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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
Delaware County Daily Times, 01.07.2014
Editorial: Statistics vary, but gun violence doesn't
Last Saturday afternoon two opposing groups, obviously impassioned in their beliefs, came face to face in the center of Delaware County.
Mashable, 01.07.2014
Who will binge-drink at age 16? European teen imaging study pinpoints predictors
The Atlantic, 01.07.2014
After Karzai
Afghanistan’s outgoing president helped heal a shattered country. He also winked at corruption and ruled like a tribal chief. His successor will inherit a nation that’s in better shape than you might think—and a government with little power to keep it that way.
Mujib Mashal
Chicago Tribune, 02.07.2014
Tough-on-crime policing hard on poor, author says
Researcher spent 6 years in low-income Philadelphia neighborhood
Dawn Turner Trice
Daily Mail, 02.07.2014
BBC show in bias row over policing cuts: Documentary accused of failing to mention big reductions in recorded crime
Medical News, 02.07.2014
Violence or injury 'responsible for almost 80% of deaths in Americans under 30'
A new report published in The Lancet has found that during the first 3 decades of life, injuries and violence are the most common cause of death for Americans.
Arbor News, 02.07.2014
Mapping Saginaw crime: SVSU project IDs city's 'hot spots,' shows relationship with poverty, vacant housing
Brad Devereaux
The Guardian, 02.07.2014
'Revenge pornography' could soon be outlawed, says Chris Grayling
Justice secretary says government is open to debate on legality of uploading sexually explicit media on internet without consent
Owen Bowcott
theguardian.com, 02.07.2014
The surveillance state can't even keep track of how many people it's spying on anymore. Time to close the loopholes
Trevor Timm
Arizona Republic, 02.07.2014
Phoenix police bring crime mapping to public
The Phoenix Police Department is now sharing crime data with the community in a simpler way.
Connor Wince
Huffington Post, 02.07.2014
Why School Shootings Won't Be Stopped
Paul Heroux State Representative, Massachusetts
EurekAlert!, 02.07.2014
License plate readers are important police tool, but hurdles remain, study finds
DigiNews, 02.07.2014
Domestic Terrorist? Bill Ayers Weather Underground revisionist history on Megyn Kelly, Fox Files
Jacquie Kubin
The Independent, 02.07.2014
Revenge porn: enough still isn't being done to stop it
One in ten ex partners have threatened to expose risqué photos of their ex online - and 60 per cent followed through. Men can use revenge porn as a way to punish women - simply for behaving in ways that they do not approve of
Charlotte Rachael Proudman
Science World Report, 03.07.2014
Nearly 80 Percent of Deaths in the First Three Decades of Life are Due to Unintentional Injury
Catherine Griffin
Aljazeera.com, 03.07.2014
Boko Haram and the competing narratives
Political elites in Nigeria trade accusations over who is responsible for the failure to stem Boko Haram's violence.
Zainab Usman
Newsroom: University of Toronto, 03.07.2014
One Third of Adults with Dyslexia Report They Were Physically Abused During Their Childhood
The Independent, 04.07.2014
Colorado has proved that legalising cannabis works, so it's about time we let the UK get high
In just six months the state has raised millions in tax revenue and seen a fall in crime
Politico, 06.07.2014
The Psychology of the Sunni-Shia Divide
Why is there so much animosity between groups that seem so similar?
DAVID MYERS
OUPblog, 06.07.2014
The significance of gender representation in domestic violence units
Norma M. Riccucci and Gregg G. Van Ryzin
New York Times, 06.07.2014
Clicking Their Way to Outrage
On Social Media, Some Are Susceptible to Internet Outrage
TEDDY WAYNE
Hard News, 07.07.2014
A Murder Most Foul
For the first time in Maharashtra, 10 police personnel have been charged with the horrific custodial death of 25-year-old Agnelo Valdaris
Souzeina S Mushtaq Delhi
Pacific Standard, 07.07.2014
The Organ Detective: A Career Spent Uncovering a Hidden Global Market in Human Flesh
Ethan Watters
Cordis News Publication, 08.07.2014
EU funded project, TRACE, examines human trafficking as a criminal enterprise
Hayley Watson
Pacific Standard, 08.07.2014
On Free Will, Fate, and a Science That Sways Juries
A new study shows how teaching people about neuroscience can make them softer on crime.
