Beccaria Portal: Your directory and knowledge network in crime prevention and criminology in Europe and worldwide.
Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
National Geographic, 01.08.2013
Wars, Murders to Rise Due to Global Warming?
Shifts in temperature and rainfall linked to more aggression, study says.
Ker Than for National Geographic
theguardian.com,, 01.08.2013
Getting tough on crime does not make people feel safer, study finds
Report suggests Australians feel more secure, but not because of tough-on-crime rhetoric from politicians and the media
UC Berkeley, 01.08.2013
Warmer climate strongly affects human conflict and violence worldwide, says study
Kathleen Maclay
Newswise Released, 01.08.2013
Research Finds Emotional Intelligence of Martial Artists Higher Than General Population
Faculty members at The University of Findlay survey black belt martial artists.
London Review of Books Vol. 35 No., 02.08.2013
Boys and Girls
At the juvenile detention centre in Kandahar there are two sets of children.
Andrew O’Hagan
New York Times, 02.08.2013
More Complaints Than Proposed Solutions at Trial Over Police Searches
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Daily Caller, 03.08.2013
‘I’m scared to use it:’ Memphis area schools ban corporal punishment
Eric Owens
The Economist, 03.08.2013
In the secret state
Public opinion may be shifting, at last, against government intrusiveness
The Economist (UK),, 03.08.2013
Liberty’s lost decade
The war on terror haunts America still; it should recover some of its most cherished values
The Economist Aug, 03.08.2013
Strike less hard
Most of the world’s sharp decline in executions can be credited to China
Valley News, 03.08.2013
Column: Social Capital Has a Dark Side: It Can Aid and Abet Extremism
Cass R. Sunstein
The Independent, 04.08.2013
The real Minority Report? Kent Constabulary tests computer program to predict crime
Initial results from trial suggest algorithms can help police
Paul Peachey
The Independent, 04.08.2013
The real Minority Report? Kent Constabulary tests computer program to predict crime
Initial results from trial suggest algorithms can help police
Paul Peachey
Buffalo News, 04.08.2013
Does training prepare cops for the mentally ill?
Calls to help a mentally ill person are some of the most complex cops face. Many learn their skills on the job, through trial and error. Others embark on a new wave of training
The New Yorker, 05.08.2013
Trial by Twitter
After high-school football stars were accused of rape, online vigilantes demanded that justice be served. Was it?
Ariel Levy
UPI.com (blog), 05.08.2013
Corporate crime gender gap: Fraud rings have glass ceilings
Female fraudsters face unequal pay and lack of opportunity inside their crime rings, study finds.
KRISTEN BUTLER
Chicago Sun-Times, 05.08.2013
Arrests down among youths who got jobs, therapy: U. of C. study
MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA
EurekAlert!, 05.08.2013
Study highlights need for more social responsibility by online gaming industry
University of Washington, 05.08.2013
Abused children found to smoke more as teens and adults
Doree Armstrong
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 05.08.2013
Transfers from Germany Aid US Surveillance
Hubert Gude, Laura Poitras and Marcel Rosenbach
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 05.08.2013
Brazil government research institute says nation has far more homicides than reported
The Economist (Blog), 05.08.2013
Romania's recent past
The fate of half a million political prisoners
L.C. | BUCHAREST
Newswise Released, 06.08.2013
Online Predators Not Distinctively Dangerous Sex Offenders
A new University of New Hampshire study challenges the view that online predators are a distinctly dangerous variety of sex offender, requiring special programs to protect youth
Chicagomag.com, 06.08.2013
Did America’s Homicide Rate Spike Because Mental Hospitals Shut Down?
Whet Moser
The Atlantic, 06.08.2013
The Confessions of Innocent Men
Why would two suspects caught up in a grisly murder investigation admit to a killing they didn't commit?
Marc Bookman
Newswise, 06.08.2013
Research Shows Negative Effects of Half-Siblings
Adolescents who have half-siblings with a different father are more likely to have used drugs and had sex by age 15 than those who have only full siblings, according to new research.
LawyersandSettlements.com, 06.08.2013
Financial Elder Abuse Often Perpetrated by Trusted Family and Friends
The New Yorker, 07.08.2013
Taken
Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes. Is that all we’re losing?
Sarah Stillman
Huffington Post, 07.08.2013
Race Undercover: The Matter of Bias in the Zimmerman Trial
Devon Carbado, Kimberle Crenshaw, Cheryl I. Harris and Valerie Purdie-Vaughns
New York Times, 07.08.2013
Long Before Little Charlie Became the Face of Evil
MANSON. The Life and Times of Charles Manson: By Jeff Guinn: Illustrated. 495 pages. Simon & Schuster. $27.50.
