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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
Los Angeles Times, 01.04.2015
Islamic State's apparent expansion may be deceptive
Laura King, Shashank Bengali and Alexandra Zavis
EurekAlert!, 02.04.2015
Statistical analysis reveals Mexican drug war increased homicide rates
American Statistical Association
The Conversation, 02.04.2015
New DNA technique means pointing the finger at the right identical twin just got easier
DNA profiling is a powerful tool, but being faced with identical DNA from identical genes has been a problem - until now.
Graham Williams
Rolling Stone, 05.04.2015
An anatomy of a journalistic failure
Sheila Coronel, Steve Coll, Derek Kravitz
EurekAlert!, 06.04.2015
Young guns: Study finds high firearm violence rate in high-risk youth after assault injury
Research done in an urban emergency department suggests this may be a prime location for efforts to intervene and stop the cycle of firearm violence.
University of Michigan Health System
Newswise, 06.04.2015
Cold, Callous and Untreatable? Not All Psychopaths Fit the Stereotype, Says New Study
Many Mask Unmanageable Emotion, Can Be Helped with Right Therapy
Citations Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Open Democracy, 07.04.2015
After tyranny, how can we rebuild trust?
The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner demand police reform. Could South Africa provide a model for improving community-police relations in the US?
New York Times online, 07.04.2015
New Jersey Centenarian Killed Wife With Ax Before Committing Suicide, Police Say
NATE SCHWEBER and BENJAMIN MUELLER
The Conversation, 07.04.2015
Online harassment is a form of violence
Technology violence is a term that encompasses all types of harassment and abuse that occurs online and serves to control or intimidate women in particular.
Jenny Ostini, Susan Hopkins
Scientific American, 07.04.2015
How to Help the Growing Female Prison Population
Mary Ellen Mastrorilli
The Conversation, 07.04.2015
Rwanda: how to deal with a million genocide suspects
To mark the 21st anniversary of the Rwandan genocide: lessons from the "gacaca" courts, the country's unique and ambitious community justice initiative.
Hollie N Brehm
The Root, 07.04.2015
‘Banning the Box’ Helps Prisoners Become People
In Virginia, former inmates will no longer have to check a box on employment applications saying whether or not they have been convicted of a felony. Should this be the standard nationwide?
Jolie A. Doggett
Middle East Online, 07.04.2015
The right way to end terrorism
That yesterday’s terrorist is today’s state leader has been a global commonplace for 70 years. Perhaps it is time to retire the word, and the concept, of terrorism. Isn’t it time we assessed the effectiveness of the war on terror since 2001 in the light of its declared aims?
Alain Gresh
Pacific Standard, 07.04.2015
Does News About False Rape Allegations Hurt Rape Victims?
There's not a lot of research about this, but the science that does exist suggests yes
Francie Diep
Open Democracy, 08.04.2015
Community policing? Achieving more realistic results
It has become fashionable for first-world donors to embrace ‘community policing’ for developing-world security programmes. But context is everything.
Lisa Denney
The Conversation, 08.04.2015
When jihadists post selfies the government struggles to respond
Governments around the world are grappling with how to fight radicalisation in the age of social media.
Noor Huda Ismail
EurekAlert!, 08.04.2015
Nearly 1 in 10 adults have impulsive anger issues and access to guns
Duke University Medical Center
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, 08.04.2015
Interview: Women Joining IS Usually Have Personal Connection
Western women who have traveled to IS-controlled lands and who have married militants there offer advice to potential "jihadi brides" via social media, while Russian-speaking women in IS issued a call for other "sisters" to come and join them in Syria.
BBC News, 08.04.2015
Can anti-rape poster campaigns help prevent attacks?
Sussex Police have caused anger on social media and from anti-rape groups for publishing a poster which appears to blame victims for being attacked.
Laura Wignall
Defense One, 08.04.2015
The Islamic State’s Cyber War Crimes
The Islamic State group's grisly videos are much more than a mere record of war crimes.
David Fidler
Daily Mail Published, 08.04.2015
How killers are made: Brain scans reveal the way in which people justify murder
Scans pinpointed a brain region called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex
The more guilt participants felt the greater the response in this region
It may provide insights into how people are desensitised to violence
Ellie Zolfagharifard
New York Times, 09.04.2015
Scant Data Frustrates Efforts to Assess Number of Shootings by Police
MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
The Conversation, 09.04.2015
We must decry all police violence, not just what’s caught on video
We still blindly accept the police accounts of their behaviour. Why?
Peter Bloom
theguardian.com, 09.04.2015
Risk of sex offending linked to genetic factors, study finds
Male relatives of sex offenders five times more likely to commit similar crimes, and 40% of risk is genetic, study suggests.
Hannah Devlin
The Conversation, 09.04.2015
The power of public shaming, for good and for ill
Public shaming has a long history and has now gone online through social media. But shame can also be a powerful force to encourage positive behavioural change.
Lydia Woodyatt
Telegraph.co.uk, 09.04.2015
When are you most likely to be the victim of alcohol-related crime?
