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Nature, 01.03.2023
How to tackle political polarization — the researchers trying to bridge divides
Saima May Sidik
Sciencenorway.no, 01.03.2023
Almost one in four Norwegian women have experienced rape during their lifetime
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 01.03.2023
A city-led effort to reach potential shooters has produced encouraging results, Philly officials say
Chris Palmer
The Conversation, 01.03.2023
Sibling aggression and abuse go beyond rivalry – bullying within a family can have lifelong repercussions
Corinna Jenkins Tucker, Tanya Rouleau Whitworth
Vanity Fair, 01.03.2023
A Big Week for the “Lab Leak”: Making Sense of the Latest Twists in the COVID-19 Origins Debate
Katherine Eban
The Conversation, 02.03.2023
Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secrets
David Cuillier
The Conversation, 02.03.2023
Race and erasure: why the world’s other humanitarian crises don’t see the same response as Ukraine
Ritesh Shah
The Conversation, 02.03.2023
Understanding mass incarceration in the US is the first step to reducing a swollen prison population
Jeffrey Bellin Mills E. Godwin
The Conversation, 02.03.2023
Prevent review: why we need a new – and clearer – definition of Islamist extremism
Julian Hargreaves
Project Syndicate, 02.03.2023
Everything Flows in Ukraine
Shlomo Ben-Ami / Nina L. Khrushcheva / Frans Timmermans / Richard Haass / Harold James
Brisbane Times, 03.03.2023
Shifty shades of grey: Why organised crime gangs have eyes on Australia
Cloe Read
The Conversation, 03.03.2023
Inquiries differ on why the 2017 Manchester bombing wasn’t prevented – here’s why
Jamie Gaskarth
The Conversation, 03.03.2023
3 ways to prevent school shootings, based on research
Beverly Kingston, Sarah Goodrum
The Conversation, 03.03.2023
Family violence is literally making us sicker – new study finds abuse increases risk of chronic illness
Janet Fanslow
The Conversation, 03.03.2023
5 things to know about Moldova and Transnistria – and why Russia’s war in Ukraine is threatening their security, too
Tatsiana Kulakevich
The Guardian, 04.03.2023
Victim or villain: how guilty are the female accomplices of predatory men?
Lucinda Rosenfeld
New York Times, 04.03.2023
‘It’s Disgusting’: The Con Artists Who Exploit Mass Shootings
Emily Schmall
The Guardian, 04.03.2023
‘Putin has gone mad from power’: Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin speaks out from Russian prison
Andrew Roth
New York Times, 04.03.2023
A New Front Line in the Debate Over Policing: A Forest Near Atlanta
Sean Keenan and Joseph Goldstein
ABC News, 05.03.2023
Recent high-profile deaths put police body cameras under new scrutiny
Bill Hutchinson
San Francisco Chronicle, 05.03.2023
Most Oakland homicides go unsolved. Why don’t officials have a plan to fix it?
Joshua Sharpe, Susie Neilson
The Conversation, 06.03.2023
Lie detection tests have worked the same way for 3,000 years – and they’re still hopelessly inaccurate
Rebecca Wilcoxson, Emma Turley
EurekAlert!, 06.03.2023
Siblings should be screened in cases of suspected child physical abuse
University College London
The Register®, 06.03.2023
Where are the women in cyber security? On the dark side, study suggests
Brandon Vigliarolo
Newswise, 06.03.2023
Diversity Training for Police Officers: One-and-Done Efforts Aren't Enough
Association for Psychological Science
The Conversation, 06.03.2023
What parents and educators need to know about teens’ pornography and sexting experiences at school
Megan K. Maas
The Conversation, 06.03.2023
Addressing campus sexual violence: New risk assessment tool can help administrators make difficult decisions
Sandy Jung, Jesmen Mendoza
Newswise, 06.03.2023
Major medical organizations form a coalition to stem the rising tide of firearm violence using a comprehensive public health approach
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
The Conversation, 06.03.2023
Can a machine be racist? Artificial Intelligence has shown troubling signs of bias, but there are reasons for optimism
Charles Barbour
Washington Post, 06.03.2023
Hells Angels, a synagogue shooting and Iran’s shady hand in Germany
Loveday Morris and Souad Mekhennet
The Conversation, 07.03.2023
Militant Islamist violence in Africa surges – deaths up nearly 50%, events up 22% in a year
Joseph Siegle, Wendy Williams
Newswise, 07.03.2023
Upward trend in ‘deaths of despair’ linked to drop in religious participation, economist finds
University of Notre Dame
The Conversation, 07.03.2023
Is the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran a new front in the war against girls’ education?
