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Stars and Stripes, 01.04.2022
Early intervention and better mental health care are keys in preventing veterans from joining extremist groups, advocates say
Sara Samora
National Public Radio, 01.04.2022
The far-right and environmentalism overlap is bigger than you think — and growing
Ari Shapiro
Financial Times, 01.04.2022
Poison, planes and Putin: Abramovich’s race to save a fortune and stop the war
Seddon in Riga and Arash Massoudi, Laura Hughes and Chris Cook in London
New York Times, 02.04.2022
For Putin, Invasion Is the Latest in a Long String of Failures in Ukraine
Neil MacFarquhar
New York Times, 02.04.2022
How Kyiv Has Withstood Russia’s Attacks
Anjali Singhvi, Charlie Smart, Mika Gröndahl and James Glanz
New Statesman, 02.04.2022
“Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory”: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants
Bruno Maçães
The Guardian, 03.04.2022
Killing of civilians in Bucha and Kyiv condemned as ‘terrible war crime’
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Daniel Boffey in Kyiv
The Conversation, 04.04.2022
Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation
Neta C. Crawford
Medium.com, 04.04.2022
What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian publication]
Mariia Kravchenko
Council on Foreign Relations, 04.04.2022
Can Russia Be Held Accountable for War Crimes in Ukraine?
David J. Scheffer
The Guardian, 04.04.2022
From Covid conspiracies to lies about the Ukraine war … traditional fact-checking is no match for the power of the crowd
Eliot Higgins
New York Times, 04.04.2022
Satellite images show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks, despite Russian claims.
Malachy Browne, David Botti and Haley Willis
Newsweek, 04.04.2022
Joe Biden Is Calling for Regime Change in Russia and This Time It Isn't A Gaffe
Tom O'Connor
Verve Times, 05.04.2022
Psychological distress after police stops includes anxiety, anger and depression, study finds
Addrew Shawn
The Conversation, 05.04.2022
Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years
Juris Pupcenoks, Graig Klein
Newswise, 05.04.2022
Psychopathic individuals with charisma can get away with more bad behavior
Binghamton University, State University of New York
EurekAlert!, 05.04.2022
Call to alter elder abuse assessment to better protect vulnerable
University of Otago
Mother Jones, 05.04.2022
I Have Studied Child Protective Services for Decades. It Needs to Be Abolished.
Dorothy E. Roberts
New Statesman, 05.04.2022
The atrocities in Bucha show that remembrance without resolve is empty
Jeremy Cliffe
Alexey Navalny on Twitter, 05.04.2022
How an ordinary Russian TV viewer (one of whom I currently am) sees it.
The Conversation, 06.04.2022
Ukraine war shows grim conventions on ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ways to kill — and what makes a war crime
Nisha Shah
The Conversation, 06.04.2022
Just Stop Oil: how mediation between climate activists and police could help with escalating protests
Mike Makin-Waite
The Guardian, 06.04.2022
The United Nations has the power to punish Putin. This is how it can be done
Simon Tisdall
The Guardian, 06.04.2022
After the horrors of Bucha, Ukrainians have changed the way we look at this war
Nataliya Gumenyuk
The Conversation, 07.04.2022
Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe
Mia Bloom
EurekAlert!, 07.04.2022
Study examines impact of DNA evidence in sexual assault prosecutions
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amnesty International, 07.04.2022
Ukraine: Russian forces extrajudicially executing civilians in apparent war crimes – new testimony
spiegel.de, 07.04.2022
Possible Evidence of Russian Atrocities: German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians in Bucha
Melanie Amann, Matthias Gebauer und Fidelius Schmid
The Conversation, 07.04.2022
Ukraine war: evidence of atrocities in Kyiv’s suburbs strengthens case for a harder line against Russia
Anastasiia Kudlenko
New York Magazine, 07.04.2022
‘Russia Is Completely Depoliticized’ A sociologist from Moscow explains how the nation learned to deny reality.
