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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
The Conversation, 02.01.2018
How the ‘Original Internet Godfather’ walked away from his cybercrime past – interview
Dionysios Demetis
Christian Science Monitor, 02.01.2018
Bridging black and white: How St. Louis residents are trying to surmount racial inequities post-Ferguson
Christa Case Bryant
The Conversation, 03.01.2018
The Bank of England is planning a bitcoin-style virtual currency – but could it really replace cash?
Bill Buchanan Head
The Conversation, 03.01.2018
Bullying isn’t just verbal or physical – it can also be social, and this can have the worst effects
Kayleigh Chester
London Review of Books Vol. 40 No. 01, 04.01.2018
What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Russian Hacking
The Conversation, 04.01.2018
Child sexual abuse: hearing the cry for help is not always a simple task
Samuel Larner
The Conversation, 04.01.2018
Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
William Parkin, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven Chermak
The Guardian, 04.01.2018
'An incredible transformation': how rehab, not prison, worked for a US Isis convert
Joanna Walters
The Conversation, 05.01.2018
How new recruits are changing police culture for the better
Sarah Charman
Wikitribune, 05.01.2018
Q&A: Edward Snowden on rights, privacy, secrets and leaks in conversation with Jimmy Wales
Burhan Wazir
Los Angeles Times, 06.01.2018
Many Americans have never heard of the Haqqani network, one of the world's most lethal terror groups
Ann M. Simmons
The Conversation, 07.01.2018
From bad to worse? 5 things 2018 will bring to the Middle East
James L. Gelvin
Truthout Sunday, 07.01.2018
Access to Firearms by Those With Mental Illness Is Not Fueling Mass Shootings
Miranda Lynne Baumann and Brent Teasdale
The New York Times, 07.01.2018
The U.S. Has Fewer Crimes. Does That Mean It Needs Fewer Police?
JOSE A. DEL REAL
Salon, 07.01.2018
Legalizing marijuana is risky, but not for the reasons Jeff Sessions says
Nicole Karlis
Hindustan Times, 07.01.2018
What causes radicalisation? Home ministry undertakes countrywide research
Azaan Javaid Hindustan Times, New Delhi
WIRED, 07.01.2018
Triple Meltdown: How So Many Researchers Found a 20-Year-Old Chip Flaw At the Same Time
Andy Greenberg
The Conversation, 08.01.2018
Stereotypes in the courtroom can prejudice our justice system – here’s how that can be fixed
Blake McKimmie
EurekAlert!, 08.01.2018
Recreational marijuana legalization: Do more youth use or do youth use more?
Oregon Research Institute
The Guardian, 09.01.2018
How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan
Alfred W McCoy
The Washington Post, 09.01.2018
The irrationality of modern drug laws, in one chart
Christopher Ingraham
New York Times online, 09.01.2018
Catherine Deneuve and Others Denounce the #MeToo Movement
VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 09.01.2018
How to Help Those with a Criminal Record Find Work
Jarrett Skorup
NewsBusters (blog), 10.01.2018
NYT’s Kristof: Trump Is Scientifically Proven ‘Threat to Democracy’
Chris Reeves
New York Magazine, 10.01.2018
The White and Black Murder Rates Are Both Rising, But for Different Reasons
Jesse Singal
The Jerusalem Post, 10.01.2018
Why a Death Penalty for Terrorists Won’t Solve Terrorism… and What Will
DR. MICHAEL LAITMAN
Truth-Out, 10.01.2018
Very Quietly, Justice Department Charges White Supremacist With Domestic Terrorism
BILL BERKOWITZ
The Independent, 10.01.2018
Knowledge gap leaves Britons vulnerable to money laundering criminals
Kate Hughes
The Conversation, 11.01.2018
When sexual assault victims speak out, their institutions often betray them
Jennifer J. Freyd
EurekAlert!, 11.01.2018
UT Dallas study: Recent spikes in homicide rates don't tell whole story
University of Texas at Dallas
Newswise, 11.01.2018
Hot Spot Policing Focused on Guns Is Most Effective Strategy For Reducing Gun Violence in Baltimore, Study Finds
Johns Hopkins
BBC News, 12.01.2018
How hate crime affects a whole community
Rupert Brown, Mark Walters & Jenny Paterson
The Washington Post, 12.01.2018
Almost 35 years ago, she let a stranger hold her newborn. It has haunted her ever since.
Paul Duggan
Truth-Out, 14.01.2018
Beyond Reform, Toward the End of Policing: An Interview With Alex Vitale
Maya Schenwar
Anniston Star, 14.01.2018
Predictive policing -- Chicago effort reaches out to those most prone to violence
The Conversation, 14.01.2018
Why some people in non-violent relationships kill their partners
Belinda Parker
The Telegraph, 15.01.2018
New domestic abuse laws could underestimate violence against women, academic warns
Olivia Rudgard
EurekAlert!, 15.01.2018
The presence of sexual violence in neighborhoods erodes feelings of safety
Case Western Reserve University
Chicago Tribune, 15.01.2018
Commentary: How do we curb racism and anti-Semitism — and protect free speech?
