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The Conversation, 01.07.2015
Robot law: what happens if intelligent machines commit crimes?
Jeffrey Wale, David Yuratich
theguardian.com, 01.07.2015
Gary Younge: Farewell to America
After 12 years in the US, Gary Younge is preparing to depart – as the country’s racial frictions seem certain to spark another summer of conflict
Irish Independent, 01.07.2015
Tunisia gunman Seifeddine Rezgui laid bare: The terrorist behind the Facebook posts about music and Real Madrid
Kim Sengupta
Haaretz (blog), 01.07.2015
Stop pretending that Jihadism is about good government and jobs
The secularized West finds it hard to believe that religion motivates people. But the facile economic explanations for jihadist violence don't stand the test of facts.
David Rosenberg
The Conversation, 02.07.2015
Caliphate, a disputed concept, no longer has a hold over all Muslims
Recep Dogan
The Conversation, 02.07.2015
Orange is the new bleak: solitary confinement is bad for the brain
Jordan Gaines Lewis
The Conversation, 02.07.2015
Family violence victims need support, not mandatory reporting
Kelsey Hegarty, Kirsty Forsdike
EurekAlert!, 02.07.2015
Researchers find mass killings, school shootings are contagious
Mass killings and school shootings in the U.S. appear to be contagious, according to a team of scientists from Arizona State University and Northeastern Illinois University.
EurekAlert!, 02.07.2015
The clock is ticking: New method reveals exact time of death after 10 days
A new method for calculating the exact time of death, even after as much as 10 days, has been developed by a group of researchers at the University of Salzburg.
WBUR, 02.07.2015
ISIS Is Winning The Internet Game
A big, provocative look at the sophisticated online efforts of ISIS to recruit and lure Westerners to their cause.
Jane Clayson
Washington Post (blog), 02.07.2015
How Seattle is upending everything we think about how cops do their job
Max Ehrenfreund
Pacific Standard, 02.07.2015
Private Conflict, Public Disorder, and Crime
A conversation about the limitations of the “broken windows” theory and our unreasonable expectations of the police.
Lauren Kirchner
Newsweek, 02.07.2015
How more female police officers would help stop police brutality
Women are better at defusing violent confrontations before those encounters turn deadly.
Katherine Spillar
New York Review of Books (Blog), 02.07.2015
Why Tunisia?
How can the Arab world’s most promising and ambitious new democracy also be one of its greatest producers of violent jihadists?
Hugh Eakin
The Conversation, 03.07.2015
God, religion and fundamentalism: an unholy trinity
Dianna Theadora Kenny
The Conversation, 03.07.2015
As we remember 7/7, it’s time we learned to trust the crowd
Chris Cocking, John Drury
EurekAlert!, 03.07.2015
Significant reduction in serious crimes after juvenile offenders given emotional awareness training
Cardiff University
NEWS.com.au, 05.07.2015
A new study has discovered mass killings may be contagious and lead to other violent crimes
The Independent, 05.07.2015
The Government doesn't understand terrorism — and it's making things worse
Counter-terrorism should be built on confidence in Britain's ideals, not McCarthyite anxiety.
Jonathan Leader Maynard
Juvenile Justice Information, 06.07.2015
More Data Needed on New Group ‘Emerging Adults’
Judge George Timberlake
9news.com.au, 06.07.2015
Aged care not an option for abuse victims
Survivors of institutionalised child sexual abuse are so haunted by their past, going into aged care homes is not an option, Commissioner Helen Milroy says.
The Independent, 06.07.2015
The 'no-hang up' scam targets vulnerable people - and your bank may not protect you
Unscrupulous crooks prey on older people to trick them out of their savings
Simon Read
Reason (blog), 06.07.2015
Trump and the Myth of Immigrant Crime
Numbers about those who come to America show they aren’t the source of trouble.
