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Stars and Stripes, 01.01.2021
Killings in DC hit 16-year high as shootings rise
PETER HERMANN, DANA HEDGPETH AND JUSTIN WM. MOYER
The Conversation, 03.01.2021
Young children are intuitive urban planners — we would all benefit from living in their ‘care-full’ cities
Christina Ergler
The Telegraph, 03.01.2021
Police should prioritise missing adults over children, new study suggests
Martin Evans
The Conversation, 04.01.2021
Why some gun-control opponents want to ‘other’ one of Canada’s worst mass killers
R. Blake Brown
New York Times, 04.01.2021
No One Should Go to Prison for a Crime They Didn’t Commit
Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana
Gotham Gazette, 04.01.2021
We Have a New Tool to Remove Guns from Abusers; We Must Use It to Save Lives
Lucy Lang
Independent Australia, 04.01.2021
Terrorism: Some lessons for Australia from the New Zealand Royal Commission
Bilal Cleland
The Conversation, 04.01.2021
Populism erupts when people feel disconnected and disrespected
Noam Gidron, Peter A. Hall Krupp
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 05.01.2021
Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?
Colin P. Clarke
EurekAlert!, 05.01.2021
Non-immigrant kids respond differently when immigrant children are bullied
North Carolina State University
EurekAlert!, 05.01.2021
How has the COVID-19 pandemic altered sex offender behavior?
University of Birmingham
ABA Journal, 05.01.2021
There will be blood: Coronavirus, conflict and capital punishment
Liane Jackson
Los Angeles Times, 05.01.2021
Op-Ed: An overdose epidemic is raging alongside the coronavirus pandemic
Joseph Friedman and Morgan Godvin
The Conversation, 06.01.2021
Coronavirus: new study claims that a five-day warning ruined the last lockdown
Christian Yates
The Conversation, 06.01.2021
Trump tapped into white victimhood – leaving fertile ground for white supremacists
Lee Bebout
MSNBC, 06.01.2021
Forget bad apples: Police shoot people like Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor because of a bad system.
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
The Conversation, 06.01.2021
‘Once you engage in political violence, it becomes easier to do it again’ – an expert on political violence reflects on events at the Capitol
Naomi Schalit
The News Journal, 06.01.2021
'The forgotten city': How drugs and gangs drove Dover's record year of gun violence
Isabel Hughes and Emily Lytle
The Conversation, 07.01.2021
‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’: what’s behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol
David Smith
Bloomberg, 07.01.2021
Trump Supporter Rage Simmered on Social Media Before D.C. Violence
Daniel Zuidijk and Kartikay Mehrotra
The Conversation, 07.01.2021
Thought the U.S. Capitol attack couldn’t happen? Think again: The insurrection threat isn’t over
Jack L. Rozdilsky
The Conversation, 07.01.2021
Why were the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they’re scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy
Jordan McSwiney
The Conversation, 07.01.2021
US Capitol protesters, egged on by Trump, are part of a long history of white supremacists hearing politicians’ words as encouragement
Shannon M. Smith
The Conversation, 07.01.2021
The U.S. Capitol raid exposes the myth and pathology of American exceptionalism
Ronald W. Pruessen
The Conversation, 07.01.2021
QAnon and the storm of the U.S. Capitol: The offline effect of online conspiracy theories
Marc-André Argentino
The Sun, 07.01.2021
COP OUT Fury as cops pose for selfies with MAGA mob inside the Capitol after letting them swarm building by OPENING gates
Mark Hodge
New York Times, 07.01.2021
‘What a Joke.’ Black Lives Matter Activists Note Contrast in Police Response at Capitol
Washington Post, 07.01.2021
‘Nothing can stop what’s coming’: Far-right forums that fomented Capitol riots voice glee in aftermath
Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell, Razzan Nakhlawi and Harrison Smith
Washington Post, 07.01.2021
The pro-Trump media world peddled the lies that fueled the Capitol mob. Fox News led the way.
