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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
The Conversation, 01.12.2023
Why all civilian lives matter equally, according to a military ethicist
Jessica Wolfendale
EurekAlert!, 01.12.2023
Novel screening tool and recovery program may help reduce mental health problems after trauma
American College of Surgeons
EurekAlert!, 01.12.2023
1 in 8 older adults use cannabis products, suggesting need to screen for risks
University of Michigan
Small Wars Journal, 01.12.2023
Radical Islamist Weaponized Drone Use I&W (Indications & Warning) in Africa: A Terrorism Research Note
John P. Sullivan and Keaton O.K. Bunker
The Guardian, 01.12.2023
Whatever your view of the Israel-Hamas war, rape is rape. To trivialise it is to diminish ourselves
Gaby Hinsliff
CNN, 02.12.2023
How a 1976 mass kidnapping changed how the world sees childhood trauma
Giri Viswanathan
The Conversation, 03.12.2023
Nine out of 10 South African criminals reoffend, while in Finland it’s 1 in 3. This is why
Casper Lӧtter
The Guardian / The Observer, 03.12.2023
Charging Jews with genocide is to declare them guilty of precisely what was done to them
Howard Jacobson
The Conversation, 04.12.2023
For domestic violence victim-survivors, a data or privacy breach can be extraordinarily dangerous
Catherine Fitzpatrick
The Conversation, 04.12.2023
Online ‘likes’ for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages
Joseph B. Walther
The Conversation, 04.12.2023
Philadelphia reduces school-based arrests by 91% since 2013 – researchers explain the effects of keeping kids out of the legal system
Amanda NeMoyer, Naomi Goldstein
EurekAlert!, 04.12.2023
A European initiative aims to ensure fair trials for children and young people with special language needs
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Texas Monthly, 04.12.2023
The Bogeyman: How a Pattern of False Confessions Was Traced Back to One Austin Cop
Michael Hall
CNN, 04.12.2023
Some traders appear to have anticipated October 7 Hamas attack, research finds
Matt Egan
Yahoo News, 04.12.2023
The Police Force Where Female Officers Warn Other Women to Stay Away
Tracey Tully
The New Republic, 04.12.2023
Few States Block Gun Purchases After Emergency Mental Health Hospitalizations
Phys.org, 04.12.2023
Aging societies more vulnerable to collapse, suggests analysis
Santa Fe Institute
The Conversation, 05.12.2023
An inside look at the dangerous, painstaking work of collecting evidence of suspected war crimes in Ukraine
Olivera Simic, Anastasiia Chupis
The Conversation, 05.12.2023
Hate crimes are on the rise − but the narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict
Jeannine Bell
Newswise, 05.12.2023
New Report on Preventing Armed Insurrection: Firearms in Political Spaces Threaten Public Health, Safety, and Democracy
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
EurekAlert!, 05.12.2023
Incarcerated women punished at higher rates for minor infractions than men, UTEP study shows
University of Texas at El Paso
spiegel.de, 05.12.2023
Refugees on the Balkan Route: Europe's Nameless Dead
Doraid Al-Hafid, May Bulman, Maria Cheresheva, Asia Haidar, Ivana Ljuština, Steffen Lüdke, Jack Sapoch und Nicole Vögele
Global Network on Extremism and Technology, 06.12.2023
Weapon or Tool?: How the Tech Community Can Shape Robust Standards and Norms for AI, Gender, and Peacebuilding
Nick Zuroski
Police Professional, 06.12.2023
Services should do more to stop domestic abuse killings, says Domestic Abuse Commissioner
Paul Jacques
The Guardian, 06.12.2023
Centrists are out of favour. But as the Netherlands is learning, the alternative is far worse
Arnon Grunberg
Global Network on Extremism & Technology, 07.12.2023
The Woman Question in Online Extremism and P/CVE in Kenya: Toward a New Gendered Approach
Miraji Mohamed
The Conversation, 07.12.2023
How new reports reveal Israeli intelligence underestimated Hamas and other key weaknesses
