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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
Huffington Post UK, 01.09.2012
Male and Female Psychopaths Get More Sex - New Research Uncovers the Character Traits Which Predict Sexual Success
Dr Raj Persaud and Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm
The Economist, 01.09.2012
A knight in digital armour
Chris Soghoian, the most prominent of a new breed of activist technology researchers, delights in exposing security flaws and privacy violations
New York Times, 01.09.2012
The Ice Pick Seems Antiquated, but It Still Shows Up on the Police Blotter
WENDY RUDERMAN
The Economist, 01.09.2012
Zap, crackle and pop
Military technology: Energy weapons are finally moving from the laboratory to the real world. But they are hardly the super-weapons of science fiction
Student Pulse, 02.09.2012
A Multi-State Analysis of Correctional Boot Camp Outcomes: Identifying Vocational Rehabilitation as a Complement to Shock Incarceration
Joshua A. Jones
In-Forum, 02.09.2012
The mechanics of bullying
FARGO – A bully is not a person. Bullying is a behavior, said Wendy Troop-Gordon, assistant professor of psychology at North Dakota State University.
Anna G. Larson, INFORUM
Daily Beast, 02.09.2012
Medical Consensus or Child Abuse? Moms on Methadone Caught in the Middle
Rachel Blustain
EurekAlert, 03.09.2012
Reciprocity an important component of prosocial behavior
Scorekeeping of past favors isn't, however, a factor
Prevention Action, 03.09.2012
An expensive solution to a more expensive problem?
Can a $60,000-per-child parenting program be cost-effective? Yes, if it’s well targeted, argue the developers of Fast Track.
Daily Pioneer, 03.09.2012
A fact-packed project
Australia-based Indian doctor SANJAY PATOLE’S first film is about female foeticide. He tells R ARORA about extensive research he did for the movie
University of Michigan Health System, 04.09.2012
Simple tool may help inexperienced psychiatrists better predict violence risk in patients, U-M study finds
Without assessment tool, inexperienced psychiatrists less likely to accurately predict violence
ANN ARBOR
Canadian Medical Association Journal CMAJ, 04.09.2012
Positive parenting, not physical punishment
John Fletcher
Association for Psychological Science, 04.09.2012
When Do We Lie? When We’re Short on Time and Long on Reasons
Huffington Post (blog), 04.09.2012
Making Research Matter: The Academy Versus Real-World Problems
Patricia Leavy
University of California, 04.09.2012
Repeated exposure to traumatic images may be harmful to health
UC Irvine study finds watching extensive TV coverage placed participants at risk
Times LIVE, 04.09.2012
Betrayed by the system
Lillian Artz, Kelly Moult and Christélle Cronjé | 04 September, 2012 00:01
The reports of the savage beating of 21-year-old Tina Mbili, allegedly by her former boyfriend, forces us to stop in our tracks.
New York Times, 04.09.2012
Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits
JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
guardian.co.uk, 04.09.2012
Campaigners push for prisoners to be asked what will stop them reoffending
The Prison Reform Trust says asking prisoners what will prevent them from returning to crime may help to reduce recidivism
Mary O'Hara
New Humanist, 05.09.2012
Circumcision: time to cut it out?
The religious culture wars have a new battleground. Is male circumcision a harmless ethnic signifier or the infliction of genuine harm on a child? Toby Lichtig reports
Concordia University, 05.09.2012
Social exclusion in the playground
Study conducted by Concordia researcher looks at why kids say “you can’t play!”
The Daily Pennsylvanian, 05.09.2012
Penn Law study shows race-based discrimination in criminal sentencing
Law prof David Abrams and other researchers used new research methods to reach their conclusion
Heather Bromfield
Telegraph.co.uk -, 05.09.2012
Hackers could be running company computers, GCHQ chief warns
Tom Whitehead, Security Editor
io9, 05.09.2012
There’s a 50-50 chance of another 9/11-sized attack within a decade
As we approach the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, we can be grateful that nothing like it has happened since. But that doesn't mean that something very much like 9/11 — or even worse — couldn't happen again. In fact, new research suggests that we may be seriously underestimating the risk of another large terrorist event.
