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Boulder Daily Camera, 01.01.2022
CU Boulder police sergeant leads effort to train officers in lethality assessment tool
Mitchell Byars
The Conversation, 03.01.2022
American support for conspiracy theories and armed rebellion isn’t new – we just didn’t believe it before the Capitol insurrection
Amanda J. Crawford
Healio, 03.01.2022
Intervention significantly reduces teens’ violent behavior, anxiety, illicit substance use
Janel Miller
EurekAlert!, 03.01.2022
New research shows violence is broadly felt by millions of Californians
University of California - Davis Health
The Conversation, 03.01.2022
The ‘sore loser effect’: Rejecting election results can destabilize democracy and drive terrorism
James Piazza
The Guardian, 03.01.2022
Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s legal deal with Jeffrey Epstein released
Victoria Bekiempis
The People’s Vanguard of Davis, 03.01.2022
The Prone Position Comes Under Fire Again as a Black Teen Dies in Police Custody
Natalia Ruvalcaba
New York Times, 04.01.2022
Changing Brussels Neighborhood Tries to Leave Stigma of Terrorism Behind
Elian Peltier
New York Times, 04.01.2022
The Capitol Police and the Scars of Jan. 6
Susan Dominus and Luke Broadwater
Sacramento Bee, 04.01.2022
Millions of Californians know someone at risk of committing violence, UC Davis study finds
Cathie Anderson
The Conversation, 04.01.2022
Why it’s grim, but unsurprising, that the U.S. Capitol attack looked like it was out of a ‘zombie movie’
Christopher Lockett
The Conversation, 04.01.2022
Republicans draw from apocalyptic narratives to inform ‘Demoncrat’ conspiracy theories
Christopher Douglas
The Conversation, 04.01.2022
‘Sextortion’ leads to financial losses and psychological trauma. Here’s what to look out for on dating apps
Calli Tzani
Financial Times, 04.01.2022
Will overdose deaths force an end to the US ‘war on drugs’?
Jamie Smyth, Caitlin Gilbert, Christine Murray
New York Times, 05.01.2022
German Start-Ups Lay the Groundwork for a Marijuana Bonanza
Christopher F. Schuetze
EurekAlert!, 05.01.2022
COVID-19 has been an 'amplifier' of intimate partner violence: Study explores pandemic impacts on survivors, providers and services
Wolters Kluwer Health
The Conversation, 05.01.2022
Capitol assault: the real reason Trump and the crowd almost killed US democracy
Stephen Reicher Bishop Wardlaw, Alex Haslam Evangelos Ntontis, Klara Jurstakova
The Conversation, 05.01.2022
How cybercriminals turn paper checks stolen from mailboxes into bitcoin
David Maimon
Newswise, 05.01.2022
New Data: Perceptions of Storming of the Capitol, Then and Now
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Newsweek, 05.01.2022
Ghislaine Maxwell to Seek New Trial After Juror Failed to Disclose Being Sex Abuse Victim
Erin Brady
Seattle Times, 05.01.2022
Seattle police improperly faked radio chatter about Proud Boys as CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds
Daniel Beekman
Washington Post, 05.01.2022
Opinion: The false prophets who inspired the violence on Jan. 6
Joe Scarborough
New York Times, 06.01.2022
‘I Felt Angry’: Trapped Alone in the Capitol, He Watched the Riot Unfold
Emily Cochrane
The Conversation, 06.01.2022
Multiracism: why we need to pay attention to the world’s many racisms
Alastair Bonnett
Newsweek, 06.01.2022
9 Months After Derek Chauvin Conviction in George Floyd's Death, 3 Other Cops head to Trial
Ayumi Davis
New York Times, 06.01.2022
The Next Big Lies: Jan. 6 Was No Big Deal, or a Left-Wing Plot
Matthew Rosenberg, Jim Rutenberg and Michael M. Grynbaum
New York Times, 06.01.2022
Manhattan D.A. Acts on Vow to Seek Incarceration Only for Worst Crimes
Jonah E. Bromwich
The Conversation, 07.01.2022
Ahmaud Arbery murderers sentenced to life in prison: 4 essential reads on the case
Matt Williams
The Conversation, 07.01.2022
The metaverse offers a future full of potential – for terrorists and extremists, too
Joel S. Elson, Austin C., Sam Hunter
Los Angeles Times, 07.01.2022
Op-Ed: The first lesson of fielding 911 calls: Don’t be alarmist
Jessica Gillooly
The Conversation, 09.01.2022
How extremists have used the COVID pandemic to further their own ends, often with chaotic results
Kristy Campion, Jamie Ferrill
Detroit News, 10.01.2022
Opinion: Prosecuting juveniles as adults does more harm than good
Jason Smith
Route Fifty, 10.01.2022
The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America’s Murder Spike
Jeff Asher and Rob Arthur
EurekAlert!, 10.01.2022
Smartphone evidence on human rights abuse in the age of deepfakes
Swansea University
The Guardian, 10.01.2022
A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data
Apostolis Fotiadis, Ludek Stavinoha, Giacomo Zandonini, Daniel Howden
The Conversation, 10.01.2022
Cannabis-impaired driving: Here’s what we know about the risks of weed behind the wheel
ReliefWeb, 10.01.2022
The interrelationship between counter-terrorism frameworks and international humanitarian law
Los Angeles Review of Books, 10.01.2022
Vladimir COVID: A Virtual Diary in a Week of Virtual War
Peter Pomerantsev
The Conversation, 11.01.2022
Prosecuting Trump would inevitably be political – and other countries have had mixed success in holding ex-presidents accountable
James D. Long, Morgan Wack, Victor Menaldo
Truthout, 11.01.2022
Police-Led Youth Programs Don’t Actually Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Mustafa Ali-Smith
New York Times, 12.01.2022
The Army of Millions Who Enforce China’s Zero-Covid Policy, at All Costs
Li Yuan
The Conversation, 13.01.2022
Afghanistan: Taliban plans for suicide brigade reveal changing nature of warfare in 21st century
Lily Hamourtziadou
The Conversation, 13.01.2022
Crime won’t stop because of COVID. So how should we protect crime scene investigators?