Margaret Sullivan
The Guardian, 08.01.2021
Donald Trump's parting gift to the world? It may be war with Iran
Daniel Ellsberg
The Conversation, 08.01.2021
Far-right activists on social media telegraphed violence weeks in advance of the attack on the US Capitol
Alex Newhouse
The Conversation, 08.01.2021
A scholar of American anti-Semitism explains the hate symbols present during the US Capitol riot
Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun
Financial Times, 09.01.2021
Racial double standard seen in policing of US Capitol rampage
Kiran Stacey, Claire Bushey
The Conversation, 10.01.2021
The U.S. Capitol raid was a failed self-coup previously seen in dying regimes
Max Cameron
The Wire Science, 11.01.2021
What Risk Perception Research Can Teach Us About the US Capitol Attack
Catherine Buni and Soraya Chemaly
The Conversation, 11.01.2021
Why ‘free speech’ needs a new definition in the age of the internet and Trump tweets
Peter Ives
EurekAlert!, 11.01.2021
Study finds new evidence of health threat from chemicals in marijuana and tobacco smoke
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Pew Charitable Trusts, 11.01.2021
New York’s Criminal Justice Knowledge Bank Builds Evidence of Public Safety Best Practices
Sara Dube & Steve Lize
The Conversation, 11.01.2021
How should schools teach kids about what happened at the US Capitol on Jan. 6? We asked 6 education experts
David Schonfeld, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Kyle Greenwalt, Paula McAvoy, Sarah Stitzlein, Tiffany Mitchell
London Review of Books, 11.01.2021
See you in hell, punk
by Hilary Mantel, Thomas Jones, Perry Anderson, Patricia Beer, Christopher Hitchens, Ella George, Bruce Ackerman, Alexandra Reza, James Meek and John Perry
New York Times, 11.01.2021
How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism
Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham
Junge Wissenschaft im Öffentlichen Recht, 11.01.2021
Trump’s very own platform? Two scenarios and their legal implications
AMELIE HELDT
Toronto Star, 12.01.2021
From facial recognition, to predictive technologies, big data policing is rife with technical, ethical and political landmines
John Lorinc, Atkinson Fellow
POLITICO, 12.01.2021
Right-wing extremist chatter spreads on new platforms as threat of political violence ramps up
TINA NGUYEN and MARK SCOTT
The Guardian, 12.01.2021
Most women who commit family violence turn to verbal abuse, report finds
Melissa Davey
The Conversation, 12.01.2021
No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others
Katharine Gelber
Journalist’s Resource, 12.01.2021
At protests that draw counter-protesters, people on the left more likely to face arrest
Clark Merrefield
NBC News, 12.01.2021
Does 'deplatforming' work? Trump's most extreme fans will find him, research says
David Ingram
The Conversation, 12.01.2021
Executions don’t deter murder, despite the Trump administration’s push
David P. Barash
The Conversation, 12.01.2021
At impeachment hearing, lawmakers will deliberate over a deadly weapon used in the attack on Capitol Hill – President Trump’s words
Kurt Braddock
National Geographic, 12.01.2021
Decoding the hate symbols seen at the Capitol insurrection
Kristin Romey
The Conversation, 13.01.2021
Why the far-right and white supremacists have embraced the Middle Ages and their symbols
Helen Young
EurekAlert!, 13.01.2021
Age matters in identifying maltreatment in infants and young children with fractures
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
EurekAlert!, 13.01.2021
What are the links between violence and mental illness? Update from Harvard Review of Psychiatry
USA TODAY, 13.01.2021
How the antifa conspiracy theory traveled from the fringe to the floor of Congress
Aleszu Bajak and Javier Zarracina
The Conversation, 13.01.2021
Misogyny in the Capitol: Among the insurrectionists, a lot of angry men who don’t like women
Mona Lena Krook
The Conversation, 13.01.2021
Dostoevsky warned of the strain of nihilism that infects Donald Trump and his movement
Ani Kokobobo
New England Journal of Medicine, 13.01.2021
Injuries from Less-Lethal Weapons during the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis
The Conversation, 13.01.2021
How Donald Trump’s populist narrative led directly to the assault on the US Capitol
Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy
Christian Science Monitor, 14.01.2021
Capitol assault: Why did police show up on both sides of ‘thin blue line’?
