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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
The Conversation, Monday 06 February 2023
Scams, deepfake porn and romance bots: advanced AI is exciting, but incredibly dangerous in criminals’ hands
Brendan Walker-Munro
The Conversation, Monday 06 February 2023
QAnon is spreading outside the US – a conspiracy theory expert explains what that could mean
Robert M. Dover
EurekAlert!, Monday 06 February 2023
Children of overprotective parents tend to live less, study suggests
New York Times, Monday 06 February 2023
Musk Pledged to Cleanse Twitter of Child Abuse Content. It’s Been Rough Going.
Michael H. Keller and Kate Conger
The Conversation, Monday 06 February 2023
Link between crime and politics in South Africa raises concerns about criminal gangs taking over
Sandy Africa
The Guardian, Monday 06 February 2023
‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police
Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad
The Conversation, Sunday 05 February 2023
Drinking and suicide: How alcohol use increases risks, and what can be done about it
Simon Sherry
BBC News, Saturday 04 February 2023
Interpol working out how to police the metaverse
Marc Cieslak & Tom Gerken
Grid, Friday 03 February 2023
Why the FBI’s attempt to track police violence hasn’t worked
Khaya Himmelman
EurekAlert!, Friday 03 February 2023
Life in a violent country can be years shorter and much less predictable – even for those not involved in conflict
University of Oxford
EurekAlert!, Friday 03 February 2023
Commonly used police diversity training unlikely to change officers’ behavior, study finds
Washington University in St. Louis
The Conversation, Friday 03 February 2023
Police traffic stops can alienate communities and lead to violent deaths like Tyre Nichols’ – is it time to rethink them?
Derek Epp, Megan Dias
The Guardian, Friday 03 February 2023
Italian mob suspect Edgardo Greco found working as pizza chef after 16 years on run
The Guardian, Friday 03 February 2023
‘Gets police out of the lives of drug users’: decriminalization move takes effect in Canadian province
Justin Ling
The Conversation, Thursday 02 February 2023
We’re missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators. This is what needs to change
Nicola Helps, Kate Fitz-Gibbon
The Guardian, Thursday 02 February 2023
‘Like being on a rollercoaster’: the man who caught Sicily’s last mafia boss
Lorenzo Tondo
The Conversation, Thursday 02 February 2023
Scammed: why the rich, famous and experts get duped more often than you think
Yaniv Hanoch, Stacey Wood Molly Mason Jones
Newswise, Thursday 02 February 2023
Moderate alcohol intoxication does not impair recall of sexual assault
University of Birmingham
The Guardian, Thursday 02 February 2023
Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice
Giles Tremlett
The Conversation, Thursday 02 February 2023
Beta blockers: how these common heart medications may reduce the risk of violence
Yasmina Molero, Seena Fazel
The Conversation, Wednesday 01 February 2023
Tyre Nichols’ death underscores the troubled history of specialized police units
Ian T. Adams, Seth W. Stoughton
Washington Post, Wednesday 01 February 2023
The tricks used by the powerful, including Trump, to avoid justice
Scott Turow
CBC, Wednesday 01 February 2023
Why one researcher dubs drug decriminalization in B.C. an 'exciting', if flawed, experiment
Jon Hernandez
Newswise, Wednesday 01 February 2023
Better eyewitness lineup improves accuracy, detecting innocence
Iowa State University
New York Times, Wednesday 01 February 2023
A major police reform bill is back in the spotlight.
Remy Tumin
Atlantic Council (Blog), Wednesday 01 February 2023
Europe’s last empire: Putin’s Ukraine war exposes Russia’s imperial identity
Botakoz Kassymbekova
News @ Northeastern, Tuesday 31 January 2023
How to prevent what happened to Tyre Nichols from happening in the future
Tanner Stening and Cody Mello-Klein
MSNBC, Tuesday 31 January 2023
Tyre Nichols couldn’t have obeyed the police if he wanted to
Zeeshan Aleem
