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Association for Psychological Science, 01.04.2014
Early Intervention Reduces Aggressive Behavior in Adulthood
An educational intervention program for children between kindergarten and 10th grade, known as Fast Track, reduces aggressive behavior later in life, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
RedOrbit, 01.04.2014
Male-Dominated Societies Are Not More Violent
Conventional wisdom and scientific arguments have claimed that societies with more men than women, such as China, will become more violent, but a University of California, Davis, study has found that a male-biased sex ratio does not lead to more crime.
The Nation, 01.04.2014
A Captivating Mind
How Georgi Markov became the truth-teller of Bulgaria’s communist era, and paid for it with his life.
Dimiter Kenarov
The Argus, 01.04.2014
Voluntary Tagging Reduces Reoffending
As part of a successful trial initiative, convicts in Sussex have been given the option of wearing tags to help stop them from reoffending. The tags, which are entirely voluntary, provide Sussex Police with live information about the wearer’s movements.
The Cambridge Student, 01.04.2014
Cambridgeshire police cause ‘serious concern’ over domestic abuse, yet student victims go unmentioned
Amy Provan
The Guardian, 01.04.2014
Police fail to recognise that abuse often lies behind women's offending
The Prison Reform Trust and HMIC highlight links between women's offending and domestic and sexual violence, yet the criminal justice system still isn't joining up the dots
Carlene Firmin
The Atlantic, 01.04.2014
What I Learned About Stop-and-Frisk From Watching My Black Son
The “special tax” on men of color is more than an inconvenience. A father shares his firsthand observations and fears.
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 01.04.2014
'Most Germans Don't Share These Concerns'
The head of Germany's agency in charge of counterintelligence reviews the new book by the reporters behind SPIEGEL's NSA coverage. He says many fears raised are overplayed, but also warns people need to take greater care with their data.
Hans-Georg Maassen
RT Published time, 01.04.2014
Hundreds prosecuted in UK under controversial 300-year old dueling law – study
Ottawa Citizen, 01.04.2014
Police union president calls civil libertarians’ complaint ‘pure hypocrisy’
Shaamini Yogaretnam
Vanity Fair, 01.04.2014
The Chaos Company
Wherever governments can’t—or won’t—maintain order, from oil fields in Africa to airports in Britain and nuclear facilities in America, the London-based “global security” behemoth G4S has been filling the void. It is the world’s third-largest private-sector employer and commands a force three times the size of the British military. On-site in South Sudan with G4S ordnance-disposal teams, William Langewiesche learns just how dirty the job can get, and how perilous the company’s control.
New York Times, 02.04.2014
Police Confront Rising Number of Mentally Ill Suspects
FERNANDA SANTOS and ERICA GOODE
EurekAlert!, 02.04.2014
Bullying happens to popular teens too
A new University of California, Davis, study suggests that for most adolescents, becoming more popular both increases their risk of getting bullied and worsens the negative consequences of being victimized, perhaps because they feel they have "farther to fall."
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 02.04.2014
Why Were Young Males Behind Recent Attacks on Schools and Public Gatherings? A Roundtable Discussion in Violence and Gender
University of Missouri-Columbia, 02.04.2014
Criticism of Violent Video Games Has Decreased as Technology Has Improved, Gamers Age, MU Study Finds
Gaming journalists, video gamers have become more tolerant of violence as it has become more life-like
WalesOnline, 02.04.2014
Minimum alcohol pricing and ban on e-cigarettes could be introduced in Wales under radical new proposals to improve the nation's health
The Welsh Government is publishing a white paper outlining a number of measures to tackle major public health challenges.
Julia McWatt
The Atlantic, 02.04.2014
Treating Drug Use as a Disease, Not a Crime
A Pew Research study today says jail is not the place for non-violent drug users.
Julie Beck
American Friends of Tel Aviv University, 03.04.2014
Drawing Conclusions
TAU researcher finds drawing pictures can be key tool in investigations of child abuse
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./, 03.04.2014
Violence and Gender Journal Explores Dress and Behavior of Mass Shooters as Factors to Predict and Prevent Future Attacks
University of Huddersfield, 03.04.2014
Measuring crime risk on the London Underground
Researcher works with Transport for London developing an algorithm to calculate the probability of where theft is most likely
Amnesty International, 03.04.2014
Impunity, excessive force and links to extremist Golden Dawn blight Greek police
London Review of Books, 03.04.2014
Suspects into Collaborators
Peter Neumann argues that Assad has himself to blame.
Peter Neumann is professor of security studies at King’s College London. He currently leads a research project on the Syrian conflict and the future of the global jihadist movement.
Toronto Star, 04.04.2014
Finding a cure for hate
Is hatred, of the magnitude of the Rwandan genocide, a public health issue, like STDs and measles? A group at the U of T wants to find out.
Huffington Post, 04.04.2014
'Mama, Get Me Away From Around Here!'
