromey
BBC News, 22.01.2015
'Don't give up on us,' police tell ministers
With crime now having fallen to levels not seen since David Soul (Hutch from US cop drama Starsky & Hutch) topped the charts with "Don't Give Up On Us" in 1977, police are worried the statistics will cue even deeper cuts to their budgets.
Mark Easton
New York Times, 23.01.2015
Many Errors by Cleveland Police, Then a Fatal One
SHAILA DEWAN and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
The Conversation, 23.01.2015
Why the fight against Islamic State is not the success we’re told it is
Scott Lucas
The Conversation, 23.01.2015
Drug delivery drones shouldn’t surprise us – smugglers have used everything else
Javier Guerrero
NBCNews.com, 24.01.2015
Did Prison Life Create Charlie Hebdo, Kosher Supermarket Terrorists?
Alastair Jamieson
Sydney Morning Herald, 24.01.2015
Does the death penalty deter drug smugglers?
Jewel Topsfield and Tom Allard
The New Yorker, 26.01.2015
The Whole Haystack
The N.S.A. claims it needs access to all our phone records. But is that the best way to catch a terrorist?
Matthias Schwartz
The Conversation, 26.01.2015
We can’t expect intelligence services to prevent every terrorist attack
Damien Van Puyvelde
The Conversation, 26.01.2015
From carjacking to carhacking: computerised vehicles are more vulnerable than ever
Andrew Smith, Blaine Price
CNN Updated, 26.01.2015
Add this to Greece's list of problems: It's an emerging hub for terrorists
Tim Lister and Ioannis Mantzikos
The Guardian online, 26.01.2015
Why fragile cities hold the key to stability and development
City planners who have made some of the world’s most dangerous urban areas safer must share lessons with those where ‘anarchy rules’, says a leading expert.
John Vidal
Open Democracy, 26.01.2015
How big is the trafficking problem? The mysteries of quantification
Sally Engle Merry
The International New York Times, 26.01.2015
The Mill of Muslim Radicalism in France
FARHAD KHOSROKHAVAR
EurekAlert!, 27.01.2015
Psychopathic violent offenders' brains can't understand punishment
MRI-scans reveal abnormalities in many areas of the brain.
University of Montreal
EurekAlert!, 27.01.2015
Sexual offending treatment programs in prisons and hospitals are ineffective
BMJ-British Medical Journal
EurekAlert!, 27.01.2015
Crude conspiracy theories could be right
Researchers have for the first time provided strong evidence for what conspiracy theorists have long thought -- oil is often the reason for interfering in another country's war.
University of Warwick
The Conversation, 27.01.2015
The rise of an intelligence lobby threatens the rights of lawyers, journalists – and all of us
Paul Lashmar
New Statesman, 27.01.2015
Labour will focus on tackling domestic violence – new research could help
A Police and Crime Commissioner is making the case for domestic violence perpetrator programmes.
Vera Baird
EurekAlert!, 27.01.2015
Age concern in largest ever study of heroin user deaths
University of Manchester
Wall Street Journal, 28.01.2015
U.S. Prisons Grapple With Aging Population
More Middle-Age Offenders Are Entering or Re-entering Facilities, Research Shows.
Joe Palazzolo
The Guardian, 28.01.2015
Women with disabilities excluded from domestic abuse law, say campaigners
Male carers who can prove they are acting in their partners’ interests would escape punishment under ‘coercive control’ legislation.
The New Republic, 28.01.2015
It's Easy to Murder a Black Man in America and Get Away With It
A journalist's ten-year investigation of inner-city violence.
Dan Slater
EurekAlert!, 28.01.2015
Bitcoin scams steal at least $11 million in virtual deposits from unsuspecting customers
First empirical study of its kind identifies fraud on seemingly legitimate web sites purposely designed to steal customers' funds. Southern Methodist University.
Irish Times, 28.01.2015
Report reveals magnitude of criminality in South Africa police
Institute of Race Relations finds 1 per cent of officers have criminal records.
Bill Corcoran
The Guardian, 28.01.2015
Give slavery victims ‘freedom from prosecution for minor crimes’
Police chief says plans laid out in modern slavery bill for legal discretion will help bring cases against gangs exploiting People.
Owen Bowcott
Police Oracle, 28.01.2015
Terrorism: What happens next?
As extremism dominates media headlines Dr Dave Sloggett highlights the issues stemming from our own fear.
Dr Dave Sloggett
The Globe and Mail, 29.01.2015
Parents who think the world was safer when they were younger are wrong
COURTNEY SHEA
Huffington Post, 29.01.2015
Why Are IQ Scores Still Being Used To Determine Who Is Fit To Be Executed?
Maurice Chammah and Dana Goldstein
Popular Science, 29.01.2015
Modeling Suspects' Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes
But can it work well enough to generate reliable leads?
Francie Diep
Police Oracle, 29.01.2015
Home Office earmarks £10 million for policing research
Theresa May says funds will go towards trying to understand why people commit crimes and why crime is falling.
Josh Loeb
ProPublica, 29.01.2015
True or False, the Power of Confessions is Great
The Etan Patz murder trial is the latest test case for measuring the power of a confession, whether or not it’s actually true.
Joe Sexton
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 30.01.2015
New Campaign Seeks to Sharply Reduce Youth Incarceration
Gary Gately
The Conversation, 30.01.2015
International court upholds Srebrenica massacre verdicts
Louis Monroy Santander
Beaumont Enterprise, 30.01.2015
President's task force on policing looks at use of force
LISA CORNWELL
Washington Post, 30.01.2015
Eyewitnesses aren’t as reliable as you might think
Thomas Albright and Jed Rakoff
Newswise, 30.01.2015
Poll Shows Public Opposes Social Media & News Media Showing Images of ISIS Beheadings – UD
U.S. News & World Report, 30.01.2015
School Resource Officers: Safety Priority or Part of the Problem?
Placing cops in schools needlessly pushes students into the justice system, critics say – unless it's done right.
The Economist, 31.01.2015
The paradox of the ghetto
Unnervingly, poor children seem to fare better in poor neighbourhoods.
Philly.com, 31.01.2015
Mapping neighborhood change in Camden
As Camden leaders tout a budding renaissance in the city, one Rutgers-Camden project will be keeping an objective eye by tracking neighborhood changes in the Cramer Hill section.
Jonathan Lai
