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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
New York Times, 01.01.2024
Police Officers Are Charged With Crimes, but Are Juries Convicting?
Audra D. S. Burch and Kelley Manley
CommonWealth Beacon, 01.01.2024
Every police ‘bad shoot’ should be treated as a system failure
James Doyle
Forbes, 01.01.2024
‘Murder In Boston’ Reopens The City’s Troubled History Of Race Relations: One Path Forward
Sachin H. Jain
The Guardian, 02.01.2024
Harvard president resigns amid claims of plagiarism and antisemitism backlash
Adria R Walker
London Free Press, 02.01.2024
Police body cameras not all they're cracked up to be: Critic
Dale Carruthers
The Conversation, 02.01.2024
Why have authoritarianism and libertarianism merged? A political psychologist on ‘the vulnerability of the modern self’
Barry Richards
Eurasia Review, 02.01.2024
Organized Crime as Irregular Warfare: Strategic Lessons for Assessment and Response – Analysis
David H. Ucko and Thomas A. Marks
New York Times, 02.01.2024
How the Federal Government Can Rein In A.I. in Law Enforcement
Joy Buolamwini and Barry Friedman
BNN Breaking, 02.01.2024
New Study Challenges Notions of Racial Disparities in U.S. Criminal Justice System
Nimrah Khatoon
The Guardian, 03.01.2024
Beware the ‘botshit’: why generative AI is such a real and imminent threat to the way we live
André Spicer
The Conversation, 03.01.2024
How Israel failed to learn from the Northern Ireland peace process
Colin John Irwin
Washington Post, 03.01.2024
A right-wing tale of Michigan election fraud had it all – except proof
Sarah Ellison
Government Technology, 03.01.2024
What’s It Like to Be the Victim of Cyber Crimes?
Jule Pattison-Gordon
The Guardian, 04.01.2024
Jeffrey Epstein: documents linking associates to sex offender unsealed
Victoria Bekiempis
The Guardian, 04.01.2024
‘A bandage on a gunshot wound’: why Sweden is failing on gang violence
Miranda Bryant
Washington Post, 04.01.2024
A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6, Post-UMD poll finds
Tom Jackman, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin and Spencer S. Hsu
CNN, 04.01.2024
ISIS claims responsibility for deadliest attack in Iran since 1979 revolution
Eyad Kourdi and Jennifer Deaton
Newswise, 04.01.2024
Skin-deep resilience: Hidden physical health costs for minority youth overcoming adversity
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Washington Post, 04.01.2024
Why we split the world into good and evil — and make decisions we regret
Amanda Ripley
The Guardian, 04.01.2024
Man with black belt argues chokehold is not strangulation under Queensland domestic violence laws
Ben Smee
Penn Today, 04.01.2024
When young people seem to make threats on social media, do they mean it?
University of Pennsylvania
The Guardian, 04.01.2024
Belarusian president signs law granting him lifelong immunity from prosecution
The Conversation, 04.01.2024
Stories about war, violence and hate crime can cause anxiety, anger and depression in kids – here’s how to discuss bad news with your children
Robin Gurwitch
The Conversation, 05.01.2024
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over so
Joan Donovan
Civil Beat, 05.01.2024
Why Do Some Men Commit Domestic Violence? Trauma And Social Isolation May Play A Role
Laura Voith
The Guardian, 05.01.2024
I’m the mayor of Amsterdam – and I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state
Femke Halsema
EurekAlert!, 05.01.2024
Extreme rituals: what’s the social role of violence in these cultural events?
D'Or Institute for Research and Education
The Conversation, 05.01.2024
Gaza war: Israeli assassinations draw fiery rhetoric from Iran and Hezbollah – but regional escalation is unlikely
Scott Lucas
The Guardian / The Observer, 06.01.2024
From Gaza to Ukraine, brute force threatens to triumph in 2024
Simon Tisdall
The Guardian / The Observer, 06.01.2024
‘Meloni’s response left me stunned’: the Italian priest taking on the mafia
Angela Giuffrida
LSE Blogs, 06.01.2024
The weaponisation of forensic research auditing will not resolve systemic research misconduct
Till Bruckner
The Conversation, 07.01.2024
After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?
Ian Parmeter
The Guardian / The Observer, 07.01.2024
Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran … how far could war in the Middle East spread?
