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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
The Conversation August 1, 2015 8.23am BST, 03.08.2015
It’s important to understand why some people support capital punishment
Author Christopher Bennett, Reader in the Philosophy Department at University of Sheffield
New York Times online JULY 30, 2015, 03.08.2015
The Videos That Are Putting Race and Policing Into Sharp Relief
By DAMIEN CAVE and ROCHELLE OLIVER
The Conversation July 31, 2015 11.48am BST, 03.08.2015
Fishing for favors: how inmates lure prison staffers
Author Robert Worley, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Lamar University
Congressional Research Service Releases Study of Mass Shootings, 04.08.2015
One criminologist's reaction: "This report should calm the fears that many people have that these numbers are out of control."
Jesse Walker
EurekAlert! Public Release: 3-Aug-2015, 04.08.2015
Marriage can lead to dramatic reduction in heavy drinking in young adults
Findings could help improve clinical outcomes for heavy drinkers, inform public health policy
University of Missouri-Columbia
NEWS.com.au August 01, 2015 8:00PM, 04.08.2015
Liam Bartlett: Have we put up the white flag on crime?
The Conversation August 4, 2015 8.35pm BST, 05.08.2015
Why we should all care about cyber crime: the risk to you and me
Author Mihai Lazarescu, Associate Professor and head of the Department of Computing at Curtin University
The Cop, 05.08.2015
Darren Wilson was not indicted for shooting Michael Brown. Many people question whether justice was done
By Jake Halpern
Americans' Slightly Shifting Attitudes About Rape Victims, 05.08.2015
The proportion of young American adults who hold untrue and harmful beliefs about rape victims has declined since the 1970s, but not by as much as you
Francie Diep
The Conversation August 5, 2015 3.35pm BST, 06.08.2015
Coerced confessions and jailhouse snitches: why the death penalty is so flawed
Author Brandon L. Garrett, Professor of Law at University of Virginia
MassLive.com August 05, 2015 at 6:30 AM, updated August 05, 2015 at 6:34 AM, 06.08.2015
Police body cameras in Massachusetts: A simple idea that's hard to enact
By Patrick Johnson | pjohnson@repub.com
The Economist - Aug 1st 2015 | From the print edition, 06.08.2015
Information security
It is too easy to hack into websites, but some people do so to make it harder
The Conversation August 6, 2015 9.07pm BST, 07.08.2015
Don’t worry, if you smoked during pregnancy, your child isn’t programmed for delinquency
Author Caroline Homer, Professor of Midwifery at University of Technology Sydney
Wall Street Journal Updated Aug. 6, 2015 5:35 p.m. ET, 07.08.2015
Police Walk Fine Line in Wake of Ferguson Shootings
In places such as Baltimore a decline in arrests has been accompanied by a rise in some crimes
City officials are struggling to end this summer’s sharp rise in homicides and shootings. Officer David White takes WSJ’s Scott Calvert on a ride-along in West Baltimore.
By Scott Calvert and Zusha Elinson
In These Times August 5, 2015, 07.08.2015
How One Group of Moms Is Keeping the Peace on One of Chicago’s Most Violent Street Corners
The group wants to make one thing clear: Young black men are not the enemy.
BY Lillian Osborne and Jessica Stites
Wall Street Journal Updated Aug. 7, 2015 11:59 a.m. ET, 10.08.2015
How Many Americans Have a Police Record? Probably More Than You Think
Drill-down into oft-cited crime statistic points to an undercount
By Jo Craven McGinty
Yale News August 7, 2015, 10.08.2015
Workshop aims to give criminal justice professionals tools to reduce crime
A social network analysis workshop aims to give criminal justice professionals tools to reduce crime.
By Bess Connolly Martell
Curbing Intimate Partner Violence Is a Tall Task, 10.08.2015
Two studies show that fighting domestic violence just isn't that easy.
Nathan Collins
The Atlantic 10.8.2015, 7:30 AM ET, 11.08.2015
The Crimes of Children
The juvenile justice system was designed to “hide youthful errors from the full gaze of the public.” But the extra penalties attached to these sentences have ruined many lives.
Dylan Walsh
Bloomberg Aug 6, 2015 2:00 PM CEST, 11.08.2015
Saving Baltimore From Itself
The city's new police chief is working on a miracle.