George Dvorsky
Wall Street Journal, 05.09.2012
The Grievance Brigades
The most traditional branches of Western learning have been replaced by disciplines designed to serve radical political ends
SOHRAB AHMARI
BBC News, 05.09.2012
Over 60s invited to take part in domestic abuse study
People in Somerset who are aged over 60 and have experienced domestic violence are being invited to take part in a new study.
Huffington Post, 05.09.2012
Debtors' Prisons Make the Poor Poorer
Inimai Chettiar.Director, Justice Program
Scientific American (blog), 05.09.2012
Revisiting Robbers Cave: The easy spontaneity of intergroup conflict
Maria Konnikova
Sacramento Bee, 05.09.2012
NHTSA Releases Study on Growing Use of Alcohol Anklets to Monitor Drunk Drivers
Agency provides in-depth look at SCRAMx programs in six jurisdictions
By Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc.
BBC News, 06.09.2012
Victim Support says few know of commissioner vote
The first elections for police and crime commissioners will take place on 15 November Continue reading the main story
Pacific Standard, 06.09.2012
Red Flags: Early Warnings of Wrongful Convictions
Experts find recurring themes in wrongful convictions. And while some jurisdictions are now creating in-house review units to ensure convictions are righteous, commonly repeated mistakes continue to mar cases.
Association for Psychological Science PRESS RELEASE, 06.09.2012
‘I Knew It All Along…Didn’t I?’ – Understanding Hindsight Bias
The fourth-quarter comeback to win the game. The tumor that appeared on a second scan. The guy in accounting who was secretly embezzling company funds. The situation may be different each time, but we hear ourselves say it over and over again: “I knew it all along.”
The FINANCIAL, 06.09.2012
Reading the Riots study shortlisted for THE 'Research Project of the Year' award
Police News, 06.09.2012
Case study: 9 steps to clean up a crime-ridden neighborhood
Certain neighborhoods in High Point, NC, were known for years as toxic to the community until these nine steps caused a dramatic turnaround
Hayley Hudson
NBC Bay Area, 06.09.2012
Prison Spending Affecting Higher Education in California: Report
Stephanie Chuang
Prevention Action, 06.09.2012
How the culture of the classroom matters
Cooperative learning has been repeatedly shown to be an effective way to improve academic achievement – in the US, at least. When cooperative learning strategies for mathematics were tested in a randomized controlled trial in the UK, the results were, as the researchers put it, “unexpected and disappointing.”
The Guardian, 06.09.2012
Where is the feminist voice in the porn debate?
Government policy must understand and address the role of pornography in perpetuating women's inequality
National Public Radio, 06.09.2012
Why Your Cellphone Could Be Called A 'Tracker'
Many people use cellphones for purposes other than making calls. "If we call them trackers, then we're doing a much better job of informing ourselves what these devices are actually doing, and what we're really using them for," says ProPublica investigative reporter Peter Maass.
The Independent, 06.09.2012
Talha Ahsan: Behind bars for six years without charge and a family losing faith in the rule of law
Jerome Taylor
Newswise, 07.09.2012
Child Abuse and Discipline. What’s the Difference?
A Johns Hopkins PhD student is attempting to differentiate child abuse from physcial discipline through an examination of Chinese-American mothers and pediatric nurses.
Brookings Institution, 07.09.2012
Learning from James Q. Wilson
When James Quinn Wilson passed away in March, he left a formidable legacy for policymakers in need of guidance. But at least as notable was his influence on a generation of scholars. He was not just an exceptional thinker but an exceptional teacher as well.
Christian Science Monitor, 07.09.2012
Mexico: What keeps drug traffickers 'in the game?'
Mexico's drug trade employs an estimated 500,000 people. A new study explores factors – like addressing drug addiction – that can lead traffickers to exit the drug trade, and how to encourage more to follow.