Steve Chapman
The Conversation, 06.07.2015
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
David Alpher
The Conversation, 06.07.2015
What we’ve learned about radicalisation since 7/7 bombings a decade ago
Matthew Francis
The Conversation, 06.07.2015
Why don’t Londoners remember 7/7 like New York remembers 9/11?
Victor Seidler
Washington Post (blog), 07.07.2015
Yes, U.S. locks people up at a higher rate than any other country
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
The Conversation, 07.07.2015
Lax rules boost risk of organised crime snaring government contracts
Louis de Koker, Kayne Harwood
The Conversation, 07.07.2015
How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism
Charlotte Heath-Kelly
The Conversation, 07.07.2015
Will the Charleston tragedy serve as an inflection point for race relations?
Christopher Parker
The Conversation, 07.07.2015
Violent offenders registers sound good, but are a costly, unproven distraction
Jane Wangmann
The Conversation, 08.07.2015
Revenge porn is just one part of a changing picture of harassment
Terry Goldsworthy, Joseph Crowley, Matthew Raj
Phoenix New Times, 08.07.2015
A Teacher's Rape Reveals Massive Security and Mental-Health Treatment Failures in Arizona Prisons
Elizabeth Stuart
Healthcare IT News, 08.07.2015
The seedy underworld of medical data trafficking
A 'value pack' of 10 stolen Medicare numbers for sale.
Chris Bowen
EurekAlert!, 08.07.2015
Manchester academics complete Britain's largest study of murder
University of Manchester
Medical Daily, 08.07.2015
Violence Begets More Violence: Why Mass Killings With Firearms May Be Contagious
Christopher Cruz
Phys.Org, 08.07.2015
Remediating abandoned, inner city buildings reduces crime and violence in surrounding area
EurekAlert!, 08.07.2015
Brawling badgers age faster
Research reveals the strain of living with competitive males; males age faster than females due to brawling in early adulthood.
University of Exeter
Pacific Standard, 08.07.2015
Another Injustice in the Criminal Justice System
The death penalty isn't just a part of the criminal justice system where racial disparities become visible—it may also be a cause.
Kate Wheeling
Politico, 08.07.2015
Donald Trump’s Wrong. Mexicans Aren’t Going to Rape You.
White Americans are far more rape-y than Mexicans can ever hope to become.
GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Medical Daily, 08.07.2015
Urban Blight Hack: Installing Windows And Doors On Abandoned Buildings Reduces Crime
Susan Scutti
Bloomberg, 08.07.2015
Islamic State Uses Encrypted Message Apps, FBI’s Chief Says
FBI Director James Comey told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday that law enforcement can’t access encrypted platforms that are being used by Islamic State to recruit lone-wolf terrorists.
Rachel Adams-Heard
Pacific Standard, 08.07.2015
Reforming Juvenile Offenders by Training Them to Read ... Faces
A new study from the U.K. finds emotional awareness training is a valuable tool in moderating the behavior of young toughs.
Tom Jacobs
The Conversation, 09.07.2015
Placing the terror threat in perspective may help provide a nuanced response
Clarke Jones
The Conversation, 09.07.2015
Twenty years after Srebrenica, ethnic cleansing has become a defence to genocide
James Sweeney
The Conversation, 09.07.2015
Islamic State vs al-Qaeda: a rivalry that dates back to old personality clashes
Natasha Ezrow
New York Times, 09.07.2015
History of Abuse Seen in Many Girls in Juvenile System
As many as 80 percent of the girls in some states’ juvenile justice systems have a history of sexual or physical abuse, according to a report released Thursday.
TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
The Atlantic, 09.07.2015
The Sex-Offender Test
How a computerized assessment can help determine the fate of men who’ve been accused of sexually abusing children.
Maurice Chammah
The Times of Israel, 09.07.2015
Looking for a supercop: Who can save the Israel Police from itself?