John Joseph Chin, Haleigh Bartos
The Guardian, 07.12.2023
How Nicholas Winton saved 669 children (and counting) from the Holocaust: ‘He became everybody’s grandfather’
Ann Lee
The Guardian, 07.12.2023
Islamophobia and antisemitism are equal scourges – and the EU is finally recognising that
Shada Islam
The Conversation, 07.12.2023
Terror in Uganda: what’s driving the Islamic State-linked rebels
Stig Jarle Hansen
News-Medical, 07.12.2023
Study finds link between child care subsidy requirements and child abuse rates
University of Michigan
The Conversation, 08.12.2023
As the temperature rises, so do rates of domestic violence
Heather R. Stevens, Paul Beggs, Petra Graham
The Conversation, 08.12.2023
The landmark Genocide Convention has had mixed results since the UN approved it 75 years ago
Alexander Hinton
The Conversation, 08.12.2023
How to protect yourself from cyber-scammers over the festive period
Rachael Medhurst
The Globe and Mail, 08.12.2023
Animal cruelty can be a window that exposes many shades of suffering
Kendra Coulter
BBC, 08.12.2023
UNLV shooting: Ex-professor had 'target list' when he killed three on campus
Max Matza
The Guardian, 08.12.2023
Gun violence rate higher in gentrified neighborhoods, study finds
Cecilia Nowell
Meduza, 08.12.2023
‘We have to prove Putin wrong’ Human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on pursuing justice for Ukraine in wartime
PsyPost, 09.12.2023
AI can predict intimate partner femicide from variables extracted from legal documents
Eric W. Dolan
The Guardian, 10.12.2023
Evictions can kill: how US communities are trying to break the cycle of violence
Juan Pablo Garnham and Deanna Pantín Parrish
Washington Post, 10.12.2023
To fight antisemitism on campuses, we must restrict speech
Claire O. Finkelstein
The Guardian, 10.12.2023
An explosive court transcript shows why excessive secrecy in the UK’s family courts must be fought
Louise Tickle
EurekAlert!, 11.12.2023
Why get high? Teens use cannabis for coping, enjoyment
University of California
EurekAlert!, 11.12.2023
Health impacts of abuse more extensive than previously thought, research says
University of Birmingham
EurekAlert!, 11.12.2023
New research identifies several warning signs that could predict intimate partner violence
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
The Conversation, 11.12.2023
1 in 4 adults think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids. But attitudes are changing
Divna Haslam
The Conversation, 11.12.2023
Hamas’ use of sexual violence is an all-too-common part of modern war – but not in all conflicts
Dyan Mazurana, Anastasia Marshak
Newswise, 11.12.2023
Researchers Compare Mental Illness, Gun Violence Rates in U.S., Australia and U.K.
Florida Atlantic University
Washington Post, 11.12.2023
Jack Teixeira got security clearance despite history of violent threats
Shane Harris and Samuel Oakford
Washington Post, 12.12.2023
‘Problematic pockets’: How Discord became a home for extremists
Samuel Oakford, Chris Dehghanpoor, James O'Donnell and Shane Harris
Newswise, 12.12.2023
Health impacts of abuse more extensive than previously thought, research says
University of Birmingham
EurekAlert!, 12.12.2023
High incidence of strangulation found among patients who experienced intimate partner violence
Brigham and Women's Hospital
EurekAlert!, 12.12.2023
US female gun violence victims less likely to die than male victims despite same injury severity
BMJ
The Conversation, 12.12.2023
Child abductions can be hard to identify, and people may not know they are witnessing a serious crime
Hayley Cullen
The Conversation, 12.12.2023
Human trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation: the ‘loss and damage’ from climate change a fund will not compensate
Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson
The Guardian, 12.12.2023
From Gaza to Ukraine, what would the pioneers of human rights think of our world today?