Peter Beaumont
New York Times, 07.01.2024
The Questions That Remain a Year After Tyre Nichols’s Death
Emily Cochrane and Rick Rojas
The Conversation, 08.01.2024
How liberal conspiracy theories can be just as destructive as their extremist counterparts
Tom Sykes, Stephen Harper
The Conversation, 08.01.2024
Misinformation: how fact-checking journalism is evolving – and having a real impact on the world
Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Lucas Graves
EL PAÍS International, 08.01.2024
Honors for an Italian mafioso’s thesis in which he confesses to three unknown murders: ‘What follows is my criminal history’
Lorena Pacho
The Guardian, 08.01.2024
Epstein had ‘sex tapes’ of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, witness claimed
Jamie Grierson and agencies
The Washington Post, 08.01.2024
Can ChatGPT get into Harvard? We tested its admissions essay
Pranshu Verma and Rekha Tenjarla
The Conversation, 09.01.2024
Many survivors aren’t sure what to do after a sexual assault – here’s what you need to know
Lorna O'Doherty
The Guardian, 09.01.2024
If you think only lonely middle-aged women ‘fall for’ romance scams, you might be the perfect victim
Becky Holmes
The Guardian, 09.01.2024
Escape from Mariupol: how one Ukrainian soldier fled the Azovstal steelworks against the odds
Luke Harding
EurekAlert!, 09.01.2024
Police leaders face challenges when seeking to accommodate community stakeholders
Crime and Justice Research Alliance
EurekAlert!, 09.01.2024
New book provides roadmap for police management of public order
Crime and Justice Research Alliance
Eureka Alert!, 09.01.2024
Meagan Brem and team receive grant to study alcohol-fueled acts of violence among intimate partners
Grant and Award Announcement Virginia Tech
The Conversation, 10.01.2024
South Africa is taking Israel to court for genocide in Palestine. What does it mean for the war in Gaza?
Donald Rothwell
New York Times, 10.01.2024
Guards Beat and Waterboarded Prisoners in New York, Lawsuits Say
Benjamin Weiser
The Guardian, 10.01.2024
Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed
Dan Collyns
Mirage News, 11.01.2024
AI Reveals Fingerprints May Not Be Unique
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
The Conversation, 11.01.2024
Iran terror blast highlights success – and growing risk – of ISIS-K regional strategy
Amira Jadoon, Nakissa Jahanbani
The Guardian, 11.01.2024
Blinded, sexually assaulted, silenced: the war over lithium, Argentina’s ‘white gold’
Harriet Barber
USA Today, 11.01.2024
Fewer police officers died in the line of duty in 2023, but 'scary number' were shot: Study
N'dea Yancey-Bragg
The Guardian, 11.01.2024
Israeli women and girls have suffered horrific sexual violence from Hamas. Where is the outrage?
Deborah Lipstadt and Michèle Taylor
The Conversation, 12.01.2024
How Ecuador went from being Latin America’s model of stability to a nation in crisis
Eduardo Gamarra
Eureka Alert!, 12.01.2024
Male gender expression in schools is associated with substance abuse later in life
University of Chicago Medical Center
The Conversation, 13.01.2024
Red Sea crisis: expert unpacks Houthi attacks and other security threats
Burak Şakir Şeker
The Conversation, 13.01.2024
What enforcement power does the International Court of Justice have in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?
Victor Peskin
New York Times, 14.01.2024
Hit Men Are Easy to Find in the Movies. Real Life Is Another Story
Jesse McKinley
Phys.org, 15.01.2024
Study identifies factors associated with child maltreatment in the home
Australian Catholic University
The Conversation, 15.01.2024
Kush: what is this dangerous new west African drug that supposedly contains human bones?
Michael Cole
Police Professional, 15.01.2024
How the science of hope can prevent burnout in policing
Chan Hellman and Josh Friedman
The Independent, 15.01.2024
Police ‘left children at mercy of grooming gang paedophiles’ in Rochdale
Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Scientific American, 15.01.2024
Preventing Child Abuse Should Not Be Controversial. My Own Hate Mail Reveals That It Is
Allyn Walker
Phys.org, 15.01.2024
Sociologist explores perceptions of street safety in urban and rural communities
Tina Adamopoulos
The New Yorker A Reporter at Large, 15.01.2024
A Drug-Decriminalization Fight Erupts in Oregon
E. Tammy Kim
New York Post, 15.01.2024
Hamas uses Israeli hostage to reveal two others are dead in latest sick propaganda ‘guessing game’ video
Social Links for Ronny Reyes
The Big Issue, 16.01.2024
Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns
Charlotte Elton
EurekAlert!, 16.01.2024
The medical community should not stand silent on medicalized rape at CIA secret prisons, BU researchers argue in new commentary
Boston University School of Public Health
EurekAlert!, 16.01.2024
Who defends bullying victims? A study analyzes adolescents' behavior in this regard
University of Córdoba
The Conversation, 17.01.2024
Why police in England and Wales are failing to warn people about partners’ previous abuse
Katerina Hadjimatheou
Vera Institute of Justice, 17.01.2024
No One Should Be Sentenced to Die in Prison
Marta Nelson, Erica Bryant
Verfassungsblog, 17.01.2024
Germany Blocks Europe-Wide Protection of Women Against Violence
Dilken Çelebi, Lisa Marie Koop, Leokadia Melchior
The Conversation, 17.01.2024
Why Colombia sees legalising drugs as the way forward. Here’s what’s being proposed
Raul Zepeda Gil
The Conversation, 17.01.2024
Education and understanding is vital when tackling rising reports of harmful sexual behaviour by children
Sophie King-Hill, Kieran Mccartan
Texas Tribune, 17.01.2024
San Antonio plans to tackle violence with a public health approach. Here’s what that looks like.