Patrick Corcoran
Babble (blog), 07.09.2012
Should Spanking be Outlawed? Yes, Urges Top Canadian Medical Journal
Meredith Carroll
EUobserver.com, 07.09.2012
EU data row over police access to asylum seekers' fingerprints
Benjamin Fox
The Conversation, 07.09.2012
More young men using steroids but do they know the harms?
A recent national survey has found two-thirds of young men who began injecting drugs within the past three years were using steroids, overtaking methamphetamine and heroin use. Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetic forms of testosterone, the hormone that plays a key role in the development of male…
New York Times, 08.09.2012
Defying Civil and Canon Laws, Church Failed to Stop a Priest
LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Huffington Post UK, 08.09.2012
Can a Four-Year-Old Recall Her Family's Murderers? Alpine Executions and Psychology of Childhood
Dr Raj Persaud and Adrian Furnham
Huffington Post UK (blog), 09.09.2012
Where Is the Path Forward for Forensics? Part II
Brandon L. Garrett.
Newswise, 09.09.2012
Signs of Respect Calm Arab Crowds
Direct displays of respect can reduce conflict in protests in the Middle East, where a premium is placed on honor.
Toronto Star -, 10.09.2012
Rise in prison assaults blamed on collapse of inmate code of conduct
Betsy Powell Courts Bureau
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, 10.09.2012
http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2012/september/a-smart-fabric-sets-off-the-alarm.html
EurekAlert, 10.09.2012
Researchers discover mechanism related to negative emotions of cocaine withdrawal
Emotional 'brakes' stay on after cocaine wears off
Prevention Action, 10.09.2012
Do different kinds of disruptive kids start from the same place?
Conduct disorder, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder are considered separate diagnoses of chronic behavioral problems. But despite their differences, these conditions develop from similar risk factors in children’s environments, a recent review argues
EurekAlert Public, 10.09.2012
LifeSkills training helps teens manage anger, lower blood pressure
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report.
SBS, 11.09.2012
Comment: Eleven years after 9/11, are we any safer?
Eleven years after the horrible spectacle of the World Trade Center towers being struck by one 767 airliner and then another continues to capture our imagination
Greg Barton
EurekAlert, 11.09.2012
Risk-glorifying video games may lead teens to drive recklessly, new research shows
Certain games may increase rebelliousness, sensation seeking among adolescents, study finds
Princeton University For immediate release, 11.09.2012
Survey shifts spotlight away from poor as key supporters of militants in Pakistan
Huffington Post, 11.09.2012
Doesn't Add Up: 1 In 5 College Women Raped, 0 Assaults Reported
Journalism students at the University of Minnesota Duluth, recently published the results of an eight month investigative series that takes a hard look at the culture of reporting sexual assault incidents on their campus. The stories were published in the UMD Statesman.
Robyn Gee
EurekAlert, 11.09.2012
Who (and what) can you trust?
How non-verbal cues can predict a person's (and a robot's) trustworthiness
McGill University, 11.09.2012
How genetics shape our addictions
Genes predict the brain's reaction to smoking
Telegraph.co.uk, 11.09.2012
Professor plod: police should publish research on how to fight crime, says May
Police officers should be more like doctors by publishing research on their successes in fighting crime, according to the Home Secretary.
Martin Beckford
Nature.com, 12.09.2012
Predatory publishers are corrupting open access
Journals that exploit the author-pays model damage scholarly publishing and promote unethical behaviour by scientists, argues Jeffrey Beall2.
EurekAlertAC, 12.09.2012
Predicting if scientists will be stars
New formula reveals if young scientists will have a brilliant future
Newswise, 12.09.2012
Innovative NJ Peer-to-Peer Website Launched to Promote Prevention of Youth Suicide
guardian.co.uk, 12.09.2012
Is the use of CCTV cameras in schools out of hand?
Nick Pickles and Stephanie Benbow discuss whether school CCTV helps stop crime and bullying or invades children's privacy
Technology Spectator, 13.09.2012
A smarter defence to online crime
Is it possible to “design out” online crime? It’s definitely worth a try.