Lauren Kirchner
The Columbian Published, 08.07.2014
Study points to gun violence prevention
UW research says gunshot victims more likely to be shot again
DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
Washington Post, 09.07.2014
How worried should U.S. policymakers be about nuclear blackmail?
Colin H. Kahl
EurekAlert!, 09.07.2014
BU researchers relate arrests with HIV risk environment
Boston—Practices used in policing injection drug users in Russia might contribute to HIV transmission and overdose mortality.
The Guardian, 09.07.2014
David Hare on Jimmy Savile: biography of the man who 'groomed a nation'
Dan Davies's In Plain Sight is a revealing life of a celebrity who understood his own depravity
David Hare
JD Supra, 10.07.2014
Psychology In the Courtroom - Is Social Science "Common Sense" or a Tool to Correct Juror Misconceptions?
Hayes Hunt, Thomas O'Rourke, Thomas Wilkinson, Jr.
Slate Magazine, 10.07.2014
The Stoop Isn’t the Jungle
In her new book On the Run, Alice Goffman misses the larger truth about black urban communities—like the one I grew up in.
Dwayne Betts
The Guardian, 10.07.2014
Forcing through the surveillance laws is a further erosion of political trust
The secret deal to make law a bill that is in breach of our human rights takes parliament a step further away from the people
Tom Watson
Washington Post, 10.07.2014
Hawaii is so convinced it can lower recidivism, it’s already spending the money it thinks it’ll save
Hawaii, where 75 percent of youths released from the state’s juvenile correctional facility are sentenced or convicted again within three years, is trying to crack down on recidivism.
Hunter Schwarz
Police Oracle, 11.07.2014
Research: 'More PCSOs leading to crime increase'
Evaluation of the mix of PCs and PSCOs on neighbourhood teams reveals more personnel leads to an increase in recorded crime.
Jasmin McDermott
The Economist, 12.07.2014
Oh! You pretty things
Today’s young people are held to be alienated, unhappy, violent failures. They are proving anything but
The Economist, 12.07.2014
A broken system
Citizens’ security is the region’s biggest problem. Time to improve criminal justice
The Economist, 12.07.2014
Time and punishment
Impatient children are more likely to become lawbreakers
The Atlantic, 14.07.2014
A Sociological History of Soccer Violence
How social and cultural rifts manifest themselves through sports—especially when fans identify intensely with their team
Tiffanie Wen
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 14.07.2014
Bratton’s stop-frisk study mistake
A flawed research project will only confuse the issue
John Eterno , Eli Silverman
Pew Research Center, 14.07.2014
Despite recent shootings, Chicago nowhere near U.S. ‘murder capital’
Drew DeSilver
The Nation, 15.07.2014
66 Percent of Americans Now Live in a Constitution-Free Zone
Thanks to the militarization and expansion of the “border” region, 197 million Americans now live within the jurisdiction of US Customs and Border Patrol.
Todd Miller
Pacific Standard, 15.07.2014
The Searchers: Amateur Web Sleuths Are Teaming Up to Solve Cold Cases Online
An old American obsession—the rogue detective’s urge to crack the case—finds a new outlet.
Peter C. Baker
NSW Police, 15.07.2014
Research grant announced for study to bolster the resilience of police officers
A landmark research project will help NSW Police Force develop fresh solutions to help officers become more resilient and assist those suffering from stress-related illness.
Tablet, 15.07.2014
Who Is Mehdi Nemmouche, and Why Did He Want To Kill Jews?
In the first of a five-part series on growing anti-Semitism in France, an intimate look at the alleged Brussels Jewish museum shooter
Marc Weitzmann
Medical Daily, 17.07.2014
Child Sexual Abuse Raises Likelihood Of Cardiovascular Problems For Middle-Aged Women
Women who were sexually abused as children are more likely to show the earliest signs of heart disease in their 40s and early 50s, researchers said Thursday.
Ben Wolford
Washington Post, 17.07.2014
When Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution, rape decreased sharply
For decades, few people noticed that legislators in Providence had deleted crucial language from Rhode Island state law in 1980. It wasn't until a 2003 court case that police, to their chagrin, discovered they couldn't prevent prostitutes and their customers from engaging in commercial exchange.
EurekAlert!, 17.07.2014
No evidence that California cellphone ban decreased accidents, says Colarado University Boulder researcher
Daniel Kaffine
OUPblog, 17.07.2014
What are the most important issues in international criminal justice today?