JANET MASLIN
GoodTherapy.org (blog)-, 07.08.2013
Alcohol Monitoring Anklet Reduces Binge Drinking
Jen Wilson, GoodTherapy.org Correspondent
Slate |Posted, 07.08.2013
Are Terror Warnings Pointless?
How overreacting to al-Qaida “chatter” harms America.
John Mueller
Newswise, 07.08.2013
Smart Enough to Know Better: Intelligence is Not a Remedy for Racism
Smart people are just as racist as their less intelligent peers — they’re just better at concealing their prejudice, according to a University of Michigan study.
Springer New York / Heidelberg, 07.08.2013
Trust thy neighbor
During times of community change, familiar sources of information feel more trustworthy
Le Monde diplomatique, 07.08.2013
Is the Berlusconi verdict a cause for celebration?
Carlo Accetti Invernizzi
NOW Magazine, 08.08.2013
Armed and Dangerous
Fifteen people shot, seven of them dead, by police in the last two years. Is it time to disarm our cops?
Ben Spurr
NOW Magazine, 08.08.2013
Armed and Dangerous
Fifteen people shot, seven of them dead, by police in the last two years. Is it time to disarm our cops?
Ben Spurr
Alaska Dispatch, 08.08.2013
Racial bias and 'stand your ground' laws: what the data show
Patrik Jonsson The Christian Science Monitor
The Independent, 08.08.2013
Lords of the flies: How scientists are using maggots to help solve murders
Police are turning to forensic entomologists to gain vital evidence in the fight against crime
Steve Connor
Globe and Mail, 08.08.2013
Should I let my teen have a BB gun?
DR. MICHAEL DICKINSON Special to The Globe and Mail
EurekAlert (press release)-, 09.08.2013
Racial differences in types of alcohol drinks consumed by adolescent girls
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 09.08.2013
In US, a Youth is Killed by a Gun Every Three Hours
James Swift
Huffington Post, 09.08.2013
Nasser Al-Wahishi, Al Qaeda Leader In Yemen, Outlines Jihad Blueprint In Letter To Fellow Terrorist
RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
The Economist, 10.08.2013
How to get out of a vicious circle
A murder trial is symptomatic of Europe’s biggest social problem
The Economist, 10.08.2013
A new prescription
New Zealand’s plan to regulate designer drugs is better than trying to ban them and failing
The Economist, 10.08.2013
A byte for a byte
Letting companies strike back at computer hackers is a bad idea
The Economist, 10.08.2013
Firewalls and firefights
A new breed of internet-security firms are encouraging companies to fight back against computer hackers
Huffington Post, 11.08.2013
Marijuana History In United States Sees Milestone, Pot First Banned In California 100 Years Ago
Haaretz, 11.08.2013
Holocaust facts: Where does the figure of 6 million victims come from?
Considering the amount of original research that has been done in recent decades, is this number still considered accurate by scholars of the subject?
Police Oracle, 12.08.2013
New forensic research could transform major investigations
Studies developing and testing fingerprint collection and bodily fluid identification tactics could revolutionise investigation techniques.
Jasmin McDermott - Police Oracle
EurekAlert!, 12.08.2013
'Fifty Shades of Grey' perpetuates violence against women
EAST LANSING, Mich. — "Fifty Shades of Grey," the best-selling novel that's promoted as a tale of erotic romance, actually perpetuates the problem of violence against women, a new study finds.
Police Oracle Date, 12.08.2013
Chief: Mutual aid officers 'do not need firearms'
Personnel deploying to Northern Ireland have been well protected by PSNI colleagues, says public order lead.
Cliff Caswell - Police Oracle
The Center for Public Integrity, 13.08.2013
Conference addresses alternatives to racial profiling, harsh school discipline
USA TODAY, 13.08.2013
Thanking the Zimmerman jury: Column
Why the verdict may actually have been good for African-American community.
Robert K. Ross
EurekAlert!, 13.08.2013
Prisons must do more to provide health and social care to growing population of older prisoners
More needs to be done in prisons to look after a growing population of older male prisoners, according to research by The University of Manchester
Washington Post, 13.08.2013
Here’s what you need to know about stop and frisk — and why the courts shut it down
Dylan Matthews
PsychCentral.com (blog, 13.08.2013
Empathy Linked to Age Rather than Species
Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14.08.2013
Vos and Flynn on 'broken-windows' crime fighting
By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
BBC News, 14.08.2013
Criminologists identify family killer characteristics
Melissa Hogenboom Science reporter, BBC News
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 14.08.2013
Pilot Study Finds ER Patients Drinking High-Octane Beer
Study Shows Feasibility of Collecting Alcohol Brand Consumption Data in ER Departments
International Business Times, 14.08.2013
Why Do Fathers Kill Their Families? New ‘Family Annihilator’ Study Reveals New Clues
Charles Poladian
Nature.com, 14.08.2013
Evidence-based justice: Corrupted memory
Elizabeth Loftus has spent decades exposing flaws in eyewitness testimony. Her ideas are gaining fresh traction in the US legal system.