Of 18 police brigadier generals -- the rank just below that of commissioner -- a third have left or been fired under the shadow of scandal
Judah Ari Gross
The Conversation, 10.07.2015
Who gets to forget? What the tragedy of Srebrenica says about Europe
Elidor Mehilli
The Marshall Project, 10.07.2015
The Rise and Fall of Anthony Batts
He was more at home at Harvard than on the streets.
Simone Weichselbaum
The Conversation, 10.07.2015
Promoting violence? Alcohol specials lead to increased aggression in bars
Francis Markham, Martin Young
The Conversation, 10.07.2015
Trusting hackers with your security? You’d better be able to sort the whitehats from the blackhats
Mariarosaria Taddeo
TIME, 10.07.2015
A Way to Move Past Implicit Bias
Bias may tell us more than we thought about inequality, violence, and the need to embrace humanity
Vishnu Sridharan
Christian Science Monitor, 11.07.2015
Psychologists authorize CIA, DOD torture, says report. Does torture work? (+video)
A new report detailing how the APA helped authorize 'enhanced interrogations' has prompted renewed questions about torture's effectiveness in intelligence-gathering.
Sanya Mansoor
Washington Post, 11.07.2015
How parole boards keep prisoners in the dark and behind bars
Beth Schwartzapfel
The Economist, 11.07.2015
Back on the beat
The Big Apple’s top cop unveils a startlingly retro new plan
Politico, 12.07.2015
Dawn of the Salafists
What's behind the terrorist wave in Tunisia, the lone success story of the Arab Spring.
Mokhtar Awad
Washington Post, 13.07.2015
The jaw-dropping police/prosecutor scandal in Orange County, Calif.
Radley Balko
What Are Correction Officers So Afraid Of?, 13.07.2015
What Are Correction Officers So Afraid Of?
Besides the danger, being ignored.
Dana Goldstein
theguardian.com, 13.07.2015
Could smart guns make armed police safer and more accountable?
After a number of high-profile US incidents with police guns, technology companies are experimenting with innovative ways to make firearms safer
Anna Codrea-Rado
The Conversation, 13.07.2015
The legacy of implanted Satanic abuse ‘memories’ is still causing damage today
Christopher French
The Conversation, 13.07.2015
How a virtual ‘mob boss’ from Texas became the new face of organized crime
The many identities of Ross William Ulbricht. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Diana S Dolliver
Pacific Standard, 13.07.2015
The Corrupt Economics Behind Greece's Fiscal Problems
It seems certain that the political economy textbooks of the future will include a chapter on the experience of Greece in 2015.
Martin Hart-Landsberg
GQ online, 14.07.2015
The story of Brazil's killer cops
Six Brazilians a day die at the hands of state security forces - the brutal result of a civil war between police death squads and criminal gangs that is spiralling out of control in the country's troubled cities.
Bruce Douglas
Mother Jones, 14.07.2015
Chokeholds, Brain Injuries, Beatings: When School Cops Go Bad
At least 28 students have been seriously injured—and one killed—in the past 5 years.
Jaeah Lee
EurekAlert!, 14.07.2015
Kids expecting aggression from others become aggressive themselves
Children taught to be vigilant for hostility from others are prone to aggressive behavior
Duke University
The Conversation, 14.07.2015
Cameron puts his faith in drones in the fight against Islamic State
David J Galbreath
The Conversation, 14.07.2015
When a parent is killed: family tragedy is often a mark of our broader failings
Jaimie Zander
The Trace, 14.07.2015
Gunfight or Flee: New Study Finds No Advantages to Using a Firearm in Self-Defense Situations
The research provides the latest evidence debunking the myth of defensive gun use.
Evan Defilippis and Devin Hughes
Washington Post (blog), 14.07.2015
The best way to deal with America’s incarceration problem is hiding in plain sight
Max Ehrenfreund
The Conversation, 15.07.2015
Using Flash is like leaving your home doors open and sending invites to criminals
David Glance
The Conversation, 15.07.2015
How the largest association of psychologists in the US colluded in torture
J Wesley Boyd
PsychCentral.com (blog), 15.07.2015
Hypervigilance May Lead to Aggression
A new study suggests extreme wariness of hostility from others may trigger aggressive behavior.
