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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
Psychology Today, 01.02.2022
Narcissistic Partners May Be More Dangerous Than You Think
Carol A. Lambert
News-Medical, 01.02.2022
Lead exposure during early childhood may increase risk of delinquency in teens
Emily Henderson
Daily Mail, 01.02.2022
The five key questions that could help stop domestic violence and identify high-risk victims
Jack Gramenz
The Guardian, 01.02.2022
From eastern Europe we watch Ukraine in fear. Its fate could decide the continent’s future
Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz
The London Economic, 02.02.2022
Troubling thread reveals police WhatsApp messages about raping colleagues and domestic violence
Joe Mellor
The Independent, 02.02.2022
Priti Patel condemns ‘failure of leadership’ after racist and sexist messages shared by Metropolitan Police officers
Chiara Giordano
USA Today, 02.02.2022
Ex-Chicago cop who killed Black teen in 2018 is getting out of prison. Is that a 'sign of progress' or a 'bad message'?
Don Babwin
Telegraph, 02.02.2022
Fewer than one in six victims report rape as they fear police will not ‘do anything about it’
Charles Hymas
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 02.02.2022
Growing up with systemic racism in the USA
Quintina Dawson
New York Times, 02.02.2022
Where a Thousand Digital Eyes Keep Watch Over the Elderly
Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno
PoliticsHome, 02.02.2022
A culture of misogyny and racism has existed in the Met police for too long – Cressida Dick must go
Diane Abbott
New York Times, 02.02.2022
Inside a Near Breakdown Between the White House and the Police
Katie Benner, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Charlie Savage
National Public Radio (Podcast), 02.02.2022
16 Shots: The Police Shooting Of Laquan McDonald
WBEZ Chicago
The Conversation, 03.02.2022
Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?
Haroro J. Ingram, Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines
Irish Examiner, 03.02.2022
Policing Authority wants to hear minority groups' perception of gardaí
Sean Murray
The Conversation, 03.02.2022
Crypto theft is on the rise. Here’s how the crimes are committed, and how you can protect yourself
Aaron M. Lane
The Conversation, 03.02.2022
Kenya has tried to reform its police force, but it’s left gaps for abuse
Douglas Lucas Kivoi
The Record, 03.02.2022
‘Systemic discrimination, systemic racism, systemic barriers all exist within the policing profession’ — WRPS Chief Bryan Larkin
Cheyenne Bholla
New York Times, 04.02.2022
This Police Captain’s Plan to Stop Gun Violence Uses More Than Handcuffs
Ashley Southall
The Conversation, 04.02.2022
Afghan women face increasing violence and repression under the Taliban after international spotlight fades
Mia Bloom
Verve Times, 05.02.2022
Resistance to “defund” or “abolish” the police rooted in policy proposals
Addrew Shawn
National Public Radio, 05.02.2022
What it would take to treat gun violence as a public health crisis
Michel Martin
Washington Post, 06.02.2022
As U.S. predicts Russia could seize Kyiv in days, Moscow calls assessment ‘scaremongering’
Rachel Pannett, Karen DeYoung, Dan Lamothe, Robyn Dixonand Amy B Wang
Vox EU, 06.02.2022
The far-reaching consequences of becoming a victim of a crime
Anna Bindler, Nadine Ketel
The Conversation, 06.02.2022
Whose freedom is the ‘freedom convoy’ fighting for? Not everyone’s
Gerald Walton
The Conversation, 07.02.2022
Misogyny in police forces: understanding and fixing ‘cop culture’
Kathryn Farrow
The Guardian, 07.02.2022
The Tories’ ‘tough on crime’ stance has only led to misery and death in prisons
Frances Ryan
BiometricUpdate.com, 07.02.2022
Biometric and behavioral mass surveillance – will the EU ‘choose totalitarianism’?
Frank Hersey
The Conversation, 08.02.2022
What the ‘freedom convoy’ reveals about the ties among politics, police and the law
Temitope Oriola
EurekAlert!, 08.02.2022
Over 40% of drivers with past-year alcohol and cannabis use report driving under the influence
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Open Access Government, 08.02.2022
Extreme policy goals deter supporters of police abolition movements
The Conversation, 08.02.2022
What is ‘legitimate political discourse,’ and does it include the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol?
