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Todays crime related press reports collected by Prof. Thomas Görgen, German Police University

Hostage‑taking by rogue states is on the rise. New research provides fresh ways to tackle it

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

AI is showing up in court cases – but only a human jury can grapple with the moral weight of assessing guilt

Sonali Chakravarti

Financial strain, lockdowns and fear of infection during disease outbreaks magnify violence against women and girls − new research

Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff

EurekAlert!, 05.05.2026

Updated alcohol warning labels may prompt people to cut back: Study

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

EurekAlert!, 05.05.2026

New white paper Trauma Informed Bystander Intervention in K-12 Schools published by the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies

University of Phoenix

EurekAlert!, 05.05.2026

Researchers find virtual reality intervention improves interactions between autistic individuals and police officers

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Conversation, 06.05.2026

The EU measures media freedom country by country, but cross‑border risks remain overlooked

Pier Luigi Parcu

US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

Andrea Hagan

Newswise, 06.05.2026

Teens View Cannabis as Less Harmful Than Alcohol, Vapes and Cigarettes

University of California San Diego

EurekAlert!, 06.05.2026

In mafias, marriages are strategic tools

PLOS

Newswise, 06.05.2026

Global Outbreaks May Fuel Violence Against Women — but Most Cases Go Unmeasured

Washington University in St. Louis

EurekAlert!, 06.05.2026

Positive experiences can help break the cycle of abuse

Kyoto University

New York Times, 06.05.2026

Trial Begins for Man Accused of Running Secret Police Outpost for China

Santul Nerkar

The Conversation, 06.05.2026

ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests

Michelle Grattan

The Guardian, 06.05.2026

Interview: ‘Heat, floods and droughts make men more violent to women’: Natasha Walter on eco-feminism in a world on fire

Gaby Hinsliff

The Conversation, 06.05.2026

After the execution of James G. Broadnax in Texas, questions persist over use of rap lyrics as evidence

A.D. Carson

Medical Xpress, 07.05.2026

Can positive experiences help break the cycle of abuse?

Kyoto University

Boston University, 07.05.2026

Sommers Writes on Rethinking Extremism: Why “More of the Same” Isn’t Working

EurekAlert!, 07.05.2026

Prisoners in England at 41-67 times greater risk of avoidable healthcare harms than general public

BMJ Group

The Guardian, 07.05.2026

The Guardian view on facial recognition technology: mistaken identities are a political issue

Technology.org, 07.05.2026

AI analysis of police body-camera footage raises Constitutional concerns, racial disparities

New York Times, 07.05.2026

What Are ‘Teen Takeovers’ and Why Are Police Struggling to Stop Them?

Clyde McGrady, Emma Schartz and Julie Bosman

The Guardian, 07.05.2026

Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling

Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker

The Conversation, 07.05.2026

Russia doesn’t have much to celebrate on Victory Day, as Ukraine brings the war home to Putin

Jon Richardson

The Conversation, 07.05.2026

Online hate groups sustain their messages by repeating powerful stories or routinely adding new allegations

Yu-Ru Lin

The Conversation, 08.05.2026

Conspiracy theorists are building AI interfaces to the Epstein files – and presenting their views as data analysis

Matthew N. Hannah

The Conversation, 08.05.2026

Hackers just stole data from 9,000 schools and unis around the world. How can we protect student privacy?

Abu Barkat ullah (Barkat), Mohiuddin Ahmed

New Lines Magazine, 08.05.2026

How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway

Amelia Hankins

Washington Post, 09.05.2026

They’re not saying someone should kill Trump. But they’re coming close.

Danielle Paquette and John Woodrow Cox

New York Times, 10.05.2026

What Would a Feminist Justice System Look Like?

Rachel Louise Snyder

PsyPost, 10.05.2026

The psychological traits that build an extremist personality

Karina Petrova

The Guardian, 10.05.2026

Defence sovereignty: Europe races to build the low-cost weapons of future

Jasper Jolly

Phys.org, 11.05.2026

Anonymous school tip lines reveal patterns in threats, mental health concerns among youth, study finds

Kate Barnes

Phys.org, 11.05.2026

Anonymous school tip lines reveal patterns in threats, mental health concerns among youth, study finds

Kate Barnes

EurekAlert!, 11.05.2026

New research examines “remorse bias” in legal decision-making

Rutgers University Newark

EurekAlert!, 11.05.2026

Climate patterns may shape where violent conflict risks are amplified, Rice study finds

Rice University

The Guardian, 11.05.2026

Why is Putin now talking about the war in Ukraine ‘coming to an end’?