Paola Magni
EurekAlert!, 13.01.2022
Greenspace outside prison walls has a positive effect on prisoner wellbeing
University of Birmingham
New York Times, 13.01.2022
We Need to Think the Unthinkable About Our Country
Jonathan Stevenson and Steven Simon
New York Times, 13.01.2022
Murder, Torture, Rape: A Landmark Conviction on State Violence in Syria
Ben Hubbard and Katrin Bennhold
New York Times, 14.01.2022
Police Presentation in Portland Celebrated Violence Against Protesters
Mike Baker
Washington Post, 14.01.2022
These mass shooting survivors were called journalism heroes. Then the buyouts came.
Emily Davies and Elahe Izadi
spiegel.de, 14.01.2022
NATO Insiders Fear Attack on Multiple Fronts
Markus Becker und Matthias Gebauer
The Milwaukee Independent, 14.01.2022
Wisconsin panel explores root causes of domestic terrorism in response to January 6 insurrection
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Conversation, 14.01.2022
Civil war in the US is unlikely because grievance doesn’t necessarily translate directly into violence
Ore Koren
thejournal.ie, 15.01.2022
Jane Monckton Smith: This week's tragedy in Tullamore should be Ireland's watershed moment
nj.com, 15.01.2022
New team of nurses, cops, advocates aim to help domestic violence victims before it turns fatal
Matt Gray
Washington Post, 15.01.2022
Inside a pioneering U.S. site authorized to monitor people using drugs
Meryl Kornfield
PsyPost, 16.01.2022
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief reactions among terrorism survivors
Eric W. Dolan
New York Times, 17.01.2022
Officials Investigating Synagogue Attacker’s Link to 2010 Terror Case
Zia ur-Rehman and Michael Levenson
Medical Xpress, 17.01.2022
System failures contribute to self-harm amongst imprisoned women who have been in care
Lancaster University
Medical Xpress, 17.01.2022
Young people could learn to avoid being victims of crime
University of Gävle
University of Pennsylvania Almanac vol 68, 18.01.2022
Elijah Anderson: Stockholm Prize in Criminology
The Conversation, 18.01.2022
Artificial intelligence can discriminate on the basis of race and gender, and also age
Charlene Chu, Kathleen Leslie, Rune Nyrup, Shehroz Khan
Newswise, 18.01.2022
Turning a psychiatric crisis into a chance to prevent firearm injury
University of Michigan
EurekAlert!, 18.01.2022
Researchers study COVID-19 & the impact on crime in Vancouver, Canada
Simon Fraser University
The Conversation, 18.01.2022
Taliban 2.0 aren’t so different from the first regime, after all
Atal Ahmadzai, Faten Ghosn
The Conversation, 18.01.2022
Smart devices can now read your mood and mind, leading to a new set of concerns about technology and consent
Francesco Biondi
EurekAlert!, 19.01.2022
California marijuana growers can’t take much to the bank
Ohio State University
The Conversation, 19.01.2022
Nigeria’s Boko Haram reintegration process: weaknesses and how they can be fixed
Tarela Juliet Ike
CNN, 20.01.2022
States with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm related homicides and suicides, study finds
Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar
The Conversation, 20.01.2022
How antisemitic conspiracy theories contributed to the recent hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue
Jonathan D. Sarna
EurekAlert!, 21.01.2022
Vigilante violence - when people take the law into their own hands
Universiteit van Amsterdam
The Conversation, 21.01.2022
Conflicts between nursing home residents are often chalked up to dementia – the real problem is inadequate care and neglect
Eilon Caspi
The Conversation, 21.01.2022
5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine – and why the US is involved
Tatsiana Kulakevich
Security Magazine, 21.01.2022
COVID-19 and perceptions of police: Updated survey results and implications
Dean C. Alexander and Niyazi Ekici
USA TODAY, 23.01.2022
Stressors from time in prison speed up aging process for incarcerated individuals, research finds
Cleo Krejci
New York Times, 24.01.2022
Police Culture on Trial in Case Against Officers in Killing of George Floyd
Tim Arango
Phys.org, 24.01.2022
Increasing use of technology driving new forms of domestic abuse
University of Portsmouth
The Conversation, 24.01.2022
Who’s to blame in the Ukraine-Russia standoff? It depends on perspective