Delta-Optimist-, 14.08.2013
From police officer to assistant prof
Former Delta Sgt. Rick Parent ventures into world of academia & has position with SFU's school of criminology
Jessica Kerr / Delta Optimist
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 14.08.2013
Children exposed to lead more likely to be suspended from school
Meghan Lepisto
Telegraph.co.uk, 14.08.2013
Film violence: why it's worth fighting for
Do violent films like Kick-Ass 2 whet our appetite for real-life bloodshed? Quite the opposite, argues Robbie Collin.
The New York Review of Books, 15.08.2013
They Know Much More Than You Think
In mid-May, Edward Snowden, an American in his late twenties, walked through the onyx entrance of the Mira Hotel on Nathan Road in Hong Kong and checked in.
James Bamford
witf.org-03.08.2013, 15.08.2013
As PA ages, the state examines guardianships and abuse
Halle Stockton | PublicSource
Slate Magazine, 15.08.2013
New Research Supports the Notion That There’s No Such Thing as a “Consensual” Police Encounter
Justin Peters
National Post, 16.08.2013
Sugary drinks linked to aggressive behaviour in young children: U.S. study
David Rockne Corrigan
Wall Street Journal, 16.08.2013
'Diversion' Programs Send More to Treatment, Instead of Prison
Federal Policy Changes Could Lead to Wider Adoption for Lower-Level Offenders
JOE PALAZZOLO and ASHBY JONES
The New Republic, 19.08.2013
Science Is Not Your Enemy
An impassioned plea to neglected novelists, embattled professors, and tenure-less historians
STEVEN PINKER
CTV British Columbia Published, 19.08.2013
Police tech could stop crimes before they even happen
Police technology is getting closer and closer to being able to stop crimes before they occur. Science fiction films like Minority Report no longer seem quite so far-fetched.
Accountingweb.com, 19.08.2013
Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal
Terri Eyden; Bill Barrett, CPA/ABV/CFF
EurekAlert!, 19.08.2013
Far from being harmless, the effects of bullying last long into adulthood
A new study shows that serious illness, struggling to hold down a regular job, and poor social relationships are just some of the adverse outcomes in adulthood faced by those exposed to bullying in childhood.
FleetNews, 19.08.2013
Three-quarters of motorists want to take the law in to their own hands
New research suggests motorists want to be more proactive in reporting reckless driving on Britain’s roads.
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)-, 19.08.2013
New Law Enforcement Investigative Data Technology Helps Police Solve More Cases Efficiently.
The Guardian, 19.08.2013
Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation
The detention of my partner, David Miranda, by UK authorities will have the opposite effect of the one intended
Coloradoan.com, 22.08.2013
Is marijuana OK for you? Research stunted, even in Colorado
The U.S. government's classification of marijuana deems it more dangerous than meth and cocaine, with 'no currently accepted medical use.
Robert Allen
MSU today, 27.08.2013
Dating violence impedes victims' earnings
Dating violence in adolescence not only takes a physical and emotional toll on young women, it also leads to less education and lower earnings later in life, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a Michigan State University researcher. - See more at:
Andy Henion, Adrienne Adams
Crystallake.patch.com, 27.08.2013
Task Force to Study Youth Heroin Use in Illinois
Illinois lawmakers have recently passes legislation to create a Young Adults Heroin Use Task Force to combat the growing use of heroin in Illinois.
Pacific Standard, 27.08.2013
Is Exposure to Lead Partially to Blame for High Rates of Violent Crime in Black Communities? Examining the relationship between lead, race, and crime.
In the late 1990s, I turned down my publisher’s offer to do a third edition of my criminology textbook. It wasn’t just that editions one and two had failed to make me a man of wealth and fame. But it was clear that crime had changed greatly. Rates of murder and robbery had fallen by nearly 50 percent; property crimes like car theft and burglary were also much lower. Anybody writing an honest and relevant book about crime would have a lot of explaining to do. And that would be a lot of work.
Jay Livingston
The Huffington Post, 28.08.2013
America Has More Reasonable Drug Laws Than Canada: What the Hell?
It beats me why so many American conservatives have smartened up about when it makes sense to send people to jail when Canadian conservatives -- at least the ones who count -- clearly haven't.
Colin Kenny