Dan Sabbagh

Newsweek, 11.05.2026

Analysis: 5 Scenarios for Putin’s Ukraine War

The Conversation, 11.05.2026

One small country set the model for reintegrating ISIS families from Syria. Here’s what Australia can learn

Helen Stenger

The Conversation, 11.05.2026

How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions

Maria Lungu, Steven L. Johnson

Verfassungsblog, 11.05.2026

Being Rejected is not a Crime

Rhea Kummer

The Conversation, 12.05.2026

How structural inequality fuels Black youth recruitment into cycles of violence

Marycarmen Lara Villanueva

The Conversation, 12.05.2026

Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?

Richard Lachman

Scientific American, 12.05.2026

Is the U.S. in a new era of political violence? Experts say it’s complicated

Jackie Flynn Mogensen

Michigan State University, 12.05.2026

Reducing fear is critical for improving trust in law enforcement, according to study

Jack Harrison, Joseph Hamm

University of Cincinnati, 12.05.2026

‘GangTok’: Study provides insights about the presence of gang culture on Tiktok

Cedric Ricks Email Cedric

EurekAlert!, 12.05.2026

Study: 11 million American children’s well being threatened by criminally charged family members

Boston College

EurekAlert!, 12.05.2026

Frequent exposure to media on real-world gun violence is linked to mental health risks

Rutgers University

The Guardian, 12.05.2026

Russian ship that sank near Spain may have been carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea

Sam Jones

New York Times, 12.05.2026

True Crime Streaming: Informants Who Risk Almost Everything

Maya Salam

PsyPost, 13.05.2026

Millions of adults in the US have seriously considered shooting someone

Karina Petrova

From AirTags to AI nudification: the growing toolkit of technology‑facilitated abuse

Jason R.C. Nurse, Lisa Sugiura

Cannabis: it’s medicine if you’re rich enough – a crime if you’re not

Elizabeth Peatfield

The Hanau far‑right extremist shooting exposed how racism costs lives — and how institutions let it

Jayanthan Sriram, Neslihan Sriram-Uzundal

New Lines Magazine, 13.05.2026

Kidnapping for ransom in the Sahel: analysis of 24 years of data shows a new trend

Alexander M. Laskaris, Olivier Walther

Drones Are Reshaping Sudan’s Civil War

Sophie Neiman

Police Magazine, 14.05.2026

National Police Survey Reveals How Americans View Policing Today

EurekAlert!, 14.05.2026

USAID cuts triggered sharp increase in violent conflict across Africa

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The Conversation, 14.05.2026

Victims can’t access their court transcripts because they’re too expensive – the government says AI might be the answer

Brian Thornton

The Conversation, 14.05.2026

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable

Meredith Primrose Jones

New York Times, 15.05.2026

How a Drug Cartel Made a Mexican State Its Tool

Paulina Villegas

The Sunday Times, 16.05.2026

Hamas’s sexual terrorism is laid bare and still the world looks away

Camilla Long

Bioengineer.org, 17.05.2026

Explainable Multi-Agent Learning Disrupts Terrorist Networks

PsyPost, 17.05.2026

New study reveals distinct differences in how different drugs relate to criminal behavior

Eric W. Dolan

New York Times, 17.05.2026

White House Memo: To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch

Erica L. Green

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 18.05.2026

A resilient rule of law: what can be done about law-breaking federal states?

EurekAlert!, 18.05.2026

How childhood maltreatment increases risk of later domestic abuse

University College London

The Guardian, 18.05.2026

The strange case of Epstein cellmate and quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione

Edward Helmore

New York Times, 18.05.2026

A Fearful Phone Call and a Frantic Search Preceded Mosque Shooting

Tim Arango, Christina Morales, Candice Reed and Chelsia Rose Marcius

The Conversation, 18.05.2026

NATO would survive a US withdrawal. But what kind of alliance would it become?

Gorana Grgić

Columbia Missourian, 19.05.2026

Does participating in sports betting increase the risk of domestic violence?

Emilia Hansen

The Conversation, 19.05.2026

San Diego mosque shooting reflects how online rhetoric, media depictions and political discourse contribute to increased Islamophobia

Anisah Bagasra

EurekAlert!, 19.05.2026

COVID racism driven by more than fear of infection

Murdoch University

EurekAlert!, 19.05.2026

Violence against women remains high — particularly for marginalized groups

University of California - Berkeley

Newsweek, 19.05.2026

Ukraine Is Escaping Trump’s Permission Trap—and it’s Bad News for Putin

The Conversation, 19.05.2026

NZ is criminalising sexualised deepfakes – banning apps that make them should be next

Cassandra Mudgway

New Lines Magazine, 19.05.2026

How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Narcotics Capital

Charles Lister

New York Times, 19.05.2026

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman

New York Times, 19.05.2026

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman

New York Times, 19.05.2026

Nonfiction: A Searing Memoir of Being Raised by Radicals on the Run

Dana Spiotta

The Conversation, 20.05.2026

When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise

Austin Sarat William Nelson Cromwell

Intelligent CISO, 20.05.2026

AI-driven fraud and ransomware accelerate the evolution of cybercrime in the UK

Mark Bowen

New York Times, 20.05.2026

He Was Jailed Over a Charlie Kirk Post. The Sheriff Now Owes Him $835,000.