Shireen Daft
The Guardian, 07.03.2023
‘I know where the bodies are buried’: one woman’s mission to change how the police investigate rape
Melissa Denes
Washington Post, 07.03.2023
FBI, Pentagon helped research facial recognition for street cameras, drones
Drew Harwell
Salt Lake Tribune, 07.03.2023
Solving a marijuana mystery at Utah State University with data
Courtney Tanner
EurekAlert!, 08.03.2023
Do school shootings increase stress-related emergency department visits in local communities?
Wiley
EurekAlert!, 08.03.2023
Places of worship linked with more neighborhood crime in Washington, D.C.
PLOS
Modern Diplomacy, 08.03.2023
Human Security Implications of Online Hate Speech against Women: the Barrier to Women’s Political Participation
Charani Patabendige
Forbes, 08.03.2023
Covid Didn’t Impact Mental Health? New Study Challenges Previous Research Suggesting Crisis Caused By Pandemic
Arianna Johnson
The Conversation, 09.03.2023
‘You rarely see abuse directed at men’: a look at the sexist abuse women police officers face online
Susan Watson
spiegel.de, 09.03.2023
Timothy Snyder on the Ukraine War: "In Russia, Will Is Placed over Reason"
Ann-Dorit Boy und Eva-Maria Schnurr
Reason, 09.03.2023
Rape Rates Go Down as Countries Legalize Prostitution, Rise With Sex Work Prohibition
Elizabeth Nolan Brown
Courthouse News Service, 09.03.2023
Post-Breonna Taylor probe finds pattern of police misconduct in Louisville
Andy Monserud
The Conversation, 10.03.2023
Iran: poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls piles more pressure on Islamic Republic struggling for survival
Afshin Shahi
Futurity, 10.03.2023
Trends among children who threaten violence at school
Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook
Reuters, 10.03.2023
Predatory criminal fines correlate with police killings and race - study
Hassan Kanu
The Conversation, 10.03.2023
Biggest racial gap in prison is among violent offenders – focusing on intervention instead of incarceration could change the numbers
Thaddeus L. Johnson, Natasha N. Johnson
Philadelphia Magazine, 11.03.2023
How Supporting Those Left Behind by Gun Violence Can Help Break the Cycle
Natasha Danielá de Lima McGlynn
Washington Post, 11.03.2023
Democrats’ tough talk on crime pushes aside reform
Justin Jouvenal and Mark Berman
The Guardian, 11.03.2023
Fury in Germany as Hamburg shooting brings ‘lax’ gun laws into focus
Daniel Boffey
The Conversation, 12.03.2023
One-third of childhood sexual abuse is perpetrated by another child. Shannon Molloy tells his story – and urges us not to look away
Daryl Higgins
The Fort Morgan Times, 12.03.2023
How mass killers slip through Colorado’s fragmented safety net: “One of the great challenges of our time”
Shelly Bradbury and Elise Schmelzer
The Conversation, 13.03.2023
People who experience childhood sexual abuse tell us it affects their entire life – and research backs them up
Hayley Guiney, Richie Poulton
GNET Global Network on Extremism and Technology, 13.03.2023
Incel PR: The Rebranding of the Incel Community & the Role of Media and Academia
Rutger Sjoerts
The Guardian, 13.03.2023
ICC to issue first arrest warrants linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Julian Borger
VICE, 13.03.2023
A Palantir Co-Founder Is Pushing Laws to Criminalize Homeless Encampments Nationwide
Roshan Abraham
Nature Scientific Reports, 13.03.2023
Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others’ pain
Agnieszka Pluta, Joanna Mazurek, Jakub Wojciechowski, Tomasz Wolak, Wiktor Soral & Michał Bilewicz
Harvard Business Review, 13.03.2023
Research: How Anti-Asian Racism Has Manifested at Work in the Pandemic
Jennifer Kim and Zhida Shang
The Conversation, 13.03.2023