Rick Nauert PhD
The News Hub, 15.07.2015
Germany devises controversial campaign to urge paedophiles to come out of the shadows
The Conversation, 15.07.2015
Explainer: what is the mafia? And what threat does it pose?
Terry Goldsworthy
Pacific Standard, 15.07.2015
One Year After the Death of Eric Garner, Reform Deferred
Despite protests in New York and beyond, police reform is in a dismal state.
Jared Keller
Pacific Standard, 15.07.2015
A Day in the Life of a Prisoner
Movies and television don't do an adequate job capturing the day-to-day loneliness and the feelings of exclusion and shame.
The Conversation, 16.07.2015
‘Securitisation’ presents challenges for migrant settlement and integration
Caitlin Nunn
Pacific Standard, 16.07.2015
Facing Disturbing Truths About Pedophilia Could Help Us Keep Kids Safer
Pedophilia can be something you're born with. It's not an addiction, although pedophiles can be sex addicts and are often given addiction-type treatment. As a sex addict, I'm convinced we fail these people in ways that increase our risks.
Brian Whitney
EurekAlert!, 16.07.2015
Firearm shooting errors could be reduced through cognitive training
Association for Psychological Science
The Conversation, 17.07.2015
‘El Chapo’ jailbreak is both a Mexican and an American story
Luis Gómez Romero
Pacific Standard, 17.07.2015
A Thriller ... About Psychological Methodology
Inside the claustrophobic, ethically dubious world of The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Ted Scheinman
The Washington Post, 18.07.2015
The scariest thing about synthetic drugs is everything that’s unknown
Synthetic drugs bring challenge of unknown to D.C.
Abigail Hauslohner and Peter Hermann
The New Yorker, 20.07.2015
Death of a Prosecutor
Alberto Nisman accused Iran and Argentina of colluding to bury a terrorist attack. Did it get him killed?
Dexter Filkins
The Conversation, 20.07.2015
Britain seeks to understand why some Muslims migrate to Islamic State
Mira Baz
The Conversation, 20.07.2015
Extremism plan pushes the UK down a dangerously illiberal road
Thomas Scotto
Salon, 20.07.2015
Worried about rising crime rates? Then it’s time to get the police under control
Violent crime has been decreasing for decades, but a recent surge shows why the police need to earn back our trust.
Lawrence Brown
theguardian.com, 20.07.2015
Cameron's anti-terror strategy is 'barking up wrong tree', says expert
Prime minister told he should not focus on ideology but on would-be terrorists’ motivation to help causes they identify with.
Matthew Weaver
The Conversation, 20.07.2015
In first case of its kind, UK high court rules surveillance law unconstitutional
Marianne Franklin
TIME, 21.07.2015
How a Teenager Sentenced to Life in Prison Became the Involuntary Face of Reform
When 14-year-old Barney Lee was sentenced to life in prison, he became a human experiment for new theories of penal reform
Yana Skorobogatov
Wall Street Journal, 21.07.2015
The High Cost of Letting Criminals Go
The sentencing reforms of the 1980s worked. As more criminals were sent away, crime plummeted.
Jason L. Riley
Daily Mail, 21.07.2015
How to spot a serial killer: Criminologists reveal five key traits the most notorious murderers have in common
The Conversation, 21.07.2015
The catalogue of errors that killed Jean Charles de Menezes
It has been ten years since a catastrophic case of mistaken identity led police to shoot and kill Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Underground station in London. De Menezes – a native to Brazil – was just 27 years old and living only temporarily in London.
Peter Squires
The Conversation, 21.07.2015
When institutions let child sexual abuse happen, that should be a crime
An issue to emerge from the royal commission hearings is the inadequacy of existing law for dealing with institutions whose negligence made child sexual abuse possible. AAP/Royal Commission
Arie Freiberg
CorrectionsOne, 21.07.2015
Nature vs. nurture: Which causes crime?