Jennifer Mercieca, Timothy J. Shaffer
Penn State, 08.02.2022
Head trauma caused by intimate partner violence is subject of new study
Susan Burlingame
New York Times, 09.02.2022
One Menacing Call After Another: Threats Against Lawmakers Surge
Catie Edmondson and Mark Walker
Washington Post, 09.02.2022
No, the federal government isn’t spending $30 million on ‘crack pipes’
Meryl Kornfield and Mariana Alfaro
The Conversation, 09.02.2022
Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest ‘freedom convoy’ protesters?
Erika Chamberlain
The Guardian, 09.02.2022
Fifth of young women and girls ‘cyber-flashed’ in past year, UK study reveals
Robert Booth
MeriTalk, 09.02.2022
Data, Research Challenges Hinder Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts, Witnesses Say
Lisbeth Perez
The Conversation, 09.02.2022
Pandemic-related school closings likely to have far-reaching effects on child well-being
Sandra M. Chafouleas
Washington Post, 09.02.2022
Fatal police shootings in 2021 set record since The Post began tracking, despite public outcry
Marisa Iati, Steven Rich and Jennifer Jenkins
Health AffairsVol. 41, No. 2: Racism & Health, 10.02.2022
Neighborhood Police Encounters, Health, And Violence In A Southern City
Katherine P. Theall, Samantha Francois, Caryn N. Bell, Andrew Anderson, David Chae, and Thomas A. LaVeist
The Conversation, 10.02.2022
Inmates’ hunger strikes take powerful stands against injustice
Nayan Shah
The Conversation, 10.02.2022
No-knock warrants, a relic of the ‘war on drugs,’ face renewed criticism after Minneapolis death
Tom Nolan
EurekAlert!, 10.02.2022
How does cannabis use affect brain health? Caution advised, more research needed
American Heart Association Scientific
NBC News, 10.02.2022
How ShotSpotter fights criticism and leverages federal cash to win police contracts
The Conversation, 10.02.2022
Childhood adversity is a ‘cause of causes’ of adult illnesses and mental health problems
Robert Maunder, Jon Hunter
The Guardian, 10.02.2022
I’m a conflict mediator. This is a way out of the Ukraine crisis
Gabrielle Rifkind
Inquiries Journal - The International Student Journal 2022, Vol. 14 No. 02, 11.02.2022
Explaining the Gender Gap in the Criminal Justice System: How Family-Based Gender Roles Shape Perceptions of Defendants in Criminal Court
Katharina Geppert
The Conversation, 11.02.2022
First the ‘love-bomb’, then the ‘financial emergency’: 5 tactics of Tinder swindlers
Queensland University of Technology
The Conversation, 11.02.2022
Cressida Dick has resigned but the Met police’s problems are bigger than one person
Colin Rogers
The Conversation, 11.02.2022
The occupation of Ottawa by the ‘freedom convoy’ has the potential for an urban siege
Jack L. Rozdilsky
The Intercept, 11.02.2022
Kitchen Appliance Maker Wants to Revolutionize Video Surveillance
Zach Campbell, Chris Jones
PsyPost, 12.02.2022
Victimhood, racial identity, and conspiracism interact with Christian nationalism to lead to support for violence
Eric W. Dolan
The Age, 13.02.2022
Falling into the ‘freedom’ movement ... and getting out
Rachael Dexter and Simone Fox Koob
New York Times, 13.02.2022
In Ottawa Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?
Catherine Porter
Washington Post, 13.02.2022
Federal trial of Arbery’s killers is the first to ask: Was this 2020 attack motivated by racial hate?