Patrik Jonsson
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 14.01.2021
A threat to confront: far-right extremists and nuclear terrorism
Rebecca L. Earnhardt, Brendan Hyatt, Nickolas Roth
The Marshall Project, 14.01.2021
White Terrorism Often Leads to Harsher Punishment for People of Color
Eli Hager
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/utrecht-university-increasing-trust-in-the-police-research-contributes-to-national-polices-intelligent-crime-reporting-tool/, 14.01.2021
Utrecht University: Increasing trust in the police: research contributes to National Police’s Intelligent Crime Reporting tool
EurekAlert!, 14.01.2021
Exposure to violence takes a toll on the socioemotional well-being of Californians
EurekAlert!, 14.01.2021
Sexual harassment claims considered more credible if made by 'prototypical' women
University of Washington
EurekAlert!, 14.01.2021
Effects of head trauma from intimate partner violence largely unrecognized
Rutgers University
The Conversation, 15.01.2021
Why the news media may not want to share Capitol riot images with the police
Anthony Fargo
The Conversation, 15.01.2021
Symbols of white supremacy flew proudly at the Capitol riot – 5 essential reads
Jeff Inglis
Washington Post, 16.01.2021
41 minutes of fear: A video timeline from inside the Capitol siege
Dalton Bennett, Emma Brown, Sarah Cahlan, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Meg Kelly, Elyse Samuels, Jon Swaine
Anchorage Daily News, 16.01.2021
Inauguration day will come and go. Violent domestic extremism may be around for a while.
Kevin G. Hall, Tara Copp
MIT Technology Review, 18.01.2021
Police are flying surveillance over Washington. Where were they last week?
Tate Ryan-Mosley
New York Times, 18.01.2021
‘I Let You Down’: Klete Keller’s Path From Olympics to Capitol Riot
Karen Crouse
The Crime Report, 18.01.2021
Why Police Diversity Won’t Fix the Problems of Policing
Jennifer Cobbina and Alex S. Vitale
EurekAlert!, 18.01.2021
Vermont's BIPOC drivers are most likely to have a run-in with police, study shows
University of Vermont
The Conversation, 18.01.2021
Alexei Navalny: Novichok didn’t stop Russian opposition leader – but a prison sentence might
Alexander Titov
EurekAlert, 19.01.2021
Do children view punishment as rehabilitative? A new study takes a look
Society for Research in Child Development
The Conversation, 19.01.2021
As U.S. Capitol investigators use facial recognition, it begs the question: Who owns our faces?
Wendy H. Wong
Medicalxpress, 19.01.2021
Study finds national data may be underestimating illicit drug use in young people
University of Bristol
The Conversation, 19.01.2021
Armed groups from Capitol riot pose longer-term threat to Biden presidency
Amy Cooter
The Conversation, 19.01.2021
Police, soldiers bring lethal skill to militia campaigns against US government
Arie Perliger
Rest of World, 19.01.2021
Where surveillance cameras work but the justice system doesn’t
Madeleine Wattenbarger
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 20.01.2021
Massachusetts Must Focus On Root Causes Of Gun Violence: Racial, Economic Disparity
Ruth Zakarin
The Crime Report, 20.01.2021
When Policing Youth, Honey Works Better Than Vinegar
Lisa H. Thurau and Adam D. Fine
The Appeal, 20.01.2021
Decades of Federal Policies Turned Local Police On Immigrant Communities. Here’s How Biden Can Stop That.
Alina Das
CNN Updated 1751, 20.01.2021
Marijuana abuse by youth with mood disorders linked to suicide attempts, self-harm and death, study finds
Sandee LaMotte
Deutsche Welle, 21.01.2021
Far-right terrorism in Germany: Walter Lübcke's murder and the NSU
Ben Knight
Columbus, 21.01.2021
Column: Police reform isn't enough when people see Blacks as dangerous
Marcelius Braxton
The Conversation, 21.01.2021
US could face a simmering, chronic domestic terror problem, warn security experts
Luis De la Calle Fellow
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 22.01.2021
Proposed ban on use of facial recognition technology by police advances in Minneapolis
Libor Jany
The Atlantic, 22.01.2021
Can Abolition Work in an Age of Right-Wing Extremism?