Discover the most intense periods of alcohol-fuelled offending according to hour-by-hour data compiled by the Office for National Statistics
David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent
theguardian.com, 09.04.2015
Prison is punishment enough. But in the US, inmates also face violence and humiliation
Jonathan Simon
Newswise Released, 09.04.2015
Tennessee Poison Center Warns Against Designer Drug “N-bomb”
Newswise — The relatively new synthetic drug 251-NBOMe, or “N bomb,” has been associated with the deaths of at least 17 people in the United States since 2010, when it first became available over the Internet, often marketed as “legal” or “natural” LSD.
Newswise Released, 10.04.2015
WVU Study Finds That Women Are More Likely to Be Physically Assaulted in Developed Countries
Newswise — When researchers examine violent assault numbers, historically the data has pointed to higher rates of female victimization in developing countries.
The Economist, 11.04.2015
The net closes
The web’s two largest drug markets go down, panicking dealers and buyers.
The Conversation, 13.04.2015
Second-generation immigrant kids have an edge in academics
A new study has found that second-generation immigrant kids have a unique advantage over first-generation or even third-generation immigrants.
Mylien Duong, Postdoctoral fellow at University of Washington
The Conversation, 13.04.2015
Is downloading really stealing? The ethics of digital piracy
Downloading copyrighted material without permission is illegal, but is it morally equivalent to stealing a DVD?
Christian Barry, Head of the School of Philosophy at Australian National University
EurekAlert, 14.04.2015
Disabled girls vulnerable to abuse by carers and partners due to isolation and incapacity
University of Leeds
Disabled girls and women are vulnerable to abuse by carers and partners because of their isolation and physical incapacity, new research says.
EurekAlert, 14.04.2015
Violent video games not linked to aggression in adults with autism
Effects of violent games on aggression are similar for adults with and without autism, study finds
University of Missouri-Columbia
EurekAlert, 14.04.2015
Opioid relapse rates fall after jail release, according to pilot study
NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine
The Conversation, 14.04.2015
We must talk to terrorists to restore their humanity – and ours
Talking to individual terrorists, rather than negotiating with groups, is the only way to move past violence and towards real mutual understanding.
Authors Simon McMahon, Research Fellow at Coventry University
Heaven Crawley, Coventry University
Math Noortman, Professor of Transnational Law and Non State Actors at Coventry University
Washington Post (blog), 15.04.2015
Jobs and jail might not keep young men out of crime, but how about therapy?
Chris Blattman is an Associate Professor of Political Science & International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He studies the roots of poverty and violence in developing countries, especially in Africa.
Pacific Standard, 15.04.2015
What They Saw Over There
A new study suggests witnessing death, not just deployment or combat, raises soldiers' risk of suicide.
Nathan Collins
Scientific American, 15.04.2015
Childhood Trauma Linked to High Blood Pressure Later in Life
Traumatic events during childhood, as well as growing up with abuse, neglect or a dysfunctional family, may increase the risk of developing high blood pressure later in life, a small study suggests
Lisa Rapaport
The Conversation, 15.04.2015
A new civil rights movement may emerge in the wake of police shootings
The protests over police shootings of unarmed black men may signify a new kind of civil rights movement based less on spectacle and more on social media and data.
Chris Barker, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwestern College
The Independent, 15.04.2015
Prescribing heroin to addicts could be cheaper and more effective than methadone, says expert
Professor Martin Schechter says the drug should be used after traditional treatment fails
Lizzie Dearden
Science World Report, 15.04.2015
Women Have Greater Fears Of Physlcal Crime From Potential Sexual Harm
Kathleen Lees
Christian Science Monitor, 15.04.2015
‘No Catcall Zones’: A campaign about NYC street harassment
A New York City-based nonprofit is using street signs in a campaign to generate discussion around street harassment – one of the most prevalent and least acknowledged forms of sexual violence in the world.
Jessica Mendoza
The Conversation, 15.04.2015
Good news: fatal shootings are now less common in Australia, NZ, Canada and even the US
The rate of fatal shootings has fallen in Australia, the US and other nations in recent decades. Yet anti- and pro-gun ideology still makes it hard to have a sensible discussion about gun violence.
Samara McPhedran, Senior Research Fellow, Violence Research and Prevention Program at Griffith University
Utah Public Radio, 16.04.2015
Should Spanking Children Be Forbidden? We'll Discuss on Thursday's Access Utah
Tom Williams
Slate, 16.04.2015
Together but Not Equal
Mixed-income neighborhoods are supposed to improve the lives of the poor. So why do low-income boys still suffer there?
Candice Odgers
EurekAlert!, 16.04.2015
Facebook users' wishful thinking: Cyberbullying, depression won't happen to me
The Conversation, 22.04.2015
Charging media for using police-shooting video may be the price of equal justice
The man who videotaped the shooting of Walter Scott is demanding compensation from media outlets replaying it. Here's why this is a reasonable request.
Briallen Hopper
The Nation online, 22.04.2015
States Are Required to Educate Students Behind Bars. Here’s What Really Happens.