Nigel Phair
Prevention Action, 13.09.2012
Mean toddlers make antisocial teens
A little girl scrapes her knee. Crying follows. A little boy laughs at the girl. A decade later, antisocial behavior follows. An exaggeration? Or could the link be true?
Newswise, 13.09.2012
Children of Immigrants Are Coming Out Ahead of Their Peers
Children of immigrants are outperforming children whose family trees have deeper roots in the United States, learning more in school and then making smoother transitions into adulthood, according to sociologists at The Johns Hopkins University.
telegraph.co.uk, 13.09.2012
Does global warming increase violent crime? Here's someone who says so.
Geoffrey Lean
EurekAlert, 14.09.2012
Simple tool may help evaluate risk for violence among patients with mental illness
Mental health professionals, who often are tasked with evaluating and managing the risk of violence by their patients, may benefit from a simple tool to more accurately make a risk assessment, according to a recent study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco
Newswise, 14.09.2012
Social Media ‘Narbs’ May Have Predicted Violence in Libya
Social media expert Ananda Mitra coined the word "narbs" to describe the small pieces of information floating in the digital sphere. His research shows that using social media to spread hate messages is a trend, not a fad, and that narb patterns may have predicted the violence in Libya.
San Francisco Chronicle, 15.09.2012
Police safety gets higher priority
Despite recent death, data give reason for optimism
Dan Freedman
The Observer, 16.09.2012
The Observer
Research suggests that many voters are open to views associated with far-right groups
Mark Townsend
The Observer, 16.09.2012
The police must no longer be immune from radical reform
Hillsborough emphasises that the government must be bold in dealing with the last unreformed public service
Andrew Rawnsley
Sydney Morning Herald, 16.09.2012
Dogs of war burn the Cross
Charles Waterstreet, Sydney barrister and author
WorkCompCentral (subscription), 16.09.2012
Report on Violence and Aggression against Maine's Caregivers
Julie Ferguson
Sky News Australia, 17.09.2012
Facial DNA to create mugshots
Scientists may one day be able to produce police 'mugshots' from DNA traces found at crime scenes, researchers have revealed.
Newswise, 17.09.2012
Peer Education Helps Prevent Abuse and Violence
In a 2011 nationwide survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 percent of high school students reported being bullied while at school, and an estimated 16 percent reported being bullied electronically
Newswise, 17.09.2012
Occupy’s Tumultuous Year Yields Rich Research Data
American University Criminologist Ed Maguire’s first phase of research examines how Occupiers view police and legal authorities
guardian.co.uk, 17.09.2012
Ian Tomlinson case: PC Simon Harwood sacked for gross misconduct
Officer's actions at G20 protest discredited police service and undermined public confidence, rules disciplinary panel
Peter Walker
Ottawa Citizen, 17.09.2012
The costs of addiction
Darcy Sheppard died in a confrontation in Toronto traffic with former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant in 2009. As Bryant writes in his new memoir, he soon learned that he and Sheppard had struggled with the same demons.
Michael Bryant, Ottawa Citizen
Telegraph.co.uk, 17.09.2012
UK second worst in world for illegal music downloads
In-depth study of illegal file sharing shows Manchester is most active UK city in illicit file sharing - and Ed Sheeran the most illegally downloaded perfomer
EurekAlert!, 17.09.2012
Canada needs approach to combat elder abuse
Canada needs a comprehensive approach to reduce elder abuse that includes financial supports and programs for seniors and their caregivers, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
New York Times, 17.09.2012
Police Reports Suggest Officers May Sometimes Portray Crimes Less Seriously
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Inside Higher Ed -, 18.09.2012
Private Parts
A recent hiccup at Indiana University over the release, and subsequent reeling-back-in, of a mobile app designed to collect data on sexual activity might strike some as prudish caution.
Steve Kolowich
Arkansas Times, 18.09.2012
'I just want them to stop ...'
A four-year study finds a nightmare of abuse, bullying and sexual harassment for Latino students in some Little Rock schools, with reports of complaints falling on deaf ears. What's going on, and can anything be done to stop it?