Ruti G. Teitel
Newswise, 17.07.2014
Forty Per Cent of Female Prisoners Enter Correctional System with a Traumatic Brain Injury
Melissa McDermott
Telegraph, 17.07.2014
Police fail to identify a suspect in more than half of recorded crimes, new figures show
Home Office figures raise new questions about police performance as they show investigations fail to track down suspects in 52 per cent of cases
David Barrett
Press Herald, 19.07.2014
America’s get-tough ‘War on Drugs’ has failed in fighting drug abuse
America’s get-tough ‘War on Drugs’ has failed in fighting drug abuse
Jonathan Blanks
Wall Street Journal, 20.07.2014
More First Responders Scrutinized Over Response to Chokehold
The Paramedics and EMTs Cannot Respond to 911 Calls Pending an Investigation
Pervaiz Shallwani, Mara Gay and Yoni Bashan
The Independent, 20.07.2014
Can paedophiles be good people? We flinch, but there are varying degrees
Child abusers are not all the same, yet the idea of treating them differently in relation to the severity of their crimes has somehow become controversial
Archie Bland
Yahoo News, 20.07.2014
Can math stop murder?
In besieged Chicago, how police are tapping Big Data to try to curb gang violence.
Mark Guarino
Huffington Post, 21.07.2014
15 Things We All Need To Know About America's Appalling Child Sex Trade
Sara Boboltz
Huffington Post, 21.07.2014
In the Gun Debate, Mental Illness Doesn't Predict Dangerousness
Paul Heroux
PolitiFact, 21.07.2014
There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
Stu Burguiere
WCPO 7, 21.07.2014
University of Cincinnati joins with National Security Agency to fight cyber crime
Greg Noble
Los Angeles Times, 22.07.2014
Losing a parent during childhood may increase risk of early death
People who were kids when their mothers died were 55% more likely to die young, a study finds
Losing one's father during childhood was linked to a 50% greater risk of premature death, researchers report.
As many as 4% of children in wealthy countries lose a parent while growing up.
Karen Kaplan
Telegraph.co.uk, 22.07.2014
FGM affects 137,000 women in England and Wales, reveals shocking new study
A new study - published today, ahead of the UK's first Girl Summit - shows a significant increase in the number of girls and women undergoing female genital mutilation and forced marriage.
Radhika Sanghani
Tablet, 22.07.2014
How a City in France Became a Mecca for Islamists
A visit to Roubaix, home of alleged Jewish Museum killer Mehdi Nemmouche. Second of a five-part series on anti-Semitism in France.
Marc Weitzmann
Corporate Crime Reporter, 23.07.2014
John Braithwaite on Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Independent, 23.07.2014
We need to talk about homophobia in the police
The consequence of ignoring hate crime cultivates a culture of endemic homophobia
George Gillett
Daily Mail, 23.07.2014
Was the 'Trainspotting generation' behind a spike in crime?
Huge decline in thefts and burglaries since early 1990s linked to fall in number of heroin and crack users
Los Angeles Times, 23.07.2014
Troubled childhoods may prompt men to volunteer for military service
Alan Zarembo
National Geographic, 23.07.2014
American-Born Gangs Helping Drive Immigrant Crisis at U.S. Border
Central America's spiraling violence has a Los Angeles connection.
Scott Johnson
Full Fact, 23.07.2014
How common is FGM in England and Wales?
The Prime Minister was among those to call for an end to female genital mutilation this week. How widespread is the practice in this country?
theguardian.com, 23.07.2014
Number of prisoners over 60 in England and Wales doubles in 10 years
Prison Reform Trust says increase explained by prosecutions for historic offences rather than unseen 'elderly crime wave'
Alan Travis
The Independent, 23.07.2014
Nearly half of renters and buyers check crime statistics before deciding on their home: Property news roundup
Alex Johnson
Association for Psychological Science, 23.07.2014
Sleep Deprivation May Increase Susceptibility to False Memories
Not getting enough sleep may increase the likelihood of forming false memories, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
The Guardian, 23.07.2014
Undercover police spied on grieving families of De Menezes, Groce and Reel
Scotland Yard claims relatives were not the target of surveillance but that 'inappropriate' information about them was gathered
Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd
RealClearPolitics, 24.07.2014
Financial Tools Seen as Key to Escaping Domestic Violence
Caitlin Huey-Burns
News-Medical.net, 24.07.2014
Researchers examine how experiences of DVA may be shaped by gender, sexuality, age
Mainstream agencies dealing with heterosexual victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) must do more to support and build trust with victims in same sex relationships, researchers of a new book recommend.
