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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
The Conversation, 01.09.2021
In Afghanistan, opium is as big a winner as Islamic extremism
Giada Ferrucci
The Conversation, 01.09.2021
How Ghost Train Fire exposed remarkable police corruption, yet also failed ABC’s high journalistic standards
Denis Muller
The Conversation, 01.09.2021
Feds are increasing use of facial recognition systems – despite calls for a moratorium
James Hendler
The Conversation, 01.09.2021
Stephen: almost 30 years on, ITV’s drama on the murder of Stephen Lawrence shows how little has changed
Simon Holdaway
GOV.UK Ministry of Justice, 02.09.2021
Exploring the nature of extremism in 3 prisons: findings from qualitative research
The Conversation, 02.09.2021
How the world’s biggest dark web platform spreads millions of items of child sex abuse material — and why it’s hard to stop
Roderic Broadhurst, Matthew Ball
EurekAlert!, 03.09.2021
Focus on coercive control and gendered approach must be at the heart of efforts to address domestic violence and abuse, study argues
Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Exeter
Voice of America, 03.09.2021
How Taliban's Win Might Influence Radical Muslims in Southeast Asia
Ralph Jennings
Chicago Sun-Times, 03.09.2021
Chicago’s public safety crisis threatens our whole city
Alderman Matt O'Shea and Susan Lee
The Guardian, 03.09.2021
Republicans seethe with violence and lies. Texas is part of a bigger war they’re waging
Rebecca Solnit
The Conversation, 04.09.2021
New Zealand’s latest terror attack shows why ISIS is harder to defeat online than on the battlefield
Joe Burton
Deutsche Welle, 04.09.2021
9/11: 20 years on, Germany still grapples with militant Islamists
Matthias von Hein
The Conversation, 04.09.2021
New Zealand needs to go beyond fast-tracking counter-terrorism laws to reduce the risk of future attacks
Alexander Gillespie
The Guardian, 05.09.2021
Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off basically scot-free
Chris McGreal
The Conversation, 05.09.2021
‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’: growing up Muslim after 9/11
Randa Abdel Fattah
The Conversation, 06.09.2021
Afghanistan: the warlords who will decide whether civil war is likely
Scott Lucas
New Zealand Herald, 06.09.2021
Auckland mall terrorist forged medical documents, boasted about duping immigration officials
Jared Savage and Sam Hurley
The Conversation, 06.09.2021
Criminalising nitrous oxide users is no laughing matter if it distracts from more serious drug problems
Ian Hamilton, Harry Sumnall
The Guardian, 06.09.2021
Close to home: how US far-right terror flourished in post-9/11 focus on Islam
Adam Gabbatt
Washington Post, 06.09.2021
Opinion: It’s a real possibility that our next 9/11 could arrive from within
Jason M. Blazakis
Washington Post, 06.09.2021
Opinion: The terrorism threat is entering a new, more dangerous phase
Ali Soufan
Mirage News, 07.09.2021
New study identifies cyber strategies with potential to identify and protect victims of child abuse material
The Conversation, 07.09.2021
‘Fortress USA’: How the September 11 terror attacks produced a military industrial juggernaut
Clare Corbould
New York Times, 07.09.2021
Veterans Struggle With Issues That Are Often Invisible to Others
Jennifer Steinhauer
EurekAlert!, 07.09.2021
Study shows contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth
Johns Hopkins
Washington Post, 07.09.2021
The world 9/11 created: A weakened, yet enduring, al-Qaeda menace
Claire Parker
The Conversation, 08.09.2021
Before 9/11, Australia had no counter-terrorism laws, now we have 92 — but are we safer?
Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Keiran Hardy
The Conversation, 08.09.2021
Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come?
Kwasi Konadu, Bright Gyamfi
The Conversation, 08.09.2021
On 50th anniversary of Attica uprising, 4 essential reads on prisoners’ rights today
Matt Williams
publictechnology.net, 09.09.2021
Study finds government using personal data to target messages
Gill Hitchcock
The Conversation, 09.09.2021
20 years after 9/11, the American colossus has gone and the Middle East remains strife-torn
Tony Walker
The Conversation, 09.09.2021
How social media – aided by bots – amplifies Islamophobia online
Saif Shahin
The Conversation, 09.09.2021
Minerals, drugs and China: How the Taliban might finance their new Afghan government
Hanif Sufizada
The Conversation, 10.09.2021
9/11: how politicians and the media turned terrorism into an Islamic issue
Jared Ahmad
The Conversation, 10.09.2021
Turning back migrant boats: what does the international law of the sea say?