David Koon and Rafael Nunez
Yorkshire Evening Post, 18.09.2012
Crystal ball crime-fighting to stay a step ahea
In March police in one of the worst burglary hotspots in Leeds started using scientific methods to try to predict when and where incidents would occur. Crime reporter Sam Casey found out the operation is yielding remarkable results.
Newswise, 18.09.2012
One in Three Victims of Teen Dating Violence Has Had More Than One Abuser
More than one-third of young adults who reported being victims of dating violence as teenagers had two or more abusive partners, a new study suggests.
Newswise Released, 19.09.2012
National Child Abuse Expert Available to Discuss New Allegations Against Boy Scouts
Newswise, 19.09.2012
Many Parents Believe that Letting Young Children Taste Alcohol Discourages Later Use
Baltimore Sun, 19.09.2012
Baltimore's crime paradox
Our view: Mayor gets criticized for stating the truth — hundreds of thousands were able to enjoy the city safely this summer
EurekAlert Public, 19.09.2012
How close were we to armageddon? 50 years on, why should we still study the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Simon Fraser, 19.09.2012
Prison rehab tied to parole decisions
According to a new study co-authored by Simon Fraser University economics professor Steeve Mongrain, parole board decisions can have a huge impact on whether or not prisoners are motivated to rehabilitate.
Pew Health Group, 19.09.2012
As painkiller overdoses mount, researchers outline effective approaches to curb epidemic
New York Times, 19.09.2012
California and the Fourth Amendment
On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is scheduled to reconsider whether California violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against searches and seizures by requiring police to take DNA samples from people arrested but not yet convicted of felonies.
Jungle World Nr. 37, 13. September 2012, 20.09.2012
Wall Street Journal (blog)- 19.9.2012
By SCOTT MCCARTNEY
Association for Psychological Science PRESS RELEASE September 19, 2012 For Immediate Release, 20.09.2012
Misinformation: Psychological Science Shows Why It Sticks and How to Fix It
HealthCanal.com- 18/09/2012 22:13:00, 20.09.2012
The Illicit Drug Landscape in the U.S and Paths for Future Efforts
Cincinnati.com-9:20 PM, Sep. 18, 2012 |, 20.09.2012
CPD changes Taser policy after study finds they can cause death
Written by Janice Morse
Politics.co.uk Wednesday, 19 September 2012 10:21 AM, 20.09.2012
Comment: Armed police and capital punishment will make crime worse
By Ian Dunt
guardian.co.uk Monday 17 September 2012 14.08 BST Posted by Roy Greenslade, 20.09.2012
Hacking book: beware, journalism is under unprecedented attack
Ottawa Citizen - September 18, 2012, 20.09.2012
University of Ottawa researcher finds students take revenge on professors in evaluations
By Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (blog)-Sep 17, 2012, 20.09.2012
Mexican journalists carry same traumas as war correspondents, says a scientific study
By the International News Safety Institute (INSI)
Association for Psychological Science, 20.09.2012
How Do We Make Moral Judgments? – Insights From Psychological Science
New research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, provides intriguing insights into some of the factors that influence how we make moral judgments.
EurekAlert Public, 20.09.2012
Playground peers can predict adult personalities
Concordia 20-year study shows childhood friends can forecast adulthood success
Pacific Standard, 20.09.2012
Fingerprint matching is a vital investigative tool. But despite its legendary aura of infallibility, courtroom claims of fingerprints’ uniqueness are
Sue Russell
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)-, 20.09.2012
Sectarian hatred is being overtaken by xenophobic racism in Northern Ireland
Jake Wallis Simons
New York Times, 20.09.2012
In a City Plagued by Violence, a Spike in Crime Opens Eyes Nationwide
MAÏA de la BAUME
Springer New York, 20.09.2012
'Psychopaths' have an impaired sense of smell
Study suggests that a poor sense of smell may be a marker for psychopathic traits
The Economist, 22.09.2012
Northward creep
In Italy Mafia-organised crime is no longer only a southern phenomenon
The Economist, 22.09.2012
A journey into hell
Far from being secure places of rehabilitation, too many of the region’s jails are violent incubators of crime. But there are some signs of change
The Economist, 22.09.2012
Rage, but also self-criticism
Though most Muslims felt insulted by a film trailer that disparaged the Prophet Muhammad, many were embarrassed by the excesses of protesters and preachers
New York Times, 22.09.2012
Marriage Survives a Decapitation
She is a retired New York City correction officer with a job at a security firm. He is a convicted drug dealer from Brooklyn who has admitted and denied — in that order — cutting off a stranger’s head with a chain saw.