A combination of both biological and social factors combined mold people into who they are and determines the mindset of one that chooses to engage in criminal behavior
The Conversation, 21.07.2015
Children at risk of extremism could fall through growing gaps in school system
Michael Jopling
The Conversation, 21.07.2015
Turkey bombing risks further unrest in a country already living on the edge
Cengiz Gunes
Huffington Post, 21.07.2015
One Simple Idea That Could Reduce Domestic Violence
Many victims can't afford lawyers. What if we gave them one for free?
Melissa Jeltsen
The Conversation, 22.07.2015
Ten years after the de Menezes killing, we’re no better at identifying faces
Graham MacKenzie
The Conversation, 22.07.2015
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
Megan Price
The Conversation, 22.07.2015
How UK anti-terror guidance could violate children’s human rights
Stephanie Petrie
EurekAlert!, 22.07.2015
Time spent on social networking sites linked to mental health problems in teens
Mary Ann Liebert
EurekAlert!, 22.07.2015
Computer security tools for journalists lacking in a post-Snowden world
University of Washington
theguardian.com, 22.07.2015
To combat disability hate crime, we must understand why people commit it
First-ever survey of the motivation behind disability hate crime reveals that it is often related to an idea of them as ‘benefit scroungers’ who get special perks
Katharine Quarmby
The Guardian, 23.07.2015
Ecstasy and LSD use reaches new high among young
Findings on drug use are serious blow to government’s hardline strategy.
Damien Gayle and David Pegg
Telegraph.co.uk, 23.07.2015
How did these terror attacks during the last 20 years change the world?
Big Question long read: The London 7/7 attack raised fears of terrorists among home-grown citizens but other atrocities have also changed how we perceive terrorism. Academics from King's College London explain how.
King's College London
Salon, 23.07.2015
There’s a scientific reason for the racism built into America’s criminal justice system
From start to finish, the system reflects the problems and biases of the humans who run it
Kali Holloway
Pacific Standard, 23.07.2015
The Connection Between Mental Health Problems and Juvie
Health programs could stop problems before they start.
Francie Diep
The Trace, 23.07.2015
The Chattanooga Shooter Reportedly Suffered from Mental Illness and Abused Drugs and Alcohol. Only One of Those Has a Clear Link to Gun Violence.
Mass shootings, public misperceptions, and what the research really says.
Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes
The Conversation, 23.07.2015
Why defeating Islamic State might mean re-reading The Lord of the Rings
Akil N Awan
The Conversation, 23.07.2015
Online carjacking: do auto manufacturers realise dangers of networked motors?
Madeline Cheah
Washington Post, 24.07.2015
There have been 204 mass shootings — and 204 days — in 2015 so far
Christopher Ingraham
Washington Post, 24.07.2015
Another day, another massacre — and it’s hard to explain why
Joel Achenbach
WTNH Connecticut News, 24.07.2015
Cold Cases: Why Connecticut police are turning to prisoners for help
Noelle Gardner
CityLab, 24.07.2015
Everyone Has the Right to Mouth Off to Cops
U.S. courts have made this clear again and again and again.
Daniel Denvir
theguardian.com, 24.07.2015
Counter-terrorism laws 'not about targeting Muslims', says justice minister
In the face of claims counter-terrorism measures are stirring up Islamophobia, Michael Keenan says police are not enemies of Islam or any other religion.
Shalailah Medhora
NBCNews.com, 25.07.2015
Port Arthur Massacre: The Shooting Spree That Changed Australia's Gun Laws
Matthew Grimson
The New Yorker, 27.07.2015
The Double Sting
A power struggle between Russia’s rival security agencies.
Joshua Yaffa
Columbia Journalism Review July/August 2015, 27.07.2015
Krakauer’s Missoula and the scrutiny of reporters who cover rape
Brendan Fitzgerald
Mother Jones, 27.07.2015
Here's What Sandra Bland's Death Says About Our Broken Bail System
Nothing suggests she was a danger to the community, so why was she kept in jail?
