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The costs of inequality: A goal of justice, a reality of unfairness, 01.03.2016
Current system produces huge prison population, lengthy sentences, but little proof of deterrence
By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writer
The Conversation February 28, 2016 7.00pm GMT, 01.03.2016
Police drones: can we trust the eyes in the skies?
Author Omar Mubin, Lecturer in human-centred computing & human-computer interaction, Western Sydney University
EurekAlert! Public Release: 29-Feb-2016, 01.03.2016
Study identifies racial bias in US court sentencing decisions
University of Sheffield
The Conversation, 01.03.2016
Fraudsters change tactics as a crackdown cuts some losses due to online scams
Cassandra Cross
The Conversation, 01.03.2016
To believe or not to believe: child witnesses and the sex abuse royal commission
Robyn Blewer
CFO March 1, 2016 | CFO.com | US, 02.03.2016
Crime Doesn’t Pay, Says Harvard Bribery Study
Corruption does boost local sales, but those are canceled out by the costs associated with bribery, as indicated by return on equity.
David McCann
theguardian.com Monday 29 February 2016 23.30 GMT Last modified on Tuesday 1 March 2016 15.33 GMT, 02.03.2016
Apple case: judge rejects FBI request for access to drug dealer's iPhone
Judge James Orenstein says government’s position has implications that are ‘so far reaching as to produce impermissibly absurd results’
Spencer Ackerman, Sam Thielman and Danny Yadron
EurekAlert! Public Release: 1-Mar-2016, 02.03.2016
Researchers ID risk factors that predict violence in adults with mental illness
North Carolina State University
Washington Post, 02.03.2016
What do we know about police body cameras? Survey says: Not much
Tom Jackman
The Conversation, 02.03.2016
Students more at risk of crime than public – universities must rethink how to keep them safe
Andrew B. Wootton, Caroline L. Davey, Melissa Marselle
Washington Post, 02.03.2016
Man accused of waterboarding girlfriend to determine whether she was being unfaithful
Peter Holley
The Conversation, 02.03.2016
The five most addictive substances on Earth – and what they do to your brain
Eric Bowman
The Conversation, 02.03.2016
Out of the ashes of Afghanistan and Iraq: the rise and rise of Islamic State
Greg Barton
Christian Science Monitor, 03.03.2016
Freddie Gray case: Will officer be forced to testify against fellow cops?
Max Lewontin
The Conversation, 03.03.2016
Why both sides are wrong in the counter-extremism debate
Julian Hargreaves
The Conversation, 03.03.2016
Bullying linked to gender and sexuality often goes unchecked in schools
Victoria Rawlings
Truth-Out, 03.03.2016
The Surveillance of Blackness: From the Slave Trade to the Police
Claudia Garcia-Rojas
The Marshall Project, 03.03.2016
There Are Still 80 ‘Youth Prisons’ in the U.S. Here Are Five Things to Know About Them
Eli Hager
The Conversation, 03.03.2016
Why new law banning all psychoactive substances will be just another ‘war on drugs’ disaster
Karenza Moore
The Conversation, 04.03.2016
The fight for encryption gets new allies as tech companies join Apple against the FBI
David Glance
EurekAlert!, 04.03.2016
Hostile young adults may experience thinking and memory problems in middle age
American Academy of Neurology
The Conversation, 04.03.2016
There’s no such thing as an ‘addictive personality’ – here’s why
Mark Griffiths
Plymouth Herald, 04.03.2016
Has Banksy been ‘unmasked’ by new scientific criminology method?
DavidWells
HowStuffWorks NOW, 04.03.2016
California Released Thousands of Prisoners Early — Guess How That Turned Out
Chris Opfer
The Conversation, 04.03.2016
Organizing a student protest? Have a look at 1970s Germany
Christoph Zeller
EurekAlert!, 04.03.2016
First code of conduct for the use of virtual reality established
Michael Madary and Thomas Metzinger
USAPP American Politics and Policy (blog), 05.03.2016
Crime costs Latin America 3 percent of its annual GDP
Laura Jaitman and Stephen Machin
Sydney Morning Herald, 05.03.2016
Jihadis, Hollywood, brainscans: How IS lights up the brain of recruits
Natalie O'Brien
New York Times, 05.03.2016
2 Men Sentenced in Death of Alan Kurdi, Syrian Boy Who Drowned in September
SAFAK TIMUR
EUROPP - European Politics and Policy (blog), 06.03.2016
Book Review: European Integration and the Problem of the State: A Critique of the Bordering of Europe
Stefan Borg
The Boston Globe, 06.03.2016
Is crime genetic? Scientists don’t know because they’re afraid to ask
Brian Boutwell and J.C. Barnes
The Conversation, 07.03.2016
Migration evidence shows how badly the EU needs to rethink its strategy
Vicki Squire, Nina Perkowski
The Conversation, 07.03.2016
Why the world needs a UN treaty to combat violence against women
Ronagh McQuigg
The Conversation, 07.03.2016
Sex workers of the world unite! How striking French sex workers inspired a global labour movement
Eurydice Aroney
The Conversation, 07.03.2016
How our bias toward the future can cloud our moral judgment
Agnieszka Jaroslawska
EurekAlert!, 08.03.2016
Do gun restrictions help reduce gun deaths?