MICHAEL WILSON
The Economist, 22.09.2012
Blazing saddles in the Sahara
Extremists in north-west Africa finance themselves by trafficking cocaine
Wall Street Journal, 23.09.2012
Academic Study Shows Innocent Plead Guilty at High Rate
JOHN R. EMSHWILLER And GARY FIELDS
Albany Times Union, 23.09.2012
To judge kids as kids
Youth court bridges gap between youth, criminal responsibility in Albany
Alysia Santo
The Atlantic online, 23.09.2012
Feds in Supermax Lawsuit: Suicidal Prisoner? What Suicidal Prisoner?
Andrew Cohen
Citizen, 23.09.2012
Stats no comfort
For the family and friends of former World Boxing Organisation heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders the rosy crime statistics released last week hold no comfort
Association for Psychological Science, 24.09.2012
Feeling Guilty Versus Feeling Angry – Who Can Tell the Difference?
New York Times, 24.09.2012
Freedom vs. Faith in Germany
BERLIN — Germans understand red lines and taboos like few others. They learn early where extremism has led their forebears and where history should not be repeated. But theirs is also a land of intellectual rigor and creativity that would never have produced its giants of thought and literature — Marx or Goethe, Brecht or Grass — without faith in free expression.
ALAN COWELL
The Independent, 24.09.2012
Prison's forgotten victims: The other side to the story
Although we do need to consider the damage to children when separated from their mothers, we shouldn't neglect the importance of both parents.
Ally Fogg
Full Fact, 24.09.2012
Are gay people seven times more likely to take drugs than the general public?
According to three news outlets, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are seven times more likely to take drugs than the general population. Full Fact brings the numbers out of the closet.
Joseph O'Leary
New Statesman (blog)-, 24.09.2012
Will Clare's Law really help reduce domestic violence?
Not everyone with prior domestic violence convictions goes on to reoffend.
Craig Harper
Ohio State, 25.09.2012
New Tool for CSI? Geographic Software Maps Distinctive Features inside Bones
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A common type of geographic mapping software offers a new way to study human remains.
Prevention Action, 25.09.2012
No longer lost in translation?
Most evidence-based programs have been developed and tested in the United States and other English-speaking countries, leading to skepticism among practitioners elsewhere about "foreign imports." Cultural adaptation is the obvious answer, but can it be done without compromising program effectiveness?
Daily Illini-Posted, 26.09.2012
Research links sentence length to inmates’ chances of crime relapse
Klaudia Dukala The Daily Illini
BBC News, 26.09.2012
IQ linked to levels of happiness
People with lower intelligence are more likely to be unhappy than their brighter colleagues, according to UK researchers.
Their study of 6,870 people showed low intelligence was often linked with lower income and poor mental health, which contributed to unhappiness.
Sydney Morning Herald, 27.09.2012
Rioting youths 'could be the next terrorists'
VIOLENT young Muslim men who took part in the Sydney riot two weeks ago could step up to become the next terrorists if they fall under the wrong influences, a senior Australian Federal Police officer says.
Barney Zwartz, Jonathan Swan
EurekAlert!, 27.09.2012
Social bullying prevalent in children's television
92 percent of the top 50 programs for children ages 2-11 show social bullying
EurekAlert! Public, 27.09.2012
How tribal courts can end war
Traditions stem gunfire after 4,800 die in Enga, Papua New Guinea
Newswise, 27.09.2012
Challenges for Families of Those Jailed
Virginia Tech human development research studies how incarcedation affects the inmate's family.