Alejandro Serrano
The Guardian, 17.01.2024
Revealed: US police prevented from viewing many online child sexual abuse reports, lawyers say
Katie McQue
The Guardian, 17.01.2024
The inside story of two rape trials: ‘It’s as bad as I’ve ever known it’
Melissa Denes
Calgary Herald, 17.01.2024
More resources, earlier intervention needed in domestic violence cases: experts
Hiren Mansukhani
Meduza, 17.01.2024
Dmitry Medvedev says Ukraine should not exist in any form, calling it a ‘cancerous growth’
spiegel.de, 17.01.2024
Hamas Attack on the Nova Festival: Trance Party Survivors Seek to Overcome the Trauma
Katrin Kuntz and Dmitrij Leltschuk
The Oaklandside, 17.01.2024
Ceasefire, Oakland’s gun violence prevention program, is in the spotlight. What is it?
Darwin Bond Graham
VICE, 17.01.2024
'It Starts Bombing You in the Head': The Mystery of the Super Strong 'Creepy' Weed
Nathaniel Janowitz
The Conversation, 18.01.2024
How Ecuador went from an ‘island of peace’ to one of the world’s most violent countries
Maria Fernanda Noboa Gonzalez
The Conversation, 18.01.2024
Ecuador’s crackdown on violent crime helped turn the country into a narco state
Maria Gabriela Palacio, Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
The Conversation, 18.01.2024
How economics can shed light on the motivations of extremist groups like Hamas
Junaid B. Jahangir
Newswise, 18.01.2024
New research sheds light on incel community’s connection to mass violence
University of Rhode Island
CBC, 18.01.2024
Police budget increases may not reduce crime rates in Canadian cities, research indicates
Bobby Hristova
Kathimerini Cyprus English Edition, 18.01.2024
Criminologist urges action against rising organized crime
The Guardian, 18.01.2024
Evidence points to systematic use of rape and sexual violence by Hamas in 7 October attacks
Bethan McKernan
The Guardian, 18.01.2024
Alarm as Alabama man to be executed via gas method rejected by veterinarians
Ed Pilkington
Newswise, 18.01.2024
Study Examines Substance Use in First Responders During COVID-19 Pandemic
Florida Atlantic University
Newswise, 18.01.2024
Don’t look back: the aftermath of a distressing event is more memorable than the lead-up, study suggests
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Phys.org, 19.01.2024
Study analyzes differences among lone, pair and group terror attackers
Nottingham Trent University
The Conversation, 19.01.2024
Emotional problems in young people were rising rapidly even before the pandemic
Rebecca E Anthony
The Conversation, 19.01.2024
Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on identifying physical features
Sharrona Pearl
The Guardian, 19.01.2024
North Korean teens get 12 years’ hard labour for watching South Korean videos
The Regulatory Review, 20.01.2024
The Multibillion-Dollar Legal Theft Industry
Julia Englebert, Narintohn Luangrath, and Carson Turner
Washington Post, 20.01.2024
Science is revealing why American politics are so intensely polarized
Joel Achenbach
Mirage News, 22.01.2024
Australian Study Links Long COVID to Increased Domestic Abuse
Monash University
The Conversation, 22.01.2024
How both health and safety are compromised for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Benjamin Scott, Jasmine McGowan, Naomi Pfitzner,
The Guardian, 22.01.2024
‘We have to overcome it’: one month on from the mass shooting in Prague
Ashifa Kassam
The Conversation, 22.01.2024
Deep-seated inequality is fuelling an escalation of violence across Latin America
Andrew Nickson
San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, 22.01.2024
The Sentencing Project Unveils Final Report in ‘One in Five’ Series Reveals Mass Incarceration’s Role in Deepening Inequality and Harming Public Safet
Stacy M. Brown
Financial Times, 22.01.2024
Inside the Ecuadorean port city fighting a drug-driven crime wave
Joe Daniels
United Press International, 22.01.2024
Violent threats, rhetoric becoming commonplace, researchers warn
Joe Fisher
New Lines Magazine, 22.01.2024
Pondering the Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Context of African Reconciliation
Maya Savir
Newswise, 23.01.2024
Detention Fails to Help Young Lawbreakers Avoid Further Offenses, Report Shows
Association for Psychological Science
spiegel.de, 23.01.2024
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: "What Caused the Terrorist Attacks Was Arrogance"