Shane Bauer
National, 27.07.2015
Provocative new study finds bullies have highest self esteem, social status, lowest rates of depression
Tom Blackwell
The Conversation, 27.07.2015
Regulating people – not just guns – might explain Australia’s decline in mass shootings
Samara McPhedran
Mic, 27.07.2015
14 Brave Quotes From Cosby Sexual Assault Survivors Reveal Harsh Truths About Rape
Julie Zeilinger
The Conversation, 27.07.2015
How women are reclaiming their right to public space in Delhi
Melissa Butcher
Washington Post (blog), 27.07.2015
Gun control? Americans increasingly see more guns as the solution, not the problem.
Amber Phillips
Utah Public Radio, 28.07.2015
Revisiting Our Conversation With Christian Pfeiffer On Tuesday's Access Utah
Tom Williams
The Libertarian Republic, 28.07.2015
Bad Boys Get More Sex, Have Higher Self-Esteem & Social Status
Ryan Carrillo
Mother Jones, 28.07.2015
When the Gun Lobby Tries to Justify Firearms Everywhere, It Turns to This Guy
Once mired in controversy, John Lott has reemerged as the pro-gun movement's go-to wonk.
Julia Lurie
The Conversation, 28.07.2015
Why Australia’s war on bikies will inevitably end in failure
Terry Goldsworthy
EurekAlert!, 28.07.2015
Majority rule: Why conformity can actually be a good thing
University of British Columbia
theguardian.com, 28.07.2015
Five urban design mistakes that create unhealthy and inactive communities
Suburbia has long been plagued with bad architecture that discourages exercise, but similar mistakes are blighting neighbourhoods for city dwellers too
Claire Mookerjee
Wall Street Journal, 28.07.2015
New Jersey Police to Get Body Cameras
Some 1,000 troopers will be equipped with the devices
Heather Haddon
Washington Post (blog), 28.07.2015
Watch what happens when regular people try to use handguns in self-defense
Christopher Ingraham
The Conversation, 28.07.2015
Hactivists aren’t terrorists – but US prosecutors make little distinction
Adam Fish, Luca Follis
BBC News, 29.07.2015
Less lighting has no impact on crime or collisions, says report
Reduced street lighting at night does not lead to an increase in crime or car crashes, a report suggests.
Huffington Post, 29.07.2015
Police Should Intervene When Other Officers Use Unlawful Force
Ervin Staub
The Week Magazine, 29.07.2015
Here's a superficial solution for crime that actually works
Kate Wheeling
The Conversation, 29.07.2015
‘Is this really Europe?’: refugees in Calais speak of desperate conditions
Thom Davies, Arshad Isakjee, Surindar Dhesi
The Independent, 29.07.2015
More than 80 per cent of female inmates locked up for non-violent offences, new figures show
Exclusive: The figures come amid a drive to clear jails of women who pose no danger to the public.
Nigel Morris
The Conversation, 30.07.2015
As Security Council resolution fails, there is another way to investigate MH17
Steven Freeland
The Conversation, 30.07.2015
Do encounters with perpetrators help or hinder recovery after traumatic loss?
Louise Harms
ProPublica, July 30, 2015, 6 a.m., 31.07.2015
The FBI Built a Database That Can Catch Rapists — Almost Nobody Uses It
For roughly 30 years the FBI has virtually ignored a system meant to help cops track the behavioral patterns of violent criminals.
by T. Christian Miller
Pacific Standard Jul 29, 2015, 31.07.2015
Streetlights Might Not Make You Safer
In the ongoing debate over whether streetlights reduce crime, a new British study suggests they don't—and cities could save money and energy by cutting back.
Nathan Collins
, 31.07.2015
EurekAlert! Public Release: 30-Jul-2015
Group launches plan to reduce youth problems by 20 percent in a decade
University of Washington