Philippe Sands
The Conversation, 12.12.2023
Is Somali pirates are back in action: but a full scale return isn’t likely. Here’s whyHamas the same as ISIS, the Islamic State group? No − and
Brian Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Troels Burchall Henningsen
The Conversation, 13.12.2023
A road map for the lawful use of stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia – and elsewhere
Michael D. White, Henry F. Fradella
EurekAlert!, 13.12.2023
Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
The Conversation, 13.12.2023
We’re all responsible for preventing domestic violence – and men play a crucial role. Tony Birch’s new novel makes the case
Lynda Ng
The Conversation, 13.12.2023
We’re finally starting to understand the active role women play in organised crime groups
Felia Allum
The Conversation, 13.12.2023
Why did a far-right MP take a fire extinguisher to a Jewish menorah just as Poland’s new government was being voted into power?
Claire Burchett
The Conversation, 13.12.2023
Gaza war: how Hezbollah has opened a second front inside Israel
Bashir Saade
EurekAlert!, 13.12.2023
Traces of trauma in the young brain – and how to erase them
Weizmann Institute of Science
The Conversation, 14.12.2023
Is Hamas the same as ISIS, the Islamic State group? No − and yes
Brian Glyn Williams
The Guardian, 14.12.2023
Tensions rise between fans and police in Germany six months before Euros
Matt Ford
The Guardian, 14.12.2023
Putin says no peace until Russia’s goals in Ukraine achieved
Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer
The Conversation, 14.12.2023
Phishing scams: 7 safety tips from a cybersecurity expert
Thembekile Olivia Mayayise
Institute for the Study of War, 14.12.2023
The High Price of Losing Ukraine
Frederick W. Kagan, Kateryna Stepanenko, Mitchell Belcher, Noel Mikkelsen and Thomas Bergeron
spiegel.de, 14.12.2023
Keeping Migrants at Bay How a Brutal Militia Became Europe's New Henchmen
Mohannad al-Najjar, Mohammad Bassiki, Bashar Deeb, Klaas van Dijken, Alexander Epp, Maud Jullien, Steffen Lüdke, Jack Sapoch, Tomas Statius und Lina Verschwele
spiegel.de, 15.12.2023
Arrests Suggest Terrorist Organization Is Operating in Europe
Rasmus Buchsteiner, Tobias Großekemper, Hubert Gude, Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt, Roman Lehberger und Sven Röbel
The Conversation, 15.12.2023
Harold Shipman was arrested a quarter of a century ago, but we still have problems with prescribing controlled drugs
Philip Crilly
AOAV Action on Armed Violence, 15.12.2023
The evolution and impact of OSINT in contemporary conflicts: an interview with Dr David Young
Iain Overton
The Guardian, 17.12.2023
How can activists change the world? Experts offer seven strategies
Steven Greenhouse
The Guardian / The Observer, 17.12.2023
France struggles to find right balance as violence at matches escalates
Raphaël Jucobin
The Conversation, 18.12.2023
How technology can help victims of intimate partner violence
Kendra Nixon, Ashley Haller
The Conversation, 18.12.2023
After 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains
Christopher Justin Einolf
USA TODAY, 18.12.2023
The power of blood: Why Mexican drug cartels make such a show of their brutality
Donovan Slack
ABC News, 18.12.2023
New research looks into how smart speakers could be used to detect domestic violence
The Guardian, 18.12.2023
Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears
Andrew Roth
New York Times, 18.12.2023
He Made a Magazine, 95 Issues, While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic
Nina Siegal
The Conversation, 19.12.2023
Alexei Navalny disappears from jail – another in the long line of Russian dissidents to fall foul of Vladimir Putin
Kevin Riehle
The Conversation, 19.12.2023
Fraud is a problem so big we need to start teaching children how to spot it in schools
Yaniv Hanoch, Stacey Wood
EurekAlert!, 19.12.2023
UM School of Medicine review highlights rise in psychiatric disorders linked to increased cannabis use
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Newswise, 19.12.2023
Childhood trauma increases risk of chronic pain in adulthood, research to-date highlights
Taylor & Francis
The Conversation, 19.12.2023
Why do some men commit domestic violence? Trauma and social isolation may play a role
Laura Voith
EurekAlert!, 19.12.2023
University of Limerick, Ireland research examines link between adverse childhood experiences and future risk of mortality
University of Limerick
Washington Post, 19.12.2023
Watch ‘Failure at the Fence’
Jon Swaine, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Sarah Cahlan
Medical Xpress, 19.12.2023
'They will come at me': Study investigates fear of retaliation in America's nursing homes
Danielle Faipler
Washington Post, 20.12.2023
Exploitive, illegal photos of children found in the data that trains some AI
Pranshu Verma and Drew Harwell
New York Times, 20.12.2023
Gunfire Echoing Through School Grounds? Parents Are Terrified. Kids Stopped Noticing.