Steven Lubet
The Conversation, 15.01.2018
What’s really going on in London’s organised crime scene – according to a criminologist
Anna Sergi
The Conversation, 15.01.2018
Trust in ethnically diverse areas is improving, but there is more work to be done
Yogi Vidyattama
EurekAlert!, 16.01.2018
Declining trust in facts, institutions imposes real-world costs on US society, RAND report finds
EurekAlert!, 16.01.2018
No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour
University of York
The Conversation, 18.01.2018
Re-criminalizing cannabis is worse than 1930s ‘reefer madness’
Miriam Boeri
The Conversation, 19.01.2018
How trafficked children are being hidden behind a focus on modern slavery
Alinka Gearon
University of Missouri–St. Louis, 20.01.2018
A century after one of the bloodiest events in US racial history, UMSL student investigates its causes and relevance for today
Evie Hemphill
EurekAlert!, 21.01.2018
Human smugglers operate as 'independent traders,' study finds
University of Cambridge
The Conversation, 22.01.2018
Is attraction to an age group another kind of sexual orientation?
Michael Seto
Small Wars Journal - Journal Article, 22.01.2018
Criminal Insurgency in Brazil
Christian Vianna de Azevedo
Telegraph.co.uk, 22.01.2018
Mexico murder rate surges to highest in decades amid rise in drug trafficking violence
The Atlantic, 22.01.2018
Muslim Refugees Team Up With Anarchists in an Effort To Shame Greece
Zareena Grewal
The Conversation, 23.01.2018
How to stop violence against women in India — it starts with training police officers
Sunita Toor
The Conversation, 23.01.2018
China’s Social Credit System puts its people under pressure to be model citizens
Meg Jing Zeng
EurekAlert!, 23.01.2018
Large study finds higher rates of early substance use among children with ADHD
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
EurekAlert (press release), 23.01.2018
Study explores how propaganda recruits terrorists
University of Massachusetts Lowell
EurekAlert!, 23.01.2018
Prosecuting background check and straw purchase violations depends on state laws
Johns Hopkins
EurekAlert!, 23.01.2018
Warning follows report into online child sexual abuse risk
Lancaster University
The Independent, 23.01.2018
More than 30,000 instances of abuse in sheltered housing over last three years, finds investigation
Ryan Butcher
The Conversation, 24.01.2018
Rise of the SWAT team: Routine police work in Canada is now militarized
Kevin Walby, Brendan Roziere
EurekAlert!, 24.01.2018
Weather patterns, farm income, other factors, may be influencing opioid crisis
EurekAlert!, 24.01.2018
How a computer program can prevent a terrorist attack
Colorado State University
CBC.ca, 24.01.2018
How law enforcement is struggling to control hate in an online world
Jonathan Montpetit
Miami Herald, 24.01.2018
How drug lords make billions smuggling gold to Miami for your jewelry and phones
Jay Weaver, Nicholas Nehamas And Kyra Gurney
EurekAlert!, 25.01.2018
Developing a roadside test for marijuana intoxication isn't as easy as it sounds
The Conversation, 25.01.2018
Revenge porn law is failing victims – here’s why
Antoinette Raffaela Huber
Newsweek, 25.01.2018
The Most Dangerous Gay Man in America Fought Violence With Violence
Eric Markowitz
The Conversation, 26.01.2018
War on drugs is unwinnable, but locking up Mr Bigs is still worth it
Niall Hamilton-Smith
Study Breaks, 26.01.2018
What the Larry Nassar Trial Says About Sexual Assault in Athletic Communities
Sydney Jennings
Medical Xpress, 26.01.2018
Marijuana at school—loss of concentration, risk of psychosis
Paul W Bennett
Journalist’s Resource, 26.01.2018
1 in 4 handgun owners carry loaded weapons monthly
Denise-Marie Ordway
The Conversation, 28.01.2018
Patriarchal culture + male biology = deadly mix for violence against women
Rama Shankar Singh
The Conversation, 29.01.2018
Millions of refugees could benefit from big data – but we’re not using it
Anirudh V. S. Ruhil
The Conversation, 29.01.2018
Yes means yes: moving to a different model of consent for sexual interactions
Terry Goldsworthy
EurekAlert!, 29.01.2018
Four personas including the Lurker and the Geek that explain teenagers' online behavior
University of Sussex
Washington Post, 29.01.2018
U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging
Liz Sly
The Conversation, 30.01.2018
Nassar’s abuse reflects more than 50 years of men’s power over female athletes
Anne Blaschke
Newswise, 30.01.2018
Record Expansion of U.S. Hate Groups Slows Under Trump Administration
Washington University in St. Louis
The Conversation, 30.01.2018
Why victims of crime deserve a say in whether offenders are paroled
Katherine J. McLachlan
Newswise, 31.01.2018
Helping Police, Public Understand How Perception Shapes Race Bias
Iowa State University
EurekAlert!, 31.01.2018
Dating partners more violent and account for more domestic violence than spouses
University of Pennsylvania
EurekAlert!, 31.01.2018
The same psychological mechanism explains violence among Muslim and Western extremists
Uppsala University