Sarah Jones
The Forward, 07.04.2022
Why it matters whether we describe Putin’s appalling crimes against humanity ‘genocide’
Robert Zaretsky
The Conversation, 08.04.2022
Identifying the dead after mass disasters is a crucial part of grieving. Here’s how forensic experts do it
Paola Magni
The Conversation, 08.04.2022
Will Smith’s slap shows ‘honor culture’ is alive and well
H. Colleen Sinclair
San Francisco Chronicle, 09.04.2022
Police officers say they’re overdosing from fentanyl exposure. What’s really going on?
Danielle Echeverria
CBC News, 10.04.2022
How a QAnon conspiracy theory about Ukraine bioweapons became mainstream disinformation
Justin Ling
EurekAlert!, 11.04.2022
'Threatening' faces and beefy bodies do not bias criminal suspect identification, study finds
University of Cambridge
EurekAlert!, 11.04.2022
Former partners-in-crime likely to violently turn on one another – UK crime gang study
University of Cambridge
The Conversation, 11.04.2022
Ukraine: Zelensky’s ‘special mechanism’ for prosecuting war crimes explained
Kathryn Allinson, Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
The Conversation, 11.04.2022
Ukraine: Nato exercises a happy coincidence ‘just in case’ of escalation
Kenton White
EurekAlert!, 12.04.2022
Poverty, crime linked to differences in newborns’ brains
Washington University School of Medicine
Brookings, 12.04.2022
Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is an imperative for communities of color
Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin
Voice Wales, 12.04.2022
Racist Policing In Wales: ‘The Numbers And Stats Are There For Everyone To See’
Aara Syed
The Conversation, 12.04.2022
Russia isn’t likely to use chemical weapons in Ukraine – unless Putin grows desperate
Jeffrey William Knopf
The Conversation, 12.04.2022
Ukraine war: ‘vranyo’ – Russian for when you lie and everyone knows it, but you don’t care
Neil Bermel
The Conversation, 12.04.2022
Black people are often associated with deviance – but I never understood the true impact until I was racially profiled
Nicole Nyamwiza
BiometricUpdate.com, 12.04.2022
New guidance on live facial recognition use by British police sparks debate
Frank Hersey
New York Times, 13.04.2022
Frank James, the suspect who was apprehended, left troubling videos online.
Jonah E. Bromwich, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Ed Shanahan
The Conversation, 13.04.2022
News media heeding call to limit naming perpetrators in mass shootings
Thomas J. Hrach
EurekAlert!, 13.04.2022
Childhood trauma key indicator of suicide ideation in college students
Trinity College Dublin
India Education, 13.04.2022
King’s College London: New research project examines what drives people to violence while others choose peace
Forbes, 13.04.2022
How Encrypted Messaging Apps Have Become A Vital Tool For Surviving Warfare
Elad Natanson
The Conversation, 14.04.2022
How can Russia’s invasion of Ukraine end? Here’s how peace negotiations have worked in past wars
Philipp Kastner
The Conversation, 14.04.2022
Manifesto published in Russian media reflects Putin regime’s ruthless plans in Ukraine
Susanne Sternthal
The Conversation, 14.04.2022
Why do peace talks fail? A negotiation expert answers 5 questions about the slim chances for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine
Andrew Blum
The Guardian, 15.04.2022
Better police training isn’t a silver bullet to address Queensland’s domestic violence problem
Ben Smee
New York Times, 15.04.2022
South Carolina Prisoner Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
New York Times, 16.04.2022
After a Gunman Seemed to Vanish, These New Yorkers Helped End the Search
Michael Wilson, Ashley Southall and Andy Newman
CNN, 16.04.2022
Gun buybacks take weapons out of circulation, but experts say there's no evidence the programs reduce violence
Peter Nickeas
Washington Post, 16.04.2022
In Bucha, the story of one man’s body left on a Russian killing field
Louisa Loveluck and Serhiy Morgunov
Nevada Independent, 17.04.2022
The war on drugs has corrupted what it means to ‘protect and serve’
Michael Schaus
The Conversation, 18.04.2022
How the image of a besieged and victimized Russia came to be so ingrained in the country’s psyche
Gregory Carleton
Washington University in St. Louis, 18.04.2022
Perception matters: How fear about crime impacts presidential approval
Sara Savat
The Guardian, 18.04.2022
John Oliver on police interrogations: ‘If they have decided you are guilty, you’re in big trouble’
Adrian Horton
The Conversation, 18.04.2022
Russia faces first foreign default since 1918 – here’s how it could complicate Putin’s ability to wage war in Ukraine
Michael A. Allen, Matthew DiGiuseppe
National Institute of Justice, 19.04.2022
Domestic Extremists and Social Media: Study Finds Similarities, Differences in Web Habits of Those Engaged in Hate Crimes Vs. Violent Extremism
EurekAlert!, 19.04.2022
Temple research team uncovers changes in the people and places impacted by interpersonal firearm violence following COVID-19 containment measures in P
Temple University Health System
Washington Post, 19.04.2022
How a Mariupol steel plant became a holdout for the city’s resistance
Adam Taylor and Niha Masih
The Conversation, 19.04.2022
Chemical weapons: how will we know if they have been used in Ukraine?