David Nakamura and Hannah Knowles
The Conversation, 14.02.2022
The police, not the military, must stop the ‘freedom convoy’ and Canada’s far-right uprising
Candyce Kelshall
EurekAlert!, 14.02.2022
DNA testing exposes tactics of international criminal networks trafficking elephant ivory
University of Washington
EurekAlert!, 14.02.2022
Illicit amphetamine (‘speed’) use linked to 5-fold heightened risk of psychosis
Davis Vanguard, 14.02.2022
Washington Post Investigation Finds Police Fatal Shootings at All Time High Since 2015
Ankita Joshi and Helen Greenia
Forbes, 14.02.2022
Racial Minorities ‘More At Risk’ Of Being Spied On By New York City’s Massive Facial Recognition Surveillance Machine
Thomas Brewster
New York Times, 15.02.2022
These Policies Were Supposed to Help Black People. They’re Backfiring.
Jim Quinn and Hannah E. Meyers
New York Times, 15.02.2022
Canada Protests: Ottawa Police Chief Resigns After Trudeau Declares National Emergency to End Protests
The Conversation, 15.02.2022
Racism is a public health crisis – but Black death tolls aren’t the answer
Chelsea Watego, Lisa J Whop
Reason Magazine, 15.02.2022
Police search rape kit dna to see if victims are also criminals
Elizabeth Nolan Brown
The Guardian, 15.02.2022
Girls should be educated, not mutilated. The cutting of women must end, now
Waris Dirie
New York Times, 15.02.2022
Behind the Fractious Collaboration Steering the Canada Protests
Sarah Maslin Nir and Natalie Kitroeff
The Conversation, 15.02.2022
Why $73 million Sandy Hook settlement is unlikely to unleash a flood of lawsuits against gun-makers
Timothy D. Lytton
AlterNet, 16.02.2022
Economist Paul Krugman: anti-vax truckers view ‘freedom’ as the right to harm others
Alex Henderson
The Independent, 16.02.2022
‘Repeated rape threats’: Sexual violence and racist abuse in the metaverse
Maya Oppenheim
News-Medical, 16.02.2022
Intergenerational violence exposure affects the age of menopause
Emily Henderson
The Conversation, 16.02.2022
Understanding Canada’s crisis: Has Trumpism arrived or are people just tired of pandemic restrictions?
Jonathan Malloy
The Conversation, 16.02.2022
The ‘freedom convoy’ protesters are a textbook case of ‘aggrieved entitlement’
Fiona MacDonald
EurekAlert!, 16.02.2022
Impatient and risk-tolerant people more often become criminals
University of Copenhagen
EurekAlert!, 16.02.2022
THE LANCET: More than a quarter of women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, finds new study
The Lancet
The Conversation, 16.02.2022
Canadian trucker protests show how the loudest voices in the room distort democracy
Matthew Jordan, Sydney Forde
New York Times, 17.02.2022
Handshakes and hugs have some Canadians questioning law enforcement’s soft touch with the protests.
Vjosa Isai
The Conversation, 17.02.2022
Ukraine: what would a Russian invasion actually look like? These are the three most likely scenarios
David J Galbreath
The Conversation, 17.02.2022
Black and Indigenous protesters are treated differently than the ‘convoy’ because of Canada’s ongoing racism
Audra Diptée
The Conversation, 17.02.2022
What are false flag attacks – and could Russia make one work in the information age?
Scott Radnitz
New York Times, 18.02.2022
They Wanted to Roll Back Tough-on-Crime Policies. Then Violent Crime Surged.
Astead W. Herndon
The Conversation, 18.02.2022
‘Freedom convoy’ arrests in Ottawa: Why rejoicing when occupiers get punished isn’t the answer
Linda Mussell
The Guardian, 18.02.2022
‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
EurekAlert!, 19.02.2022
Behavioral scientist will present findings from 25-year study of outcomes of juvenile justice-involved youth
Linda Teplin
New York Times, 19.02.2022
Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints
David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Magazine, 20.02.2022
Judges Can Be Dangerous, Too Setting bail based on “dangerousness” comes with its own perils.