Hayley Roberts
CNN 1923 GMT, 10.09.2021
'Innocent Until Proven Muslim': How Islamophobia lingers in post-9/11 era
Brandon Tensley
Open Democracy, 10.09.2021
The deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in Iraq
Lily Hamourtziadou Bulent Gokay
Newsweek, 11.09.2021
Pro-Al-Qaeda Publication Marks 9/11 by Calling for More Attacks With Aircraft
Fatma Khaled
The Guardian, 12.09.2021
Europe’s reputation as a cosmopolitan haven has been exposed as a mirage
Hans Kundnani
New York Times, 13.09.2021
Intelligence chief warns that countries besides Afghanistan pose a greater terror threat.
Julian E. Barnes
Newswise, 13.09.2021
Current Understandings of Microaggressions: Impacts on Individuals and Society
Association for Psychological Science
TIME, 13.09.2021
On Top of the Pandemic, Hospitals Face Another Crisis: Children and Teenagers Are Being Shot in Record Numbers
Melissa Chan
The Conversation, 13.09.2021
Perilous situation for Afghan allies left behind shows a refugee system that’s not up to the job
Shelley Inglis
spiegel.de, 13.09.2021
Operation White Milk: How Austrian Intelligence Hid a Suspected Syrian War Criminal from the Law
Fidelius Schmid und Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt
The Conversation, 14.09.2021
The Sahel’s jihadists don’t all govern alike: context matters
Natasja Rupesinghe, Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh
New York Times, 14.09.2021
Al Qaeda could rebuild in Afghanistan in a year or two, U.S. officials say.
Julian E. Barnes
The Conversation, 14.09.2021
Forceful vaccine messages backfire with holdouts – how can it be done better?
S. Shyam Sundar James P. Jimirro
New York Times, 14.09.2021
Have We Reshaped Middle East Politics or Started to Mimic It?
Thomas L. Friedman
Wall Street Journal, 14.09.2021
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
Georgia Wells, Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman
EurekAlert!, 15.09.2021
Innocent children feeling pressure to admit guilt to avoid prosecution, report warns
University of Exeter
Homeland Security Today, 15.09.2021
State of Radicalization: Behavioral Factors in the Rise of the Lone Actor Terrorist
Steven M. Crimando
The Conversation, 15.09.2021
Capitol Police prepare for a return of insurrectionists to Washington – 5 essential reads on the symbols they carried on Jan. 6
Jeff Inglis
EurekAlert!, 15.09.2021
Psychological assessment and interventions for individuals linked to radicalization and solitary terrorism
New York Times, 15.09.2021
Police in Aurora, Colo., Engaged in Racially Biased Policing, Inquiry Finds
Michael Levenson
New York Times, 15.09.2021
‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims
Siddhartha Deb
California News Times, 16.09.2021
Mass shootings in the US increased during the coronavirus pandemic, study finds
Lauren Mascarenhas
The Conversation, 16.09.2021
Is sexual abuse and exploitation rife in the music industry?
Rosemary Lucy Hill
The Conversation, 16.09.2021
Political orientation predicts science denial – here’s what that means for getting Americans vaccinated against COVID
Adrian Bardon
The Conversation, 16.09.2021
QLD police will use AI to ‘predict’ domestic violence before it happens. Beware the unintended consequences
Heather Douglas, Robin Fitzgerald
New York Times, 16.09.2021
Justice Dept. to Review Enforcement of Civil Rights Protections in Grants
Katie Benner
The Conversation, 16.09.2021
Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise – here are the harms researchers have been documen
Christia Spears Brown
EurekAlert!, 17.09.2021
Digital evidence at risk of being missed because of fragmented police training and coordination, study warns
Publication University of Exeter
EurekAlert!, 17.09.2021
Infants exposed to domestic violence have poorer cognitive development
University of Missouri-Columbia
New York Times, 18.09.2021
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine
Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi
The Guardian, 18.09.2021
Teenage girls, body image and Instagram’s ‘perfect storm’
Dan Milmo and Clea Skopeliti
New York Times, 18.09.2021
First Tied to ISIS, Then to U.S.: Family in Drone Strike Is Tarnished Twice
Matthieu Aikins and Alissa J. Rubin
The Conversation, 19.09.2021
The anti-vax movement is being radicalized by far-right political extremism
Sibo Chen
EurekAlert!, 20.09.2021
Gun violence exposure associated with higher rates of mental health-related ED visits by children
The Conversation, 20.09.2021
Facebook’s algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 election – here’s how algorithms can manipulate you
Filippo Menczer
University of Michigan, 20.09.2021
Majority of Detroiters want police reform, many also want increased police presence
University of Michigan
EurekAlert!, 21.09.2021
Predicting a riot: Social inequality leads to vandalism in experiments
University College London
New York Times, 22.09.2021
Murder Rose by Almost 30% in 2020. It’s Rising at a Slower Rate in 2021.
