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EurekAlert!, 05.10.2022
Gender inequality can predict high rates of child physical abuse
University of Michigan
EurekAlert!, 06.10.2022
Study finds expanding voting rights can reduce violence
Oxford University Press USA
Prospect, 06.10.2022
Arrested development: the inside story of institutional misogyny in the police
Emily Lawford
The Conversation, 07.10.2022
Iran: ‘hijab’ protests challenge legitimacy of Islamic Republic
Scott Lucas
EurekAlert!, 07.10.2022
Nine ways to prevent firearm tragedies near you
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
EurekAlert!, 07.10.2022
Spanking related to other forms of discipline, intimate partner violence
American Academy of Pediatrics
Washington Post, 09.10.2022
In Russian-occupied Izyum, she was raped and tortured
Siobhán O'Grady, Anastacia Galouchka and Whitney Shefte
Healio, 10.10.2022
Reducing sexual violence by policy, social factors may benefit teen mental health
Robert Herpen
The Conversation, 10.10.2022
The Nord Stream breaches are a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities in undersea infrastructure
Claudio Bozzi
The Conversation, 10.10.2022
How the UK press is failing victims of miscarriages of justice
Jon Robins
Cronkite News, 10.10.2022
‘Reform around the edges’: Changes to policing have been piecemeal, not comprehensive
Sydney Gold and Layla Brown-Clark
The Conversation, 10.10.2022
Iran: the hijab protests are now massive, but a revolution will need the military to change sides
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
The Conversation, 10.10.2022
Ukraine war: Putin’s off ramp and why he is unlikely to take it
Rod Thornton
The Conversation, 10.10.2022
Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides
Eliz Sanasarian
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11.10.2022
The cost of domestic violence in Wisconsin? A new study estimates annual economic losses at $657 million -- and growing.
Ashley Luthern
EurekAlert!, 11.10.2022
Study shows increasing firearm deaths among Texas school-age children
Florida Atlantic University
EurekAlert!, 11.10.2022
Mental health support, not increased policing, needed during pandemic, study finds
Simon Fraser University
Daily Mail, 11.10.2022
Cornered like a rat, Vladimir Putin is more dangerous than ever, warns Russia expert and author Professor Mark Galeotti
Mark Galeotti
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, 11.10.2022
The Cuban Missile Crisis Was 60 Years Ago, But It’s Urgently Relevant Today
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Financial Times, 11.10.2022
Vladimir Putin taps ‘General Armageddon’ to reverse Ukraine battlefield failures
Max Seddon, Christopher Miller
The Conversation, 11.10.2022
DNA is often used in solving crimes. But how does DNA profiling actually work?
Adrian Linacre
The Conversation, 11.10.2022
Ukraine war: a desperate Russia defaults to attacking civilians
Frank Ledwidge
Salon.com, 12.10.2022
Which came first, the incel or the misogynist? A new study delves into the incel mind
Matthew Rozsa
EurekAlert!, 12.10.2022
Research Brief: Foster care, parental incarceration linked with youth mental health problems
University of Minnesota Medical School
EurekAlert!, 12.10.2022
Green spaces in cities linked to crime risk, a study shows
University of Edinburgh
Cato Institute, 13.10.2022
The Center for Immigration Studies Produces Improbably High Estimates of Illegal Immigrant Criminality in Texas
Alex Nowrasteh
Washington Post, 13.10.2022
Parkland school shooting jury spares gunman death penalty in 2018 massacre
Tim Craig
The Conversation, 13.10.2022
Legalizing cannabis led to increased cannabis poisonings in Canadian children. It could get a whole lot worse.
Daniel Myran, Yaron Finkelstein
The Conversation, 13.10.2022
Ukraine war: latest UN vote shows world wants conflict to end – but can’t agree on how to prevent Putin going nuclear
Stefan Wolff
New Hampshire Public Radio, 13.10.2022
Domestic violence calls are most dangerous for Connecticut police officers
Sujata Srinivasan, Catherine Shen
Russia Matters, 13.10.2022
Does Ukraine War Pose Greater Risk of Nuclear Armageddon Than Cuban Missile Crisis?
The New Republic, 13.10.2022
This Ukrainian Writer Doesn’t Need to Imagine Russian Torture. He Lived It.
Luke Johnson
The Conversation, 14.10.2022
We talked to 100 people about their experiences in solitary confinement – this is what we learned
Angela Hattery, Earl Smith
Just Security, 14.10.2022
Extremist Ideologies and the Roots of Mass Atrocities: Lessons for Ukraine
Jonathan Leader Maynard
The Globe and Mail, 14.10.2022
Does the global consensus on refusing to pay ransoms to terrorists make sense?
Jessica Davis and Alex Wilner
Rolling Stone, 15.10.2022
The Ongoing Fight Against Femicides and Violence Against Women in the Caribbean
The Conversation, 16.10.2022
Vladimir Putin is increasingly isolated in Russia and abroad. Does he have an exit strategy?
Matthew Sussex
EurekAlert!, 16.10.2022
Hospital emergency departments lack policy and strategies for spotting child neglect or abuse
European Society for Emergency Medicine
Washington Post, 16.10.2022
After Virginia legalized pot, majority of defendants are still Black
Karina Elwood and John D. Harden
The Conversation, 16.10.2022
Companies are increasingly tracking eye movements — but is it ethical?