Child victims of sexual violence aren’t heard or understood: Nigerian study
Steven Kator Iorfa, James Edem Effiong, Tanya Johri
The Conversation, 13.03.2023
International law doesn’t protect people fleeing environmental disaster – here’s how it could
Morgiane Noel
European Eye on Radicalization, 13.03.2023
Five Misconceptions of Non-Violent Extremism in Terrorism Studies
Dr. William Allchorn / Dr. Elisa Orofino
The Conversation, 13.03.2023
Ukraine war: Moldova could be the first domino in a new Russian plan for horizontal escalation
Stefan Wolff
EurekAlert!, 14.03.2023
This is what happens when your phone is spying on you
University of California - San Diego
Global Network on Extremism and Technology, 14.03.2023
Understanding Incels’ Online Behaviour and Perceptions of Hateful Content
Sarah Daly
Newsweek, 14.03.2023
Terrorists Love New Technologies. What Will They Do With AI? | Opinion
Steven Stalinsky
The Marshall Project, 14.03.2023
Aggressive Policing in Memphis Goes Far Beyond the Scorpion Unit
Daphne Duret, Weihua Li and Marc Perrusquia
The Guardian, 14.03.2023
Russia says it does not recognise Hague court amid reports of arrest warrants
Pjotr Sauer
The Conversation, 15.03.2023
New data shows 1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence and sexual violence remains stubbornly persistent
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Bridget Harris
The Conversation, 15.03.2023
Ukraine war: ‘false flag’ operations – long used as weapons of mass distraction under the rules of conflict
David Turns
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 15.03.2023
Precipitating circumstances associated with intimate partner problem related suicides
Ayana Stanley
The Conversation, 16.03.2023
54% of firearm deaths in the US are from suicide – and easy access to a gun is a key risk factor
Heidi Zinzow
The Conversation, 16.03.2023
Iraq war, 20 years on: how the world failed Iraq and created a less peaceful, democratic and prosperous state
Benjamin Isakhan
The Conversation, 16.03.2023
Prosecuting Russians for abducting Ukrainian children will require a high bar of evidence – and won’t guarantee the children can come back home
Stefan Schmitt
The Conversation, 17.03.2023
The camera never lies? Our research found CCTV isn’t always dependable when it comes to murder investigations
Helen Jones, Fiona Brookman
Jerusalem Post, 17.03.2023
Ben-Gvir needs to understand crime in order to prevent it - opinion
DAVID WEISBURD, BADI HASISI
The Guardian, 17.03.2023
The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war
Jonathan Freedland
The Conversation, 19.03.2023
We can’t fight authoritarianism without understanding populism’s allure
Daniel Drache, Marc D. Froese
The Conversation, 19.03.2023
The limits of expert judgment: Lessons from social science forecasting during the pandemic
Igor Grossmann, Cendri Hutcherson, Michael Varnum
The Conversation, 20.03.2023
Why the International Criminal Court’s indictment of Putin has symbolic importance
James Horncastle
EurekAlert!, 20.03.2023
New research shows “himpathy” towards perpetrators of workplace sexual harassment
Syracuse University
LSE Blogs, 20.03.2023
Traffic stop data shows that police reform should focus on remaking the barrel, not just addressing “bad apples”
Kelsey Shoub
The Harvard Crimson, 20.03.2023
Cambridge Police to Undergo External Review Following Police Killing of Sayed Faisal
Yusuf S. Mian
The Conversation, 20.03.2023
Illegal immigration: cracking down on smuggling makes gangs more organised – and costs migrant lives
David Suber
The Conversation, 20.03.2023
Ukraine war: ICC’s Putin arrest warrant may be symbolic but must be the beginning of holding the Russian leader accountable
Stefan Wolff