Marian Wright Edelman President, Children's Defense Fund
EurekAlert!, 04.04.2014
The Trayvon Martin case: Lessons for education researchers
Controversial case not only about race and class, but gender and sexism, researcher says
The Week UK, 04.04.2014
Scotland Yard policing its own officers with 'culture of fear'
Report hears that figure fiddling is 'rife' in London as Met Police officers chase performance targets
New York Times, 04.04.2014
Senate Panel Votes to Reveal Report on C.I.A. Interrogations
DAVID S. JOACHIM
New York Times, 05.04.2014
Army Base Shooting Highlights Difficulty in Identifying At-Risk Soldiers
ERICA GOODE and ERIC SCHMITTAPRIL
The Economist, 05.04.2014
Sweet little lies
Hormone treatment can stimulate deception for the benefit of friends
Medical Daily, 05.04.2014
Become A Human Lie Detector Test: How To Spot A Liar Using The Latest In Psychology Research
Susan Scutti
LubbockOnline.com, 06.04.2014
It's Debatable: Should marijuana be legalized?
Don: States are breaking federal law
London Review of Books Online exclusive, 06.04.2014
The Red Line and the Rat Line
Seymour M. Hersh on Obama, Erdoğan and the Syrian rebels
New York Times, 07.04.2014
When Youth Violence Spurred ‘Superpredator’ Fear
After a surge of teen violence in the early 1990s, some social scientists predicted the future was going to be a whole lot worse. Reality proved otherwise.
CLYDE HABERMAN
Politics.co.uk (blog), 07.04.2014
Why is the government fighting measures to protect trafficked children?
Ian Dunt
Reason, 07.04.2014
Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?
If more pot smoking means less drinking, legalization could make the roads safer.
Jacob Sullum
EconoMonitor, 07.04.2014
Cops and Economists: Contrasting yet Complementary Views on Drug Legalization
Ed Dolan
EurekAlert!, 07.04.2014
Children see domestic violence that often goes unreported, research finds
Young witnesses suffer fear, anxiety while perpetrators rarely face jail time, according to study
EurekAlert!, 07.04.2014
New research shows huge disparities between the decisions made by coroners
Huddersfield researcher calls for national Coroners' Service in England and Wales to avoid the current postcode lottery
University of Rochester Newsroom, 07.04.2014
Feelings of Failure, Not Violent Content, Foster Aggression in Video Gamers
Aggressive Behavior Linked to Players' Experiences
University of Missouri-Columbia, 07.04.2014
Twitter Use Linked to Infidelity and Divorce, MU Study Finds
Twitter and Facebook can have damaging effects on relationships
Journalist's Resource, 08.04.2014
First-time juvenile offenders, probation and recidivism: Evidence from Los Angeles
RT Published time, 08.04.2014
Colorado crime levels see little change since marijuana legalization – study
Illinois Wesleyan University, 08.04.2014
Student’s Crime Data Research Attracts National Ethics Symposium Attention
EurekAlert!, 08.04.2014
Poor neighborhoods create misfortune, ill health
Life-altering events lead to anxiety, depression, host of health problems
EurekAlert!, 08.04.2014
National survey links teen binge drinking and alcohol brand references in pop music
International Relations and Security Network ETH, 09.04.2014
The Caucasus Emirate: From Anti-Colonialist Roots to Salafi-Jihad
Police News, 09.04.2014
3 ways to bring use-of-force training to small police departments
How do small- and medium-sized departments — which are already stretched thin — keep training up on such a dynamic concept as legal use of force?
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 09.04.2014
Is the Increased Risk of Death Due to Alcohol Intake Greater for Women or Men?
EurekAlert!, 09.04.2014
Violence intervention program effective in Vanderbilt pilot study
Violent behavior and beliefs among middle school students can be reduced through the implementation of a targeted violence intervention program, according to a Vanderbilt study released in the Journal of Injury and Violence Research.
EurekAlert!, 10.04.2014
ACP offers policy recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries, deaths in US
The South Los Angeles Report, 10.04.2014
Crime survivors likely to be victims of crime again
Mikella Wickham
Virginia Connection Newspapers, 10.04.2014
Considering the Effects of Mass Incarceration
A Public Forum on Criminal Justice Sentencing Reform held in Burke.
Janelle Germanos
RedOrbit, 10.04.2014
Age Does Not Predict Success For Individuals Sentenced To Court-based Mental Health Treatment Programs
Older adults in treatment programs experience the same challenges as younger participants
EurekAlert!, 10.04.2014
How widespread is tax evasion?
New study puts a cost on 'round-tripping,' a method investors use to avoid the tax collector
Phys.Org, 10.04.2014
Ethnically diverse neighbourhoods 'safer'
Residents of ethnically diverse neighbourhoods can expect to experience fewer assaults than residents of neighbourhoods with little or no ethnic diversity, according to a new way of measuring violence.
The Australian, 10.04.2014
Police put increase in sex crimes down to inquiries giving victims courage to speak out
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said most of the offences were committed by people the victims knew.
WalesOnline, 11.04.2014
‘Police complacency, inertia and lack of leadership’ are under attack as MPs’ damning report finds we cannot rely on police statistics
David Williamson