Rolling Stone, 27.09.2012
The Plot Against Occupy
How the government turned five stoner misfits into the world's most hapless terrorist cell
Sabrina Rubin Erdely
Jungle World Nr. 39,, 27.09.2012
Burn-out bei Occupy
Zero Tolerance der Polizei und die Frage »Wo steht die Bewegung?« beherrschten die Proteste zum Jahrestag der Occupy-Bewegung in New York.
Moritz Wichmann
Khabar South Asia, 28.09.2012
Missing youths vulnerable to terrorist recruitment, police say
The Indian state of Maharashtra is starting to keep a database on young men and boys who have gone missing and may be in danger of falling prey to extremist groups.
By Udayan Namboodiri for Khabar South Asia in New Delhi
BBC News, 28.09.2012
Who What Why: How durable is a fingerprint?
American Hans Galassi lost several fingers in a wakeboarding accident several months ago. Now one of them has been found in a trout - and identified as Galassi's from its fingerprints. So how long do fingerprints last?
U.S. News University, 28.09.2012
Colleges Receive $10 Million Grant to Study Cyber Crime
Catherine Groux
Christian Science Monitor, 28.09.2012
Brazil: As prison populations grow is it time to rethink policy on drugs?
A new São Paulo think tank is urging Brazilians to rethink the country's drug policy. Brazil's drug law changed in 2006, but many say it has backfired as the drug-related prison population has boomed.
By Julia Michaels, guest blogger / September 28, 2012
Los Angeles Times, 28.09.2012
ACLU drops suit over poor system for tracking deputy misconduct
L.A. County Sheriff's Department says it has improved how it tracks complaints about deputies. ACLU is still suing district attorney's office over alleged withholding of evidence of deputy misconduct.
By Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
BBC News, 28.09.2012
More Thames Valley police officers 'could carry Tasers'
Violence against Thames Valley Police officers has risen by more than a third over the past five years
The Columbian, 29.09.2012
Scammed by love
People looking for romance online, especially middle-age women, are vulnerable to money-seeking con artists
Paris Achen
Salon.com, 29.09.2012
Why police lineups can’t be trusted
The single biggest cause of wrongful convictions is mistaken eyewitness identification. Is there a better way? By Sue Russell, Pacific Standard
Huffington Post (UK), 29.09.2012
Children Running Away From Home - A Secret Epidemic in the UK?
Dr Raj Persaud and Dr Peter Bruggen
Daily Mail, 29.09.2012
Inside Britain's terror cells: A chilling insight into how gangs of convicted terrorists recruit prisoners for Al Qaeda - and the courageous men and w
David Rose
The Economist, 29.09.2012
Strengthening the resistance
Campaigning for a change in the law on whistleblowing
OpEdNews, 29.09.2012
The Fuzzy Line of Terrorism
The Obama administration's plan to remove a group of violent Iranian émigrés from the U.S. terror list suggests a readiness to pursue the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend strategy that put the United States on the side of Osama bin Laden and Islamic extremists in Afghanistan in the 1980s, says ex-FBI agent Coleen Rowley.
Coleen Rowley
Austin American-Statesman, 29.09.2012
Researchers look into possible causes of current 'epidemic' of suicide and PTSD
Because so little is known about how veterans die, comparing current mortality rates with past conflicts is a difficult task
American-Statesman Investigative Team
The Economist, 29.09.2012
Worth the wait
The supreA HUSBAND follows his wife and another man to a hotel room. Through the keyhole he sees the pair embrace. As they fling off their clothes his wife’s underwear catches on the doorknob, blocking his view of what happens next—and leaving his faith in her fidelity intact.me court makes graft riskier
New York Times, 29.09.2012
That Loaded Gun in My Carry-On? Oh, I Forgot
The list of potentially lethal weapons was certainly eye-opening: 47 guns (38 of them loaded, including six with rounds in their chambers), three inert hand grenades, supplies of black powder, hunting knives, timing fuses and a sword.
JOE SHARKEY
Asahi Shimbun, 30.09.2012
PIs seeing uptick in investigating bullying in schools
Business is booming for private investigators these days across the nation.