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
MicroCap Magazine, 08.03.2016
‘Broken windows’ policy might not always reduce teen homicide rates, says researchers
Kevin B. Atencio
The Conversation, 08.03.2016
How we created safe spaces for women and girls in Rotherham
Kate Pahl, Zanib Rasool
The Conversation, 08.03.2016
The most damaging gateway to hard drugs? Drugs policy itself
Ian Hamilton
theguardian.com, 08.03.2016
Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here's why
Thomas Frank
theguardian.com, 09.03.2016
Why is domestic abuse still not taken seriously in UK courts?
Louise Tickle
EurekAlert!, 09.03.2016
New intervention program reduces bullying in early childhood
University at Buffalo
The Conversation, 09.03.2016
Calais bulldozers endanger effective refugee infrastructure
Mark Doidge, Reima Ana Maglajlic
The Conversation, 09.03.2016
Is scrapping the €500 note more about interest rates than counter-terrorism?
John Whittaker
The Conversation, 09.03.2016
Is access to our phones a step toward the police wanting access to our minds?
Nathan Emmerich
The Conversation, 09.03.2016
How police witnesses could be misled by a simple wave of the hand
Daniel Gurney
The Conversation, 09.03.2016
The garden of British crime – how London’s jewellery district became a nursery for villains
Paul Lashmar, Richard Hobbs
The Conversation, 10.03.2016
It will take education, not just legislation, to tackle cybercrime
Rika Butler, Martin Butler
theguardian.com, 10.03.2016
The 2011 riots taught us nothing: when will the young and dispossessed kick off again?
Bryn Phillips
theguardian.com, 10.03.2016
Intelligence agents study cache of leaked Isis documents
Ewen MacAskill, Shiv Malik and Philip Oltermann
The Conversation, 10.03.2016
Are looser gun laws changing the social fabric of Missouri?
Jonathan M. Metzl
The Conversation, 11.03.2016
Would the Birmingham Six be victims of miscarriage of justice today?
Bharat Malkani
The Conversation, 11.03.2016
After Dunblane: why do some people recover from major trauma better than others?
Jamie Hacker Hughes
The Conversation, 11.03.2016
Dunblane massacre 20 years on: how Britain rewrote its gun laws – and the challenge it faces now
Peter Squires
pubpub.ito.com, 12.03.2016
Why anti-money laundering laws and poorly designed copyright laws are similar and should be revised
Joichi Ito
New York Times, 13.03.2016
To Maintain Supply of Sex Slaves, ISIS Pushes Birth Control
RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
EurekAlert!, 14.03.2016
Freedom of religion, civic rights were important components of a 'Muslim nation'
Rice University
The Conversation, 14.03.2016
UK press is the most aggressive in reporting on Europe’s ‘migrant’ crisis
Mike Berry, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco, Kerry Moore
theguardian.com, 15.03.2016
'Ferguson effect' did not impact crime in Baltimore – but 'Gray effect' may have
Baynard Woods
Toronto Star online, 15.03.2016
'Lone wolf' terrorist attacks hard to prevent: authority
Kristin Rushowy
HowStuffWorks NOW, 15.03.2016
Three Risk Factors Could Predict Violence in Adults With Mental Illness
Jesslyn Shields
The Conversation, 15.03.2016
Explained: how the Arab Spring led to an increasingly vicious civil war in Yemen
Sophia Dingli
The Ithaca Voice, 15.03.2016
Cornell prof: It's public opinion, not politics, behind our crowded prisons
EurekAlert!, 16.03.2016
Childhood pre-migration health and circumstances shed light on 'healthy migrant effect'
University of Toronto
EurekAlert!, 16.03.2016
Marijuana use disorder is on the rise nationally; few receive treatment
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
EurekAlert!, 16.03.2016
Most presidential candidates speak at grade 6-8 level
Carnegie Mellon University
The Conversation, 16.03.2016
Explainer: how to prosecute Islamic State fighters for war crimes
Aldo Zammit Borda
The Conversation, 16.03.2016
Why risk of schizophrenia is three times higher in refugees