Neil Gong, Heath Pearson
The Conversation, 22.01.2021
Far-right groups move to messaging apps as tech companies crack down on extremist social media
Kevin Grisham
The Conversation, 22.01.2021
‘Early warning’ systems in schools can be dangerous in the hands of law enforcement
F. Chris Curran
The Intercept, 23.01.2021
Capitol Attack Was Culmination of Generations of Far-Right Extremism
Ryan Devereaux
New York Times, 23.01.2021
2 Years After Legalizing Cannabis, Has Canada Kept Its Promises?
Ian Austen
Rappler, 24.01.2021
Global right-wing extremism networks are growing. The US is just now catching up.
Sebastian RotellaProPublica
EurekAlert!, 25.01.2021
ISIS and the Taliban use different strategies to appeal to women in English-language magazines
University of Exeter
New York Times, 25.01.2021
How Parler Reveals the Alarming Trajectory of Political Violence
Candace Rondeaux and Heather Hurlburt
The Conversation, 25.01.2021
How history textbooks will deal with the US Capitol attack
Wendy Wall, Christian K. Anderson, Daisy Martin
The Conversation, 25.01.2021
Strange costumes of Capitol rioters echo the early days of the Ku Klux Klan - before the white sheets
Kenneth Ladenburg
The Conversation, 26.01.2021
Attacks at sea aren’t all linked to piracy. Why it’s important to unpick what’s what
Dirk Siebels
The Conversation, 26.01.2021
Domestic violence soars after natural disasters. Preventing it needs to be part of the emergency response
Jennifer Boddy, Celeste Harris
The Conversation, 26.01.2021
Incitement to violence is rarely explicit – here are some techniques people use to breed hate
H. Colleen Sinclair
EurekAlert!, 26.01.2021
Jihadi online media productions and how different groups deal with them
Johannes Gutenberg
EurekAlert!, 26.01.2021
Anti-poverty policies can reduce reports of child neglect
University of Washington
New York Times, 26.01.2021
Why Is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn’t
Emily Bazelon
EurekAlert!, 27.01.2021
Study: Sudden police layoffs in one US city associated with increases in crime
Crime and Justice Research Alliance
The Crime Report, 27.01.2021
Philanthropists Back Out of Controversial Police Surveillance Program
Isidoro Rodriguez
Pique Newsmagazine, 27.01.2021
One-third of Canadian sex workers don't call 911 due to fear of police
Elana Shepert
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, 27.01.2021
U of M research finds police non-lethal projectiles cause lasting injury
Mel Reeves
EurekAlert!, 27.01.2021
Three mental health conditions contribute to violent offenses, WCU study finds
Western Carolina University
Newswise, 28.01.2021
Expert: A historic opportunity to combat systemic racism
Washington University in St. Louis
EurekAlert!, 28.01.2021
'Be a man': Why some men respond aggressively to threats to manhood
Duke University
EurekAlert!, 28.01.2021
'Violent ignorance': New book calls us to face up to and challenge injustice
University of Warwick
EurekAlert!, 28.01.2021
People's acceptance of inequality affects response to company wrongdoings
Penn State
The Conversation, 28.01.2021
Remembering the Québec City mosque attack: Islamophobia and Canada’s national amnesia
Jasmin Zine
Matter News, 28.01.2021
Columbus police officers' body cameras, explained.
Marisa Twigg / Jacob Zobrist
CTV News Toronto, 29.01.2021
Toronto Police Service says it's the first in Canada to publicly unveil body camera procedures
Janice Golding
Open Democracy, 29.01.2021
Met Police officers privately ordered to switch off NHS COVID-19 tracing app
Alex Waygood Peter Geoghegan
The Conversation, 31.01.2021
We analysed almost 500,000 police reports of domestic violence. Mental health was an issue
George Karystianis, Tony Butler
PsyPost, 31.01.2021
Non-clinical psychopathic traits linked to support of violent social change
Eric W. Dolan
