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EurekAlert!, 02.03.2014
Mandatory arrest in domestic violence call-outs causes early death in victims
New research from a major 'randomised' arrest experiment 23 years ago finds that domestic violence victims whose partners were arrested on misdemeanor charges – mostly without causing injury – were 64% more likely to have died early, compared to victims whose partners were warned but not removed by police.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03.03.2014
Updated study on Milwaukee domestic violence victims raises questions
Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel
EurekAlert!, 03.03.2014
Blurred Lines? Sexual boundaries are not really all that blurred
• Sexual aggression has become a common experience in bars.
• New findings show that approximately 90 percent of the incidents involve male initiators and female targets
EurekAlert!, 03.03.2014
Postcode lottery for race relations
People's racial prejudices are influenced by where they live, reports a new study led by Oxford University psychologists.
Medical Xpress, 03.03.2014
Researchers launch website aimed at preventing domestic homicide
Researchers at Western University, in collaboration with the University of Guelph, have launched a new website, taking an important step in developing a national strategy to prevent domestic homicides.
Waterloo Record, 03.03.2014
Turning ideas about crime and imprisonment inside out
Laurier program lets students at the university and students in prison take classes together
Inside out
Bobsguide (press release), 03.03.2014
Bitcoin targeted by 100 malware families
More than 100 uniques families of malware have been created to take advantage of the Bitcoin boom and provide cybercriminals with access to virtual currency around the world, research from Dell reveals.
ABC Online, 03.03.2014
Pubs shut down violence with earlier closing times
Almost 4000 assaults have been prevented since earlier closing times were introduced at Newcastle hotels, new research shows.
By Jeannette McMahon (online producer)
EurekAlert!, 04.03.2014
International research project: The more available alcohol is, the more likely that people will drink heavily
Newswise Released, 04.03.2014
Research Connects Drug War Violence in Mexico with Desensitization in Social Media
Newswise — Amid times of crisis, citizens often turn to social media as a method to share information, make observations and vent. But as a Georgia Tech professor’s research into social media use amid the Mexican drug war shows, posts can reveal growing numbness, or desensitization, during times of protracted violence and stress.
Huffington Post-Posted, 05.03.2014
Religious Extremism = Child Abuse?
Engy Abdelkader Legal Fellow, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
London Mayor Boris Johnson is making waves with some controversial statements concerning Muslims.
EurekAlert!, 05.03.2014
Adolescent relationship violence has mental health implications for victims, perpetrators
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 05.03.2014
Applying math to cancer, climate, crime and cameras
SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification
University of Toronto, 05.03.2014
Thirty per cent of adults with attention deficit disorder report childhood physical abuse
Government Technology -, 05.03.2014
Police App Encourages Officers to Fight Fatigue
A professor and former police officer and others have created an app that alerts cops when they're too tired to continue working safely.
Colin Wood
Belfast Telegraph, 05.03.2014
4,766 crimes against the elderly, but 96% of cases remain unsolved
Shocking statistics spark call for tougher sentences
ADRIAN RUTHERFORD
Science 2.0, 05.03.2014
Moving Boys Out Of High-Poverty Neighborhoods Leads To PTSD Symptoms
News Staff
RollingStone.com, 05.03.2014
Six Ways America is Like a Third-World Country
Our society lags behind the rest of the developed world in education, health care, violence and more
Sean McElwee
PolicyMic, 05.03.2014
Swiss LSD Study Yields Incredible Results for Terminally Ill Patients
Victoria Kim
Wall Street Journal, 06.03.2014
Police Focus On Subway Panhandlers
New Commissioner's Focus on Quality-of-Life Issue Is Signaled
Pervaiz Shallwani and Nick Pinto
University of Missouri, 06.03.2014
Access to Social Workers Could Keep Veterans Out of Criminal Justice System, MU Researchers Find
Canada says social workers have the ability to help ensure that veterans in the criminal justice system get the assistance they need.
Sarah Clinton
Telegraph.co.uk, 07.03.2014
Educated and well paid women 'more likely to suffer domestic abuse'
Women earning more than 67 per cent of the total household income were seven times more likely to experience psychological and physical abuse compared to lower paid women
Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent
The Economist, 08.03.2014
Gift of the grab
The boom in British gangster literature may be coming to an end