Jeff Asher
The Economist, 23.09.2021
As shootings rose, 911 calls fell in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder
EurekAlert!, 23.09.2021
Child abuse and neglect linked to early death in adulthood
University College London
The Conversation, 23.09.2021
20 years after 9/11, the men charged with responsibility are still waiting for trial – here’s why
Lisa Hajjar
The Conversation, 23.09.2021
21 million Americans say Biden is ‘illegitimate’ and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds
Robert A. Pape
USA Today, 24.09.2021
A sobering reality: Alcohol kills more Americans each year than drug overdoses do
Edmonton Journal, 24.09.2021
Opinion: Fighting Islamophobia goes beyond government
Jordana Salma, Shara Wajih
EurekAlert! News Release, 24.09.2021
During the pandemic survivors of domestic violence and abuse have been at an increased risk of contracting suspected or confirmed COVID-19, study find
University of Birmingham
The Conversation, 24.09.2021
Federal police reform talks have failed – but local efforts stand a better chance of success
Natasha N. Johnson
The Conversation, 24.09.2021
Haitian migrants at the border: An asylum law scholar explains how US skirts its legal and moral duties
Karen Musalo
spiegel.de, 24.09.2021
German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder
By Maik Baumgärtner, Jörg Diehl, Tobias Großekemper, Roman Höfner, Max Hoppenstedt, Roman Lehberger und Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt
New York Times, 25.09.2021
They Investigate Police Killings. Their Record Is Wanting
Michael LaForgia and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
historynewsnetwork, 25.09.2021
Racist Violence, Lynching Culture, and the Tulsa Massacre: An Interview with Prof. Karlos K. Hill
Robin Lindley
The Conversation, 26.09.2021
It is a big relief for me’: how the welfare provided by madrassas holds a key to fighting the Taliban
Peter Whiteford
The Conversation, 26.09.2021
We need concrete protections from artificial intelligence threatening human rights
Karine Gentelet, Sarit K. Mizrahi
Kansas City Star, 26.09.2021
What happens to crime where recreational marijuana is legal? Here’s what we know
Jeanne Kuang
NewsOne, 26.09.2021
What’s Next After Federal Police Reform Failed? Changing Cop Culture Is Now Left Up To Cities
Thaddeus L. Johnson and Natasha N. Johnson
Yahoo News Sun, 26.09.2021
Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks
Zach Dorfman, Sean D. Naylor and Michael Isikoff
New York Times, 26.09.2021
She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks
Sarah Maslin Nir
The Conversation, 27.09.2021
Not all men’s violence prevention programs are effective: why women’s voices need to be included
Chay Brown, Desmond Campbell
The Conversation, 27.09.2021
More guns, pandemic stress and a police legitimacy crisis created perfect conditions for homicide spike in 2020
Justin Nix
EurekAlert!, 27.09.2021
Passage of recreational cannabis laws leads to some rise in use but not for all demographics
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Vox, 27.09.2021
Murders are spiking. Police should be part of the solution
By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com
The Mainichi, 27.09.2021
How extremist groups feed simplistic views into would-be suicide bombers: analysis
The Conversation, 28.09.2021
R. Kelly was aided by a network of complicity – common in workplace abuse – that enabled crimes to go on for decades
Peggy Cunningham, Minette Drumwright
Newswise, 28.09.2021
Just because they’re angry doesn’t make them guilty: new research
University of Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
EurekAlert, 28.09.2021
When it comes to reporting on sexual assault in media, words matter
University of California
The Conversation, 28.09.2021
Trillions in infrastructure spending could mean hundreds of billions in fraud
Jetson Leder-Luis
Newsweek, 28.09.2021
The Biden Administration Is To Blame for the Del Rio Immigration Crisis
Andrew Arthur
New York Times, 29.09.2021
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan Women Protest Taliban Restrictions on Rights
Anna P. Kambhampaty
The Conversation, 29.09.2021
An autonomous robot may have already killed people – here’s how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes
James Dawes
PsyPost, 29.09.2021
Physical strength predicts participation in political violence among both men and women
Eric W. Dolan
Newsweek, 29.09.2021
U.S. Facing Over Twice as Many Domestic Terror Threats as Foreign, FBI Says
Alexandra Hutzler
EurekAlert, 30.09.2021
Study explores how women handle stigma of staying with imprisoned men
University of Texas at Dallas
EurekAlert, 30.09.2021
The Lancet: More than half of police killings in USA are unreported and Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal police violence
Publication The Lancet
Stylist, 30.09.2021
Sarah Everard’s killer is in jail – but we must prevent male violence against women, not just punish it
Moya Crockett