Gabriel da Silva
PBS NewsHour, 19.04.2022
What we get wrong about mass shootings and how to curb them
William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas
Modern Diplomacy, 19.04.2022
How the Terrorist Groups get Financed and Sponsored in Afghanistan and the Region?
Ajmal Sohail
Irish Examiner, 19.04.2022
Study describes the difficult experience sexual crime complainants can have in court
Steve Neville
The Conversation, 20.04.2022
Human rights declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, in countries from Angola to the US to New Zealand
Stephen Bagwell
EurekAlert!, 20.04.2022
Firearms now the top cause of death among children, adolescents, U-M data analysis shows
University of Michigan
EurekAlert!, 20.04.2022
Witnessing parental domestic violence in childhood linked to mental illness in adulthood
University of Toronto
Time, 20.04.2022
One in Ten Black Children in America Are Separated From Their Parents by the Child-Welfare System. A New Book Argues That’s No Accident
Janell Ross
phys.org, 20.04.2022
Government scheme 'ineffective at preventing abuse and death in custody' says research
British Sociological Association
Ottawa Citizen, 20.04.2022
University of Ottawa researchers paint grim picture of police encounters with marginalized people
Matthew Lapierre
The Conversation, 20.04.2022
Marijuana: 4 essential reads on the uses, effects and potential of cannabis
Leah Samuel
Newsweek, 20.04.2022
'De-Putinize Russia': Petro Poroshenko Urges West to Take its Chance
David Brennan
The Conversation, 21.04.2022
Psychopaths can feel emotions and can be treated – don’t believe what you see on crime shows
Arielle Baskin-Sommers
The Conversation, 21.04.2022
Does toxic masculinity explain why men kill women? Perhaps not as much as we thought
Samara McPhedran
Arizona State University, 21.04.2022
ASU analysis of policing during tumultuous times shows dramatic but short-term effects
EurekAlert!, 21.04.2022
Firearms kill more children than car crashes, new report finds
Medical University of South Carolina
Newswise, 21.04.2022
"False Confessions: A Current Matter of Life and Death" by Saul Kassin, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Association for Psychological Science
The Conversation, 21.04.2022
West must beware the language of appeasement and see Russia’s war on Ukraine for what it is
Rory Finnin, Thomas D. Grant
The Conversation, 21.04.2022
How Russia’s fixation on the Second World War helps explain its Ukraine invasion
Oleksa Drachewych
Washington Post, 22.04.2022
In Mariupol, a website for the missing reveals Ukraine war’s toll
Niha Masih
New York Times, 22.04.2022
In Polarized Texas, Rare Accord: A Hispanic Mother Shouldn’t Be Executed
David Goodman
The Conversation, 22.04.2022
Why the war in Ukraine is pushing the Doomsday Clock’s hands closer to midnight
Alexander Gillespie
The Conversation, 22.04.2022
Why the police in England and Wales must do more than just learn lessons
Clare Torrible
Montreal Gazette, 23.04.2022
Quebec study links rise in domestic violence to COVID-19 lockdowns
Ugo Giguère
Washington Post, 23.04.2022
The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia’s attack on Kyiv
Liz Sly
New York Times, 23.04.2022
E.U. Takes Aim at Social Media’s Harms With Landmark New Law
Adam Satariano
The Guardian, 23.04.2022
Back in the USSR: Lenin statues and Soviet flags reappear in Russian-controlled cities
Luke Harding
Washington Post, 24.04.2022
In Mariupol, echoes of history, utter devastation and a last stand
Anthony Faiola, Michael Birnbaum and Mary Ilyushina
New York Times, 25.04.2022
Cities Want to Return to Prepandemic Life. One Obstacle: Transit Crime.