Thore Schröder und Christoph Schult
The Conversation, 24.01.2024
The government has announced the scope of its sexual violence inquiry. Here’s what it gets right (and what it doesn’t)
Rachel Loney-Howes, Bianca Fileborn
The Conversation, 24.01.2024
Healing from child sexual abuse is often difficult but not impossible
Maria Khan
Ohio Capital Journal, 24.01.2024
Mass incarceration deepens inequality, makes us less safe, report says
Marty Schladen
Asian Scientist Magazine, 24.01.2024
What Prevents Bystanders From Stopping Gender-Based Violence
Nishat Anan
The Guardian, 25.01.2024
‘I just went bent’: how Britain’s most corrupt cop ruined countless lives
Simon Hattenstone
Maryland Smith Research, 25.01.2024
How Mafia Crackdowns Drive Competition and Innovation in Local Economies
The Guardian, 25.01.2024
‘It beats getting stoned on the street’: how Portugal decriminalised drugs – as seen from the ‘shoot-up centre’
Oliver Balch
The Guardian, 25.01.2024
Cheap but lethally accurate: how drones froze Ukraine’s frontlines
Alessio Mamo
The Conversation, 25.01.2024
Spreadsheet errors can have disastrous consequences – yet we keep making the same mistakes
Simon Thorne
New York Times, 26.01.2024
Alabama Hails Nitrogen Gas Execution, a New Attempt to Address an Old Challenge
Shaila Dewan
The Guardian, 26.01.2024
Indictments fueled extremists’ support for Trump, survey finds
Rachel Leingang
New York Times, 27.01.2024
Spending More Money on Police Shows No Clear Link to Lower Crime Levels
Ian Austen
CNN, 27.01.2024
Why both South Africa and Israel are welcoming the UN court’s ruling in a landmark genocide case
Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati
The Conversation, 27.01.2024
UN’s top court puts Israel on notice over its war in Gaza. Here’s what its judgement could mean
Donald Rothwell
The Independent, 28.01.2024
‘I pleaded for him to stop’: Domestic abuse victim tells of ordeal of living with 7 brain injuries
The Conversation, 29.01.2024
Cybercrime victims who aren’t proficient in English are undercounted – and poorly protected
Fawn Ngo
Phys.org, 29.01.2024
UK teens experienced spike in online harm during COVID-19 pandemic, report claims
University College London
EurekAlert!, 29.01.2024
From simulation to reality: Making social media a safer space for kids through AI
New York Times, 29.01.2024
U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack
Jeffrey Gettleman, Anat Schwartz and Adam Sella
The Insider, 29.01.2024
Exclusive: Latvian Member of European Parliament is an agent of Russian intelligence, leaked emails confirm
Christo Grozev, Michael Weiss, Roman Dobrokhotov
EurekAlert!, 29.01.2024
Psychology research: Women more sensitive to cocaine
University of Texas at Arlington
The Guardian, 29.01.2024
Jordan drone strike: who are Islamic Resistance in Iraq and what is Tower 22?
Scripps News, 30.01.2024
Popular social media apps fuel a disturbing surge in child sextortion
Andrea Diaz
The Conversation, 30.01.2024
At a time of defensive wars of aggression, what constitutes ethical violence?
Hugh Breakey
The Guardian, 30.01.2024
‘I can’t face how much she suffered’: Argentina femicides at record high as Milei dilutes protections
Newswise, 30.01.2024
After 7 years, alcohol control program still reduces child abuse
Ohio State University
The Conversation, 31.01.2024
‘Looksmaxxing’ is the disturbing TikTok trend turning young men into incels
Jamilla Rosdahl
The Conversation, 31.01.2024
Taylor Swift deepfakes: a legal case from the singer could help other victims of AI pornography
Jade Gilbourne
The Conversation, 31.01.2024
How the social structures of Nazi Germany created a bystander society
Ellen Pilsworth
The Conversation, 31.01.2024
Virtual reality grooming is an increasing danger. How can parents keep children safe?
Marika Guggisberg
New York Times, 31.01.2024
Can San Francisco Solve Its Drug Crisis? Five Things to Consider.
German Lopez
George Mason University, 31.01.2024
Associate Professor Denise Hines educates FBI personnel on the realities of male victims of domestic violence
Taylor Thomas
The Conversation, 31.01.2024
More than a year after the death of an environmental activist, questions remain on the dangerousness of the Stop Cop City movement near Atlanta
Michael K. Logan, Jennifer Carson
New York Times, 31.01.2024
Senators Demand Tech Executives Take Action to Protect Children Online
Mike Isaac