Chicagomag.com, 24.07.2014
How Health and Housing Relate to Crime in Chicago
Low birth weight, childhood lead poisoning, pre-term births, and infant mortality rate all go hand in hand with the crime rate—but there are significant differences in how neighboring communities are affected.
Whet Moser
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 26.07.2014
Minneapolis police outreach to Somali community offers a national model
DAVID CHANEN
New York Times online, 27.07.2014
Tough Enforcement of Minor Offenses Shouldn’t Always Lead to Arrests
Eugene O'Donnell is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He was an officer in the New York Police Department, a prosecutor with the district attorneys' offices in Brooklyn and Queens and a police academy instructor.
New York Times online, 27.07.2014
‘Broken Windows’ Is Good in Theory, Troubling in Practice
Donnel Baird grew up in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and spent several years as a community organizer in Brownsville. He is a recent graduate of Columbia Business School, and the founder of BlocPower, a tech start-up.
New York Times online, 27.07.2014
There’s Little Evidence That “Broken Windows” Policing Works
Delores Jones-Brown, a former New Jersey prosecutor, is a professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she directs the John Jay College Center on Race, Crime and Justice.
New York Times online, 28.07.2014
Experience Shows That “Broken Windows” Policing Works
Louis Anemone was chief of department of the New York Police Department from 1995 to 1999 and is the principal of Anemone Consulting.
Truth-Out, 30.07.2014
The Spread of Electronic Monitoring: No Quick Fix for Mass Incarceration
James Kilgore
St. Louis Public Radio, 30.07.2014
Dotson: Overall Crime Down, Hot-Spot Policing Working
Amanda Honigfort
EurekAlert!, 30.07.2014
Older adults are at risk of financial abuse
Perpetrators are most often family members, study into financial exploitation of the elderly finds
The New Yorker, 30.07.2014
Did the Chicago police coerce witnesses into pinpointing the wrong man for murder?
Nicholas Schmidle
Government Technology, 30.07.2014
Solving Digital Crimes in the Cloud Faces Numerous Challenges
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has identified 65 forensic science challenges in the cloud, and is working to build a roadmap to overcoming them.
Jessica Hughes
Newswise, 30.07.2014
Hopkins' Campbell Asks Senate to Keep Guns from Stalkers
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act could keep weapons from potential killers
Johns Hopkins
Brookings Institution, 30.07.2014
A Gendered Approach To Countering Violent Extremism
Lessons Learned From Women In Peacebuilding And Conflict Prevention Applied Successfully In Bangladesh And Morocco
Krista Couture
New York Times, 30.07.2014
Anatomy of an Abduction
With little planning, an ill-equipped group of Islamic extremists succeeded in kidnapping 32 European citizens in the Algerian desert in 2003, holding them for up to six months and ransoming them for 5 million euros.
RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Philadelphia City, 31.07.2014
Is broken windows Philly's new stop-and-frisk?
Daniel Denvir and Ryan Briggs
Pacific Standard, 31.07.2014
Are Children Seeking Refuge Turning More Americans Against Undocumented Immigrants?
A look at Pew Research Center survey data collected in February and July of this year.
Lisa Wade
Wall Street Journal, 31.07.2014
Legal Marijuana’s Unintended Business Opportunities
Gregory J. Millman
LE MONDE diplomatique, 31.07.2014
Taking Iraq apart
Nouri al-Maliki’s incompetence and sectarianism have led to the disintegration of the Iraqi state — and now, unsurprisingly, the ISIL insurgents have declared an Islamic caliphate in the territories they control in Iraq and Syria.
Peter Harling
Police Oracle, 31.07.2014
Police forensic research given government funding
Second round of police innovation funding includes bids for developing faster DNA profiling technology and a new body fluid spray.
Jasmin McDermott
Driffield, 31.07.2014
Burglars’ ‘code of conduct’ revealed - They won’t steal on their own doorstep
Burglars won’t steal on their own doorstep but they will on yours
theguardian.com, 31.07.2014
Detention's effect on child mental health covered up, inquiry hears
Oliver Laughland