Del Quentin Wilber
Pacific Standard 10.8.2015, 11.08.2015
Illegal Immigration Might Actually Reduce Crime Rates
Claude S. Fischer
Politico August 11, 2015, 12.08.2015
Don’t Blame My ‘Broken Windows’ Theory For Poor Policing
The co-author of an influential approach to police tactics argues it’s been misunderstood.
By GEORGE KELLING
EurekAlert! Public Release: 11-Aug-2015, 12.08.2015
Behaviors linked to adult crime differ between abused boys and girls, study finds
University of Washington
The Intercept Aug. 3 2015, 11:49 a.m., 12.08.2015
My Life Unmasking British Eavesdroppers
Duncan Campbell
Mother Jones Wed Aug. 12, 2015 6:00 AM EDT, 13.08.2015
Why Cops Are Told to Keep Quiet After a Shooting
The controversial science behind the 48-hour rule.
By Jaeah Lee
The Conversation August 12, 2015 4.36pm BST, 13.08.2015
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Author Arthur Romano, Assistant Professor, School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University
The Conversation August 12, 2015 5.16am BST, 13.08.2015
FactCheck: is ridesharing no safer than hitchhiking?
Author Terry Goldsworthy, Assistant Professor in Criminology at Bond University
EurekAlert! Public Release: 13-Aug-2015, 14.08.2015
Police more likely to be killed on duty in states with high gun ownership
University of Illinois at Chicago
The Marshall Project Filed 7:15 a.m. 08.13.2015, 14.08.2015
Should Cops Get to Review the Video Before They Report? Commentary
By Kathy Pezdek
The Conversation August 13, 2015 6.55am BST, 14.08.2015
Here’s how rape on campus remains a hidden crime
Author Elizabeth Englander, Professor of Psychology, and the Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC) at Bridgewater State University
Washington Post August 16 at 7:30 PM, 17.08.2015
Why ethical psychologists play an important role in interrogations
By Anne Speckhard
Washington Post- August 15, 2015, 17.08.2015
Jerome Miller, revolutionized juvenile justice, dies
By Emily Langer
The Conversation August 17, 2015 9.04pm BST, 18.08.2015
Mass grave reveals organised violence among Europe’s first farmers
Author Rick Schulting, Lecturer in Scientific and Prehistoric Archaeology at University of Oxford
Irish Examiner Monday, August 17, 2015, 18.08.2015
Wrongful Convictions: Time to shine a light on the innocent
Anne Driscoll, Innocence Project
The Conversation August 17, 2015 5.01am BST, 18.08.2015
When bail causes outrage, don’t just blame the courts
Author Rick Sarre, Professor of Law at University of South Australia
Pacific Standard, 18.08.2015
What Makes American Men So Dangerous?
Mass shootings in the United States are on the rise. And men are almost always to blame.
Tristan Bridges & Tara Leigh Tober
The Chronicle of Higher Education August 18, 2015, 19.08.2015
Can Universities Fix the Police?
By Steve Kolowich
theguardian.com Tuesday 18 August 2015 14.30 BST, 19.08.2015
I’ve seen how debating skills win the argument for rehabilitation in jail
A volunteering scheme by student barristers shows how giving prisoners debating skills can transform their confidence and change perceptions on both sides of the classroom
Zehrah Hasan
n+1 Published in Issue 23: As If Publication date Fall 2015, 19.08.2015
Evil but Stupid
Sy Hersh, secrecy, and paranoia
EurekAlert! Public Release: 19-Aug-2015, 20.08.2015
Research reveals link between age and opinions about video games
Study published in Computers and Human analyzes the opinions of 109 clinicians asking them whether video games are a problem for society
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The Conversation August 18, 2015 5.27pm BST, 20.08.2015
Simple hospitality could be the answer to the European migrant ‘crisis’
Author Jessica Jacobs, Geographer and filmmaker at Queen Mary University of London
The Conversation August 19, 2015 2.31pm BST, 20.08.2015
IWF’s efforts to remove child porn from the web won’t tackle paedophile networks – but it’s still important
Author David S. Wall, Professor of Criminology at University of Leeds
The Conversation August 20, 2015 5.30am BST, 21.08.2015
Reflections on police funerals: what they say about South Africa’s policing culture
Author Gráinne Perkins, PhD Student, Centre of Criminology at University of Cape Town
The Conversation August 21, 2015 3.01am BST, 21.08.2015
FactCheck: is ice more dangerous and addictive than any other illegal drug?
