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Daily PressTodays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University
The Crime Report, 02.01.2020
Hate Crimes Against Religious Groups Up Nearly 35% Between 2014-2018: FBI
TCR Staff
The Independent, 02.01.2020
London Bridge attack: Terrorists may not be ‘cured’ by prison deradicalisation schemes, senior psychologist admits
Lizzie Dearden
The Independent, 03.01.2020
Scientists have developed AI to detect sexual harassment in emails
Sophie Gallagher
Newswise, 03.01.2020
Notre Dame expert: Rushed assassination of Soleimani confirms loss of democratic control of foreign policy
The Conversation, 03.01.2020
With the US and Iran on the brink of war, the dangers of Trump’s policy of going it alone become clear
Klaus W. Larres Richard M. Krasno
The Conversation, 04.01.2020
Qassem Suleimani air strike: why this is a dangerous escalation of US assassination policy
Luca Trenta
Irish Times, 04.01.2020
Sons five times more likely to abuse elderly parents, study finds
Conor Gallagher
The Scotsman, 05.01.2020
Professor Susan McVie: Appeal to subjects of youth crime study to share invaluable insights
Susan McVie
The Conversation, 05.01.2020
Communities can combat racism, hate and extremism with education
Kawser Ahmed
Smithsonian, 06.01.2020
In the 1980s, a Far-Left, Female-Led Domestic Terrorism Group Bombed the U.S. Capitol
Lila Thulin
The Conversation, 06.01.2020
In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously
The Ohio State University
The Conversation, 06.01.2020
Five years on from the Charlie Hebdo attack, ‘Je suis Charlie’ rings hollow
Jonathan Ervine
EurekAlert!, 06.01.2020
A new link between fear, imitation, and antisocial behavior in children
University of Pennsylvania
Phys.org, 07.01.2020
Can gun violence be traced back to socioeconomic root causes?
Roberto Molar Candanosa
The Conversation, 07.01.2020
Deepfakes: Informed digital citizens are the best defence against online manipulation
Nadia Naffi
Phys.org, 08.01.2020
Does restorative justice help or harm victims?
Royal Holloway, University of London
EurekAlert, 08.01.2020
Marijuana detected in homicide victims nearly doubles
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
EurekAlert, 08.01.2020
Relation between physical violence and not having adequate check-ups during pregnancy
University of Granada
Colorado Springs Independent, 08.01.2020
How courts and guardians exploit the elderly and their estates and get away with it
Pam Zubeck
The Conversation, 08.01.2020
Targeting Iran’s cultural heritage would be an attack on history itself
Eve MacDonald
UChicago News, 08.01.2020
Police oversight enters ‘watershed era’ of change amid cries for accountability
The Conversation, 08.01.2020
Volodymyr Zelensky: the comedian who defied the might of Putin’s war machine
Marc Berenson
The Conversation, 09.01.2020
The US-Iran conflict and the consequences of international law-breaking
David Mednicoff
EurekAlert, 09.01.2020
Harvard researchers help explain link between emotion and addictive substance use
The Conversation, 09.01.2020
Counter-terrorism was ignored in the UK general election – it must not be forgotten in 2020
Steven Greer
Newswise, 10.01.2020
At gun safety events, 40% of gun owners reported not locking all household guns –– even around kids
University of Washington
The Conversation, 10.01.2020
Facial recognition: research reveals new abilities of ‘super-recognisers’
David James Robertson, Ahmed Megreya, Josh P Davis
Daily Nurse, 10.01.2020
Jacquelyn Campbell Develops Intimate-Partner Violence Risk Assessment Training for Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Amazon Polly
The Conversation, 10.01.2020
Killing of Soleimani evokes dark history of political assassinations in the formative days of Shiite Islam
Deina Abdelkader
The Conversation, 10.01.2020
Weinstein jurors must differentiate between consent and compliance – which research shows isn’t easy
Vanessa K. Bohns
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12.01.2020
We’re deporting people back to gangs. What about offering refuge and aid?
Mark Fazlollah
The National, 12.01.2020
Prison death rates still ‘horrific’ despite promises for action following high-profile suicides
Karin Goodwin
The Conversation, 12.01.2020
How police surveillance technologies act as tools of white supremacy
Constantine Gidaris
Harvard Political Review, 12.01.2020
It’s Time to Recognize Suicide as a Driver of Gun-Related Deaths
Sam Meyerson
The Conversation, 13.01.2020
What Islamic State speaking in an English accent tells us about the group’s strategy
Alan Greene
Telegraph.co.uk, 13.01.2020
Criminals are able to manipulate probation officers too easily, say inspectors
Charles Hymas
The Conversation, 13.01.2020
I’m an ex-prisoner and education behind bars saved my life
Ed Schreeche-Powell
The Conversation, 13.01.2020
Cyberspace is the next front in Iran-US conflict – and private companies may bear the brunt
Bryan Cunningham
Telegraph.co.uk, 13.01.2020
Criminals are able to manipulate probation officers too easily, say inspectors
Charles Hymas
HSToday, 14.01.2020
How Do Canadian Extremists Find Their Way in – and Out – of White Supremacist Groups?