Alexander Hill
EurekAlert!, 24.01.2022
Alcohol consumption among men drops during pandemic, but problem drinking rises
RAND Corporation
EurekAlert!, 24.01.2022
Big spike in 2016 Chicago youth homicides linked to pause in state funding
Northwestern University
University of Michigan Health Lab, 24.01.2022
Over one-third of young adult U.S. men involved in technology-related abuse, study finds
Noah Fromson
The Telegraph, 24.01.2022
Cocaine fuelling surge in fan violence at stadiums
Jeremy Wilson and Tom Morgan
lohud, 24.01.2022
Do protests work? New research sheds light on effectiveness of racial justice movement
Asher Stockler
EurekAlert!, 24.01.2022
Police and law enforcement ‘back-office’ staff dealing with traumatic material need extra support when working from home
University of Birmingham
New York Times, 25.01.2022
As Islamic State Resurges, U.S. Is Drawn Back Into the Fray
Jane Arraf and Ben Hubbard
Police Professional, 25.01.2022
Artificial intelligence 'marginally' better at predicting reoffending
Tony Thompson
The Conversation, 25.01.2022
The policing bill will criminalise Gypsy and Traveller families – there is a better approach
Samuel Burgum, Ryan Powell
EurekAlert!, 25.01.2022
The usual suspects: why smart tech won't fix crime
Book Announcement University of Auckland
OB Rag, 25.01.2022
How Many Studies Do We Need that Show Racial Bias in Stops By San Diego Police?
Frank Gormlie
The Conversation, 26.01.2022
Police location sites on Facebook are helping drivers avoid detection for drug driving
Laura Mills, James Freeman, Verity Truelove
EurekAlert!, 26.01.2022
Study examining technology-facilitated abuse among young men calls for primary care doctors to create interventions
American Academy of Family Physicians
Newswise, 26.01.2022
Online Forums Like Reddit Could Work as Real-time Drug Use Early Warning System
Florida Atlantic University
EurekAlert!, 26.01.2022
Scientific study points to direct link to alcohol and drug use in 31% of hospitalizations
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
The Conversation, 26.01.2022
Russia could unleash disruptive cyberattacks against the US – but efforts to sow confusion and division are more likely
Justin Pelletier
The Conversation, 26.01.2022
Russia’s recent invasions of Ukraine and Georgia offer clues to what Putin might be thinking now
Liam Collins
BBC News, 26.01.2022
Met Police: Deceived activist Kate Wilson awarded compensation
Sandish Shoker & PA news agency
Washington Post, 27.01.2022
Opinion: People love to talk about dead Jews. Here’s why it can hurt living ones.
Dara Horn
FAIR - FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING, 27.01.2022
NYT Twists Stats to Insist We Need More Policing
Julie Hollar
The Conversation, 27.01.2022
Behind the 11 Oath Keepers charged with sedition are many more who have been trained by the US military
Mia Bloom, Sophia Moskalenko
UC Davis Health, 28.01.2022
Unemployment associated with increase in violence early in COVID-19 pandemic
Black Voice News, 29.01.2022
Centering Trauma to Help Survivors of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Heal
Katie Licari
The Guardian, 29.01.2022
‘I didn’t know who I was any more’: how CIA torture pushed me to the edge of death
Abu Zubaydah
Greater Manchester News, 30.01.2022
Children killing children: Inside Greater Manchester’s teen knife crime epidemic
Jennifer Williams & Steve Robson
Newsweek, 30.01.2022
'War on Cops': Biden Faces New Crisis in Wake of High-Profile Violence Against Police
Xander Landen
Phys.org, 31.01.2022
Employment fears may explain rise of extremist parties across Europe
University of Birmingham
EurekAlert!, 31.01.2022
UC-led research first to show benefits of police de-escalation training
University of Cincinnati
New York Times, 31.01.2022
In Kazakh Uprising, Reports of Widespread Abuses by Security Forces
Valerie Hopkins
SBS News, 31.01.2022
Women's experience of COVID-19 economic insecurity linked to partner violence, study finds
Emma Brancatisano
The Conversation, 31.01.2022
‘COVID-419’: how cybercriminals in Nigeria exploited schemes to help people in need
Oludayo Tade
Newswise, 31.01.2022
Landmark research shows increase in online sex blackmailing during pandemic
Taylor & Francis