Author Nicole Lee, Associate Professor at the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction at Flinders University
EurekAlert! Public Release: 19-Aug-2015, 21.08.2015
Social media is transforming emergency communications -- Ben-Gurion U. study
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Government Technology, 21.08.2015
Police Body Cameras Improve Accuracy of Written Reports, Study Shows
Huffington Post, 21.08.2015
Report from Turkey: Enjoying the Med Beaches While the Rest of the Mid East Burns
Brian Glyn Williams
Huffington Post, 21.08.2015
Why More Women in Law Enforcement Means a More Just and Peaceful World
Lauren C. Anderson
Telegraph.co.uk, 21.08.2015
More relaxed nature of rail travel leaves it vulnerable
There were four times as many malicious deaths on trains as on aircraft from 2002 to 2011, study found.
David Millward
Pacific Standard, 21.08.2015
Is Your Neighborhood Racist?
The sad, unconscious bigotry of the liberal enclaves of Los Angeles.
Tamara Shayne Kagel
The Conversation, 21.08.2015
How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo
Natasha Ezrow
EurekAlert!, 21.08.2015
Study documents extent of unexpected sexual consequences for young women who drink alcohol
Could lead to interventions that encourage safer behaviors in young women and men.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
EurekAlert!, 21.08.2015
Study uses 311 complaints to track where and when neighborhood conflict emerges
American Sociological Association
The Economist, 22.08.2015
The persistence of history
Islamic State’s revival of slavery, extreme though it is, finds disquieting echoes across the Arab world.
The Independent, 23.08.2015
Do we really need scientific research to believe rape victims?
A report has found that victims of sexual assault who were drunk can still report information accurately.
Emily Jupp
EurekAlert!, 23.08.2015
US has 5 percent of world's population, but had 31 percent of its public mass shooters from 1966-2012
The Conversation, 23.08.2015
What is Bitcoin? It is not that complicated if you ignore the geek speak
David Glance
The Jerusalem Post, 23.08.2015
Toward a WMD-capable Islamic State?
The military-strategic culture in the Middle East tends to see strategic weapons as means of compensating for conventional-military shortcomings, ensuring regime security through deterrence.
CAN KASAPOGLU
New York Times, 23.08.2015
‘The Shape of the New,’ by Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot
FAREED ZAKARIA
EurekAlert!, 24.08.2015
Unlike boys, girls lose friends for having sex, gain friends for making out
American Sociological Association
EurekAlert!, 24.08.2015
Brains of abused teenagers show 'encouraging' ability to regulate emotions
Study published in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry looks at patterns of emotion regulation in the brains of children aged 13-19 years who have been abused.
Tone Deaf, 24.08.2015
Proof Sydney’s Lockout Laws Have Created New Violence Hotspots
Critics of Sydney’s controversial 1.30am lockout laws in the CBD and Kings Cross have long claimed that, rather than reducing alcohol-fuelled violence in lockout areas, the laws have simply displaced the violence elsewhere.
Greg Moskovitch
The Conversation, 25.08.2015
Why banning the mammoth ivory trade would be a huge mistake
Douglas MacMillan
Northwestern University NewsCenter, 25.08.2015
Predicting Who Will Murder His Wife or His Family
New understanding of men who kill intimate partners could prevent these murders
Marla Paul
Baylor University, 25.08.2015
The Greater a Country’s Gender Equality in Employment, the Higher Its Homicide Rate, Baylor Study Finds
The greater a country’s gender equality when it comes to employment, the higher the overall homicide rate, according to a Baylor University study of 146 countries.
The Intercept - First Look Media, 25.08.2015
What We Don’t Know About Policing, Race and Mental Illness
Kelly Davis
Telegraph.co.uk, 25.08.2015
Small man syndrome really does exist, US government researchers conclude
Men who feel the least masculine are nearly three times more likely to commit violent acts compared with those who are comfortable in their own skin.
Sarah Knapton
Washington Post (blog), 25.08.2015
Wow! This Nigerian prince would like to wire you 75 million dollars!!
Timothy S. Rich
EurekAlert!, 25.08.2015
UT Dallas criminologist tackles perception of NFL players
Researchers show National Football League players have lower total crime rate than general Population.
theguardian.com, 26.08.2015
It’s time we gave our most vulnerable people proper protection in custody
The Appropriate Adult scheme was meant to protect mentally vulnerable detainees. But many are being interviewed by police without any support.
Chris Bath
The Conversation, 26.08.2015
Women-only train carriages are just another form of victim blaming
Hannah Bows
EurekAlert!, 26.08.2015
Police professionals are better observers than ordinary civilians
VU University Amsterdam
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 26.08.2015
What Is Driving the Balkan Exodus?