Rick Rojas

London Review of Books Vol. 48 No. 9, 21.05.2026

Squillions

John Lanchester

The Guardian, 21.05.2026

Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video

Emma Graham-Harrison

The Guardian, 21.05.2026

‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

Sean Williams

The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego is part of a far‑right curriculum of violence

Amarnath Amarasingam

Ms. Magazine, 21.05.2026

Male Supremacism and Misogyny Was Central to the San Diego Mosque Shooting. Why Did So Much Coverage Miss It?

Alex DiBranco

The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs

Brian O'Neill

EurekAlert!, 21.05.2026

Global mental disorders have nearly doubled since 1990, now affecting 1.2 billion people worldwide

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

The ‘warrior ethos’ promises victory — history says it leads to defeat

John Broich

Verfassungsblog, 21.05.2026

Nonprofit fraud: Amid high‑profile prosecutions, an accountant explains what’s really going on

Sarah Webber

More Than a Trade Route

Cécile Tournaye

The Conversation, 22.05.2026

The far right is surging in France, Germany and parts of Europe. What will this mean for Ukraine?

Adam Simpson

The Guardian, 23.05.2026

Environmental activism: ‘Turn off the juice of the rulers!’ Who are the Volcano Group, mystery saboteurs behind a five-day Berlin blackout?

Ben Knight

Australian Broadcasting Corporation BTN Newsbreak, 24.05.2026

World-first trial testing whether counterterrorism strategies can prevent domestic homicide

Hayley Gleeson

The Conversation, 25.05.2026

How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden into a model of police reform

John A. Shjarback

New York Times, 25.05.2026

My Wife Disappeared Into El Salvador’s Prison System. When Will She Come Home?

Louis Benavides

The Guardian, 25.05.2026

The real danger of Islamophobia? It rarely announces itself as hatred yet shapes how millions think

Kenneth Mohammed

The Guardian, 25.05.2026

‘Massive’ child abuse scandal in France as school staff investigated for violence and sexual assault

Angelique Chrisafis

Euractiv, 26.05.2026

How Italy’s mafia learnt to think small with EU cash

Elisa Braun/Victoria Becker

New York Times, 26.05.2026

Judge to Decide How Long Torture’s Taint Infected the Sept. 11 Case

Carol Rosenberg

They ‘showed me a lot of love’: why young men seeking belonging join gangs

Zoe Stephenson

New York Times, 26.05.2026

Black detainees twice as likely as white detainees to be strip‑searched in police custody – new study

Amal Ali

Newswise, 26.05.2026

Sexism and Misogyny Worsening in Australian Schools

Adelaide University

As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries

Alan Feuer

Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence?

Anat Lior

From gait analysis to fingerprint theft, how worried should we be about the latest advances in biometric technology?

Oli Buckley

The Conversation, 27.05.2026

What is trauma? The more we talk about it, the more it means

Nick Haslam

World’s largest study of child sexual abuse perpetrators reveals why they abuse

Kelly Richards, Emma Hussey

The Guardian, 27.05.2026

Why Trump isn’t bothering to hide his corruption

Judith Levine

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 27.05.2026

Data from New Study Suggest Safe Streets Baltimore Associated with Reductions in Youth Gun Violence

PsyPost, 27.05.2026

Video games aren’t major engines for extremist radicalization, new research suggests

Eric W. Dolan

EurekAlert!, 27.05.2026

More than two decades after 9/11, the children of World Trade Center responders are still experiencing mental health ill-effects

PLOS

The Conversation, 27.05.2026

After you upload your data to the cloud, where does it go? The challenge of dual‑use technologies

Behrouz Bakhtiari

New York Times, 27.05.2026

China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad

David Pierson and Berry Wang

Junge Wissenschaft im Öffentlichen Recht e.V., 27.05.2026

Migration Control and its Intersection with International Law

JAYANTI DHINGRA

Niskanen Center, 28.05.2026

Washington, D.C.'s crime decline and its lessons for American policing

Erich Battistin, Richard Hahn, Samantha Pérez-Dávila, Borui Sun

To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey

Phillip M. Carter

Newswise, 28.05.2026

UTHealth Houston awarded $3.3M to extend landmark study on intimate partner violence

UTHealth Houston

Public trust in Australian police is declining. COVID sparked it – but there’s more to the story

Kelly Hine, Katie Davenport-Klunder, Nadine McKillop

New York Times, 28.05.2026

The Strait of Hormuz: The supply chain loop that broke the world

Behrouz Bakhtiari

5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Texas School Police

Clare Amari, Kristian Hernández and Asher Lehrer-Small

The Guardian, 28.05.2026

‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant

Sophie Elmhirst