Emily Baumgaertner
South China Morning Post, 20.12.2023
Japan grapples with high rates of ‘carer killings’ made worse by pandemic isolation
Julian Ryall
spiegel.de, 20.12.2023
Espionage from the East: "Russia Is a Storm, China Is Climate Change"
Maik Baumgärtner, Cornelius Dieckmann, Georg Fahrion, Christoph Giesen, Roman Höfner, Roman Lehberger, Ann-Katrin Müller, Marcel Rosenbach, Fidelius Schmid und Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt
The Conversation, 21.12.2023
Men and women who hold sexist views are less responsive as parents: new research
Nickola Overall
ABC7, 21.12.2023
Bodycam video shows how police moved through UNLV campus in response to mass shooting
CNN, 21.12.2023
Shootings are ‘spreading like a disease in Europe,’ says survivor of deadly Prague attack
Xiaofei Xu, Ivana Kottasova and Jessie Yeung
EurekAlert!, 21.12.2023
Where you live matters: A first-of-its-kind study illustrates how racism is interrelated with poor health
The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Guardian, 21.12.2023
Israel is losing the war against Hamas – but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it
Paul Rogers
The Guardian, 21.12.2023
The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted – then fought back
Anna Moore
spiegel.de, 21.12.2023
A Gaza Conundrum: The Story Behind the Rise of Hamas
Monika Bolliger, Julia Amalia Heyer, Susanne Koelbl, Christoph Reuter, Fritz Schaap, Thore Schröder und Bernhard Zand
New York Times, 21.12.2023
Trump Pushes Pro-Police Agenda, With a Big Exception: His Criminal Cases
Michael Gold
The Guardian / The Observer, 24.12.2023
‘It was a hunting ground’: women and sexual assault in the UK armed forces
Yvonne Roberts
University at Buffalo, 25.12.2023
Predictable patterns in terrorist propaganda can provide foundation for effective counter messaging, according to UB research
Bert Gambini
The Conversation, 27.12.2023
What’s the truth behind the ‘shoplifting epidemic’? Six key questions answered
Graham Farrell, Rachel Armitage
New York Times, 28.12.2023
‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7
Jeffrey Gettleman, Anat Schwartz and Adam Sella
The Conversation, 28.12.2023
Will the world see more wars or unrest in 2024? Here are 5 hotspots to watch
Jessica Genauer
New York Times, 29.12.2023
After Rise in Murders During the Pandemic, a Sharp Decline in 2023
Tim Arango and Campbell Robertson
The Conversation, 29.12.2023
Why some people don’t trust science – and how to change their minds
Laurence D. Hurst
New York Times, 30.12.2023
Would Keeping Trump Off the Ballot Hurt or Help Democracy?
Jack Healy, Anna Betts, Mike Baker and Jill Cowan