Leonard Schalkwyk
Vanity Fair FROM THE MAGAZINE, 16.03.2016
How a Ragtag Gang of Retirees Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in British History
Washington Post (blog), 16.03.2016
Strengthen the Justice Reinvestment Act by repealing Maryland’s mandatory sentencing laws
Marc Schindler and Ronald Weich
EurekAlert!, 17.03.2016
A better surveillance system for tracking police homicides
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
EurekAlert!, 17.03.2016
White delinquent youth more likely to abuse hard drugs than blacks
Northwestern University
EurekAlert!, 17.03.2016
Manipulators less convincing online than in person, UBC research shows
University of British Columbia
The Conversation, 17.03.2016
Beyond lockouts: Sydney needs to become a more inclusive city
Peta Wolifson, Chris Gibson
Journalist's Resource, 17.03.2016
The characteristics of juvenile offenders who stop committing crimes
theguardian.com, 17.03.2016
Are French prisons ‘finishing schools’ for terrorism?
Christopher de Bellaigue
Telegraph.co.uk, 17.03.2016
Will terrorism derail West Africa's fledgling tourism industry?
Hugh Morris
The Conversation, 17.03.2016
Roots of opioid epidemic can be traced back to two key changes in pain management
Theodore Cicero, Matthew S. Ellis
ABC Online, 18.03.2016
Disabled people experience violence, elder abuse and neglect in 'epidemic proportions', says rights group
Sarah Gerathy
The Conversation, 18.03.2016
Grand Theft Auto doesn’t cause crime, but poverty and alienation will
Michael Kasumovic
The Conversation, 18.03.2016
Does the First Amendment protect people who film the police?
Clay Calvert
The Conversation, 20.03.2016
Looking beyond ‘the refugee crisis’, can migrants be the new agents of democracy?
Stefan Rother
The Conversation, 20.03.2016
Explainer: the long, complicated history of the US at Guantánamo Bay
William Rowlandson
EurekAlert!, 20.03.2016
Greater economic backwardness linked to increased civil unrest
University of East Anglia
The Conversation, 21.03.2016
It’s not big data that discriminates – it’s the people that use it
Reuben Binns
The Conversation, 22.03.2016
Brussels terror attacks: a continent-wide crisis that threatens core European ideals
Fiona de Londras
The Conversation, 22.03.2016
Why child trafficking spikes after natural disasters – and what we can do about it
Anna Childs
The Conversation, 22.03.2016
Brussels terror attack victims show how humans help each other in times of crisis
Chris Cocking
The Conversation, 23.03.2016
Belgian government saw terror attack coming so why did it fail to stop it?
James Corum
The Conversation, 23.03.2016
The bitter fruits of alienation: Belgium’s struggle is the problem of our age
Martin Conway
The Conversation, 23.03.2016
The blanket ban on drugs is needed, but it won’t work – as I know from personal experience
Andrew Wilson
The Conversation, 23.03.2016
How local terrorist cells make a mockery of European security
Bill Tupman
The Conversation, 24.03.2016
Brussels attacks: why do family members commit terrorism together?
Lazar Stankov
EurekAlert!, 28.03.2016
UT Dallas study: Driving curfews may curb teen crime
University of Texas at Dallas
The Conversation, 28.03.2016
Here’s how witnessing violence harms children’s mental health
Daniel J. Flannery, Mark I. Singer
The Conversation, 29.03.2016
European policy is driving refugees to more dangerous routes across the Med
Heaven Crawley, Nando Sigona, Franck Düvell
The Conversation, 29.03.2016
Should security forces have stopped the terrorist attacks in Belgium?
Umit Ganguly
The Conversation, 29.03.2016
Families separated by bars - the home truths about sending mothers to prison
Natalie Booth
The Conversation, 30.03.2016
FBI backs off from its day in court with Apple this time – but there will be others
Martin Kleppmann
The Atlantic, 30.03.2016
The End of the Plan to Strip French 'Terrorists of Their Citizenship
Krishnadev Calamur
Newswise, 31.03.2016