Patrick Lecomte
The Guardian, 16.10.2022
Russia’s genocidal propaganda must not be passed off as freedom of speech
Peter Pomerantsev
The Conversation, 17.10.2022
What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant
Anne Toomey McKenna
The Conversation, 17.10.2022
EU border agency Frontex accused of covering up human rights violations in Greece – the allegations explained
Gemma Bird
New York Times, 17.10.2022
Iran’s Loyal Security Forces Protect Ruling System That Protesters Want to Topple
Ben Hubbard and Farnaz Fassihi
ABC13, 18.10.2022
Experts say 'defund the police' may be used as political pawn, but are budgets actually being cut?
Nick Natario
The Pew Charitable Trusts, 18.10.2022
After Uvalde, States Look to New Digital Maps to Keep Schools Safe
Caitlin Dewey
The Marshall Project, 18.10.2022
We Surveyed U.S. Sheriffs. See Their Views on Power, Race and Immigration
Maurice Chammah
The Marshall Project, 18.10.2022
Does Your Sheriff Think He’s More Powerful Than the President?
Maurice Chammah
EurekAlert!, 19.10.2022
Safe gun storage programs are successful (if implemented)
Northwestern University
EurekAlert!, 19.10.2022
UK policing: Psychological damage among officers heightened by bad working conditions – study
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge, 19.10.2022
UK policing: psychological damage among officers heightened by bad working conditions
MSSP Alert, 19.10.2022
Interpol Report: “Financial Crime-as-a-Service” an Emerging Threat
Dan Kobialka
The Conversation, 20.10.2022
The US isn’t at war with Russia, technically – but its support for Ukraine offers a classic case of a proxy war
Monica Duffy Toft
The Conversation, 20.10.2022
To end gender-based violence in one generation, we must fix how the system responds to children and young people
Silke Meyer, Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Phys.org, 20.10.2022
Project debunks the idea that conservatives think the world is more dangerous than liberals
University of Pennsylvania
the co, 21.10.2022
Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here’s the evidence
Colin Davis
The Guardian, 22.10.2022
Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’
Sam Levin
The Conversation, 24.10.2022
Republicans say crime is on the rise – what is the crime rate and what does it mean?
Justin Nix
The Conversation, 24.10.2022
Artificial intelligence is used for predictive policing in the US and UK – South Africa should embrace it, too
Omowunmi Isafiade
The Guardian, 24.10.2022
Terror to elation: Ukrainian woman’s journey from Azovstal to PoW to freedom
Daniel Boffey
New York Times, 24.10.2022
Watchdog Will Investigate Racial Profiling Complaints Against N.Y.P.D.
Chelsia Rose Marcius
Yahoo, 25.10.2022
Homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women, new study finds
Korin Miller
The Conversation, 26.10.2022
Why are there so many data breaches? A growing industry of criminals is brokering in stolen data
James Martin, Chad Whelan
EurekAlert!, 26.10.2022
Considering COVID a hoax is ‘gateway’ to belief in conspiracy theories
Ohio State University
EurekAlert!, 26.10.2022
New research shows link between workplace bullying and conspiracy beliefs
University of Nottingham
The Guardian, 26.10.2022
‘Accountability gap’: Nobel peace prize winner warns Russian war crimes going unpunished
Dan Sabbagh
CBC News, 26.10.2022
Why Russia is claiming Ukraine wants to use a 'dirty bomb' on its own soil
Mark Gollom
The Conversation, 26.10.2022
Ukraine war: what are ‘dirty bombs’ and why is Russia suddenly talking about them?
Christoph Bluth
The Conversation, 26.10.2022
Teenage brains: what is happening and why it leads to more risky behaviours
Carmen Viejo, Noemí Toledano Fernández
spiegel.de, 26.10.2022
“I Fear We Are at the Beginning of an Era of Pandemics”
Rafaela von Bredow und Veronika Hackenbroch
The Conversation, 27.10.2022
10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility
Claire Breen
BBC News, 27.10.2022
California's cannabis-growing nuns pray for profits
Samantha Granville & Sophie Long
The Conversation, 27.10.2022
Deprivation in childhood linked to impulsive behaviour in adulthood – new study
Richard Tunney
The Conversation, 27.10.2022
Ukraine war: what, if any, are the chances of toppling Putin and who might take over?
Nicholas James
The Guardian, 27.10.2022
Queensland government moves to have police immediately sacked if they are sentenced to jail
Eden Gillespie
Duke University, 27.10.2022
Is attacking the electricity infrastructure used by civilians always a war crime?
Charlie Dunlap
The Conversation, 28.10.2022
Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reform
Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Jason Bosland
University of Cambridge, 28.10.2022
UK police fail to meet 'legal and ethical standards' in use of facial recognition
University of Michigan News, 28.10.2022
Study: Vacant lot greening can reduce community crime, violence
Jared Wadley
Washington Post, 29.10.2022
Attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband follows years of GOP demonizing her
Ashley Parker, Hannah Allam and Marianna Sotomayor
Sydney Morning Herald, 31.10.2022
Policing, not crime is behind swelling prisons – and it’s costing billions: MP
Angus Thompson
The Marshall Project, 31.10.2022
Would a Death Sentence Help The Parkland Families Heal?
Maurice Chammah
EurekAlert!, 31.10.2022
Young adults who experienced intimate partner violence may face higher cardiac risks later
The Conversation, 31.10.2022
Kenya: Police killings point to systemic rot and a failed justice system
Naomi van Stapele