Errol Louis
New York Times, 21.02.2022
How They Did It: Sandy Hook Families Gain Long-Awaited Legal Wins
Elizabeth Williamson
The Conversation, 21.02.2022
Islamic State: death of leader is big step towards becoming a different kind of terrorist organisation
Elisa Orofino
The Conversation, 21.02.2022
Anti-vax protest or insurrection? Making sense of the ‘freedom convoy’ protest
David Tindall
The Conversation, 21.02.2022
How tech is driving new forms of domestic abuse
Lisa Sugiura, Jason R.C. Nurse
Medical Xpress, 21.02.2022
Digital health tool aims to empower victims of elder abuse
Mallory Locklear
EurekAlert!, 22.02.2022
Firearms have overtaken car crashes as main cause of premature US trauma deaths
BMJ
The Conversation, 22.02.2022
How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion
Rowan Nicholson
Newswise, 22.02.2022
Structural Racism and Anti-LGBTQ Policies Can Impact Suicide Risk
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The Atlantic, 22.02.2022
The Stumbling Block to One of the Most Promising Police Reforms
David A. Graham
New York Times, 22.02.2022
Jurors to Weigh Fate of Officers Who Restrained George Floyd as He Died
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Daily Nexus, 22.02.2022
When the Data Lies: The Consequences of Racial Bias In Research and Algorithms
Sean Crommelin
USA TODAY, 22.02.2022
A woman said she was 'raped' in the metaverse. When will it matter?
Alia E. Dastagir
New York Times, 22.02.2022
How a Death-Row Inmate’s Embrace of Conservatism Led to His Release
Katherine Dykstra
EurekAlert!, 23.02.2022
A security technique to fool would-be cyber attackers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EurekAlert!, 23.02.2022
Researchers from the GIST use artificial intelligence to identify potential unsafe locations in cities
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
EurekAlert!, 23.02.2022
Understanding neighborhood dynamics associated with gun violence during COVID-19
PLOS
The Conversation, 23.02.2022
Putin’s antagonism toward Ukraine was never just about NATO – it’s about creating a new Russian empire
Emily Channell, Jacob Lassin
Time, 23.02.2022
A New Study Casts Doubt on One of the Country’s Most Popular Violence Prevention Approaches
Josiah Bates
The Marshall Project, 24.02.2022
How Melissa Lucio Went From Abuse Survivor to Death Row
Maurice Chammah
The Conversation, 24.02.2022
Russia is using an onslaught of cyber attacks to undermine Ukraine’s defence capabilities
Mamoun Alazab
The Conversation, 24.02.2022
Ukraine invasion: what the west needs to do now – expert view
Stefan Wolff
The Conversation, 24.02.2022
Russia invades Ukraine – 5 essential reads from experts
Naomi Schalit, Arik Burakovsky, Craig Nazareth, Justin Pelletier, Lee Feinstein, Liam Collins, Mariana Budjeryn
The Guardian, 24.02.2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will change the face of Europe for ever
Timothy Garton Ash
The Conversation, 25.02.2022
Is international law powerless against Russian aggression in Ukraine? No, but it’s complicated
Juliette McIntyre, Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Phillipa Paige
The Conversation, 25.02.2022
International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
Hurst Hannum
New York Times, 25.02.2022
Far-right militias in Europe plan to confront Russian forces, a research group says.
Cora Engelbrecht
Medical News Today, 25.02.2022
Police violence-induced stress may worsen Black women’s health
Hassan Yahaya
New York Times, 25.02.2022
Four ways the war in Ukraine might end
Barry Pavel, Peter Engelke and Jeffrey Cimmino
The Conversation, 26.02.2022
Why did Russia invade Ukraine? FAQs about the conflict that has shocked the world
Jars Balan
The Conversation, 27.02.2022
What are sanctions, do they ever work – and could they stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
Christopher Michaelsen
The Conversation, 27.02.2022
As Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, here are 5 genuine nuclear dangers for us all
Tanya Ogilvie-White
New York Times, 28.02.2022
After a Fumbled Start, Russian Forces Hit Harder in Ukraine
Steven Erlanger
New York Times, 28.02.2022
Threats Emerge in Germany as Far Right and Pandemic Protesters Merge
Katrin Bennhold
The Conversation, 28.02.2022
Flies, maggots and methamphetamine: how insects can reveal drugs and poisons at crime scenes
Paola Magni
The Times, 28.02.2022
Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian mercenaries ordered to kill Ukraine’s president
Manveen Rana
The Conversation, 28.02.2022
Juries are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial
Lee John Curley, Itiel Dror, James Munro