Since age 12, Cadeem Gibbs has struggled to reconcile his desire to learn with his incarceration.
Molly Knefel
The Conversation, 23.04.2015
We must ensure that domestic violence awareness yields results
Domestic violence has been an agenda item for some time. It is not something that society, nor governments, have recently discovered.
Authors Terry Goldsworthy, Assistant Professor in Criminology at Bond University
TheStranger.com, 24.04.2015
The Police Crackdown on Downtown Seattle Crime Looks Like a Continuation of the Failed War on Drugs
Ansel Herz
The Conversation, 24.04.2015
Manifesto Check: UKIP pledge more police resources, despite falling crime levels
UKIP's pledges on crime reflect their core values: populism, and leaving the EU.
Seán McConville, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London
Huffington Post, 25.04.2015
Here's What the Social Science Says About Countering Violent Extremism
Scott Atran, Anthropologist; Author, 'Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists'
The Conversation, 25.04.2015
There is no evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrent
Joko Widodo argues that Indonesia needs to execute drug offenders like Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to deter others, but he can produce no evidence to support this claim.
Roger Hood, Emeritus Professor of Criminology at University of Oxford
EurekAlert!, 26.04.2015
We are family: Adult support reduces youths' risk of violence exposure
New research shows that males in urban environments with adult connections less likely to be involved in or to witness violence
The Conversation, 27.04.2015
Manifesto Check: Tory plans to tackle police and prison corruption are doomed to fail
When it comes to crime and justice, the Conservatives don't convince.
Seán McConville, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London
The Conversation, 27.04.2015
James Holmes trial puts sanity on the stand
Jurors will likely be presented with conflicting notions of sanity and insanity. And they will be forced to confront widely held cultural assumptions about mental illness and violence.
Jonathan M Metzl, Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University
Huffington Post, 27.04.2015
Declining Violent Crime Shouldn't Be an Argument for Increased Gun Ownership
Mike Weisser
The Conversation, 28.04.2015
Islamic State theoreticians have honed plans for battle and a state
Islamic State is a project built on solid foundations by jihadist theorists with decades of experience. The savagery of terrorism precedes the next stage of a caliphate that delivers longed-for order.
Richard Rousseau, Associate Professor of Political Science at American University of Ras Al Khaimah
The Conversation, 28.04.2015
Chan and Sukumaran are victims of the futile war on drugs
Australia's politicians were unable to make the most persuasive argument for clemency for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran because Australia is also a combatant in the misguided war on drugs.
David van Mill, Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at University of Western Australia
The Conversation, 28.04.2015
What led to the Baltimore riots?
Better handling of peaceful protests at the death of Freddie Gray might have prevented the riots.
Chris Cocking, Researcher into crowd behaviour at University of Brighton
The Conversation, 28.04.2015
Baltimore burning: death of African American in police custody lit old tinderbox
Despite having a black police commissioner and mayor, Baltimore has become the latest focus of African-American anger at racist policing.
Tim Lockley, Reader in American history at University of Warwick
Spectator.co.uk (blog), 29.04.2015
Cheap alcohol leads to violent crime, say ‘experts’. Where’s the evidence?
Christopher Snowdon
Macleans.ca, 29.04.2015
Scant evidence prisons are terrorist breeding grounds
“Though concern over the spread of violent ideologies has been expressed, this concern is supported by limited qualitative, anecdotal evidence.”
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press
The Conversation, 29.04.2015
How housing affordability hurts women and kids fleeing violence
New research shows domestic violence can force women into lower-quality housing -- or make it harder to find a home altogether.
Author Sarah Wendt, Program Director, Masters of Social Work; Co-Director, Research Centre for Gender Studies; Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at University of South Australia
Pacific Standard, 29.04.2015
Excessive Force in Custody and the Rights of the Untried
While Baltimore erupts, the Supreme Court considers a timely case.
Lauren Kirchner
Pacific Standard, 29.04.2015
Long Term, Bullying Might Be Worse Than Abuse and Neglect
Children bullied by their peers are upwards of 60 percent more likely to suffer mental illness as adults than kids who are abused and neglected, according to a new study.
Nathan Collins
TIME, 29.04.2015
How Curfews Have Changed Through History
New calm in Baltimore underlines a division between two types of curfews
Lily Rothman
The Conversation, 30.04.2015
Fact Check: has violent crime gone up?
Labour and the Lib Dems have clashed over whether crime is going up or down. Which is it?
Tim Newburn
Pacific Standard, 30.04.2015
When Anti-Rape Posters Don't Get the Message Right
PSAs are failing sexual assault victims by making women bear the blame.
Max Ufberg
Pacific Standard, 30.04.2015
Why Did the American Psychological Association Approve Its Members to Oversee Torture?
A new report finds that APA officials worked with the Bush administration to draft a permissive policy for its members to oversee national security interrogations.
Francie Diep
Vox, 30.04.2015
Riots are destructive, dangerous, and scary — but can lead to serious social reforms
German Lopez