The Conversation, 14.01.2020
Can the Constitution stop the government from lying to the public?
Helen Norton Rothgerber
Police News, 15.01.2020
How an anonymous 'close calls' reporting initiative is saving officers' lives
ScienceDaily, 15.01.2020
Global warming to increase violent crime in the United States
University of Colorado
EurekAlert, 15.01.2020
Drug epidemic likely 'killing more Americans than we think'
University of Pennsylvania
EurekAlert, 16.01.2020
Police platform patrols create 'phantom effect' that cuts crime in London Underground
University of Cambridge
EurekAlert, 17.01.2020
Prosecutors' race, class bias may not drive criminal justice disparities
University of Arizona
The Wire, 18.01.2020
We Need to Ban Facial Recognition Altogether, Not Just Regulate Its Use
Urvashi Aneja and Angelina Chamuah
VentureBeat, 19.01.2020
From Washington State to Washington, D.C., lawmakers rush to regulate facial recognition
Khari Johnson
The New Yorker Letter from Alabama, 20.01.2020
How Far Can Abused Women Go to Protect Themselves?
Elizabeth Flock
The Conversation, 20.01.2020
Asian grooming gangs: how ethnicity made authorities wary of investigating child sexual abuse
Graham Hill
Small Wars Journal, 20.01.2020
Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America: Consequences for U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security
Magdalena Defort and William Preston McLaughlin
UK Human Rights Blog, 21.01.2020
Criminalising the possession of “terrorist propaganda”: a human rights analysis
Sapan Maini-Thompson
The Conversation, 21.01.2020
From bush fires to terrorism: how communities become resilient
Tony Robertson
EurekAlert, 21.01.2020
Police shootings linked to inaccurate dispatch information
University of Colorado Denver
The Crime Report, 21.01.2020
Do FBI Racial Violence Categories Blur Critical Lines?
Crime and Justice News
EurekAlert, 22.01.2020
Study provides insight into 'rapport-building' during victim interviews
University of Liverpool
EurekAlert, 23.01.2020
Data from behind enemy lines: How Russia may have used Twitter to seize Crimea
University of California - San Diego
New York Times, 23.01.2020
A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’
Neil MacFarquhar and Adam Goldman
The Conversation, 23.01.2020
Why ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ could inhibit a peace deal in Libya
Jacob Mundy
The Conversation, 23.01.2020
Fighting organised crime: lessons to learn from how Italy tackles the mafia
Felia Allum
GPIL – German Practice in International Law, 23.01.2020
The U.S. killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani: of wrong trees and red herrings, and why the killing may be lawful after all
Stefan Talmon and Miriam Heipertz
New York Times, 24.01.2020
They Shared a Bunk Bed Growing Up. Both Were Killed by the Police.
Joseph Goldstein
EurekAlert, 24.01.2020
UCI researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction
University of California - Irvine
Boing Boing (blog), 25.01.2020
Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results
results
The Guardian, 26.01.2020
Priti Patel’s plan to tackle radicalised youth is so flawed it’s mad, says study
Mark Townsend
The New Yorker A Reporter at Large, 27.01.2020
The Fight to Save an Innocent Refugee from Almost Certain Death
Ben Taub
EurekAlert, 27.01.2020
Rural kids carrying handguns is 'not uncommon' and starts as early as sixth grade
University of Washington
EurekAlert, 27.01.2020
Victims of mass atrocities often portrayed as disempowered in international law
University of Helsinki
EurekAlert, 27.01.2020
Interactive map of mass uprisings around the world shows nonviolence works
Harvard University
EurekAlert, 28.01.2020
How active shooter incidents off campus lead to guns on campus
New York University
The Conversation, 28.01.2020
Despite defeats, the Islamic State remains unbroken and defiant around the world
Brian Glyn Williams
Financial Times, 29.01.2020
Facial recognition: authoritarian intrusion or crime-fighting tool?
Gillian Tett
The Conversation, 29.01.2020
Islamophobia in the US did not start with Trump, but his tweets perpetuate a long history of equating Muslims with terrorism
Evelyn Alsultany
The Conversation, 29.01.2020
AI could revolutionise DNA evidence – but right now we can’t trust the machines
Karen Richmond
The Conversation, 29.01.2020
I track murder cases that use the ‘gay panic defense,’ a controversial practice banned in 9 states
W. Carsten Andresen
The Conversation, 29.01.2020
Why legislation is needed to make Holocaust education more prominent in public schools: 5 questions answered
Jennifer Rich
The Conversation, 30.01.2020
Harvey Weinstein’s ‘false memory’ defense is not backed by science
Anne P. DePrince, Joan M. Cook
EurekAlert, 30.01.2020
Experiencing police brutality increases mistrust in medical institutions, impacts health
Lehigh University
Foreign Policy, 31.01.2020
Human Trafficking Helps Terrorists Earn Money and Strategic Advantage
Jamille Bigio
The Globe and Mail, 31.01.2020
Canada’s failed sex work laws cost Marylène Lévesque her life
Bronwyn McBride and Margaret Erickson