Susanne Koelbl, Katrin Kuntz and Walter Mayr
Pacific Standard, 26.08.2015
Many Are Quicker to Shoot If the Target Is Black
A new meta-study synthesizes recent research, and finds unconscious racial bias influences snap decisions to pull the trigger.
Tom Jacobs
The Australian, 27.08.2015
It’s a mistake to leave universities off counterterrorism strategy
ANTHONY BERGIN
MinnPost, 27.08.2015
The professors and the police: How a Minneapolis project may change the way cops everywhere relate to the public
Peter Callaghan
The Conversation, 27.08.2015
Four times as many men as women are diagnosed with cannabis psychosis
Ian Hamilton, Paul Galdas
The Conversation, 27.08.2015
Shame on the UK press for helping make a superstar of Virginia shooter
Karen Boyle
The Conversation, 27.08.2015
Why does it take victims of child sex abuse so long to speak up?
Michael Salter
The Conversation, 27.08.2015
Swept away: Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Police Department
Peter Scharf, Stephen Phillippi
EurekAlert!, 27.08.2015
Link between gene variant and aggression in children
Findings help to substantiate 'differential susceptibility,' where some individuals are more susceptible to environmental conditions partly due to genotype.
EurekAlert!, 27.08.2015
Choosing to end it all
Difficulty making good choices is one of the factors that make certain people vulnerable to suicide.
McGill University
Next City, 28.08.2015
Will New “Respect” Strategy Improve Police-Community Relations?
Christopher Moraff
Quartz, 28.08.2015
Eight common myths that make the US justice system seem fairer than it is
Alex Kozinski
Phys.Org, 28.08.2015
Criminologist says Amnesty's call to decriminalise prostitution makes sense
Niki Widdowson
The New Republic, 28.08.2015
Gun Control Advocates Make Slow Progress—Just Not in Washington
Suzy Khimm
EurekAlert!, 28.08.2015
Confidence in parenting could help break cycle of abuse
University of Rochester
The Conversation, 28.08.2015
Why it’s time to legalise doping in athletics
Julian Savulescu, Louis Matheson
The Atlantic, 28.08.2015
The Forgotten Bombing That Ushered in an Age of Sectarian War
A 2003 explosion in Najaf was to the Middle East’s Sunni-Shiite war what Gavrilo Princip’s bullets were to the First World War. I was there.
Bobby Ghosh
Yahoo News UK, 29.08.2015
How to spot a psychopath through yawns, sense of smell and speech patterns
Hannah Osborne
The Conversation, 29.08.2015
Day of the disappeared: remembering Mexico’s 43 abducted students
Cornelia Gräbner
EurekAlert!, 29.08.2015
A single cocaine dose lowers perceptions of sadness and anger
A single cocaine dose lowers perceptions of sadness and anger
Reason (blog), 30.08.2015
Prison Nation
How America's incarceration system is like a distinct nation.
Daniel J. D'Amico
TakePart, 30.08.2015
Prisons Are Overflowing With Drug Offenders, but the Drugs Are Better and Cheaper Than Ever
New research shows the massive federal-prison drug-offender population hasn’t made us safer.
The Conversation, 30.08.2015
Political Correctness: Its Origins and the Backlash Against It
Clive Hamilton
New York Times, 30.08.2015
The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki
Four years after the United States assassinated the radical cleric in a drone strike, his influence on jihadists is greater than ever. Was there a better way to stop him?
SCOTT SHANE
The New Yorker, 31.08.2015
The Other France
Are the suburbs of Paris incubators of terrorism?
George Packer
Stockton Record, 31.08.2015
Anti-profiling legislation: Stockton group to join rally for bill
Almendra Carpizo
independent.co.uk, 31.08.2015
How to spot a psychopath … and what to do if you know one
A true psychopath can be very cunning. They can’t learn to express true empathy, but they are very good at mimicking emotions. Even the most experienced forensic psychologist or police investigator can still be duped.
Xanthe Mallett
The Conversation, 31.08.2015
The streak of doubt that underlies ISIS' destructive acts of religious fervor
Ken Chitwood
EurekAlert!, 31.08.2015
Television viewing linked to higher injury risk in hostile people
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Daily Mail, 31.08.2015
'Ello 'ello 'ello, is anybody there? New guidelines say police should not rule out tip offs from 'psychics, witches or clairvoyants'
Jennifer Newton