Julie Bosman, Sophie Kasakove, Jill Cowan and Richard Fausset
The Conversation, 25.04.2022
How colonialism is a major cause of domestic abuse against women around the world
Jenevieve Mannell
Newswise, 25.04.2022
Anyone can be a cyberbully, not just people who are unhinged
University of Michigan
Newswise, 25.04.2022
New White Paper on Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges in Achieving Justice
Wellesley College, Wellesley Centers for Women
EurekAlert!, 25.04.2022
First-of-its-kind study compares domestic violence programs, finds promising results
Iowa State University
The People's Vanguard of Davis, 25.04.2022
Study Shows Fatal Traffic Stops by Police Dramatically Increasing in U.S. Since 2017 – Blacks Chief Victims
Luke Kyaw
EurekAlert!, 26.04.2022
Rates of handgun carriage rise among US adolescents, particularly White, rural, and higher income teens, new study finds
Boston College
EurekAlert!, 26.04.2022
Serious violence peaked after COVID-19 restrictions eased – report
Cardiff University
Christian Science Monitor, 26.04.2022
The Rodney King effect: 30 years after riots, how far has LA come?
Francine Kiefer
Elle Australia, 26.04.2022
The Four Biggest Myths Around Consent And Rape That We Need To Set Straight
Lucy Cocoran
Cincinnati Enquirer, 26.04.2022
'I want to bring justice.' At a suburban Cincinnati high school, students investigate murders
Patricia Gallagher Newberry
The Conversation, 26.04.2022
Ukraine: will Putin’s war alienate his many admirers on Europe’s far right?
Toby Greene
The Conversation, 27.04.2022
I spent three years in a paedophile hunting team – here’s what I learned
Mark de Rond
EurekAlert!, 27.04.2022
Antisemitism peaked globally in 2021; "It's time to admit: The struggle is failing"
Tel-Aviv University
EurekAlert!, 27.04.2022
Young mothers with children by multiple partners more likely to experience abuse, Rutgers study finds
Rutgers University
EurekAlert!, 27.04.2022
Almost 90% of autistic women report experiencing sexual violence, often on multiple occasions
Frontiers
Global initiative against transnational organized crime, 27.04.2022
Assessing Resilience to Organized Crime at the Community Level
The Conversation, 27.04.2022
Bullying: why most people do nothing when they witness it – and how to take action
Kara Ng, Karen Niven
Global News, 27.04.2022
Canada’s security agencies drawing on lessons from ‘extraordinary’ convoy blockade
Alex Boutilier
New York Times, 27.04.2022
The Driver, the Officer and the Deadly Traffic Stop in Grand Rapids
Kim Barker, Steve Eder and Julie Tate
The Conversation, 27.04.2022
4 things to know about Moldova and Transnistria – and why Russia’s war may spread beyond Ukraine to reach them soon
Tatsiana Kulakevich
WBHM 90.3 FM, 28.04.2022
To reduce gun violence, New Orleans is turning to community groups instead of police
Brittany Brown
Infosecurity Magazine, 28.04.2022
Europol: Deepfakes Set to Be Used Extensively in Organized Crime
James Coker
EurekAlert!, 28.04.2022
New report highlights US 2020 gun-related deaths: Highest number ever recorded by CDC, gun homicides increase by more than one-third
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Atlantic, 28.04.2022
Why California Wants to Recall Its Most Progressive Prosecutors
Ronald Brownstein
National Academy of Sciences, 28.04.2022
Recidivism Is Inadequate Measure of Success After Prison; New Measurements and National Standards Are Needed, Says New Report
Verfassungsblog, 29.04.2022
Bulgaria’s Failed Specialized Criminal Justice Experiment
Dr. Radosveta Vassileva
The Atlantic, 29.04.2022
What The New Yorker Didn’t Say About a Famous Writer’s Anti-Semitism
Caitlin Flanagan
