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Newswise: New study finds anti-piracy messages backfire, especially for men
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
New study finds anti-piracy messages backfire, especially for men
University of Portsmouth

Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you’re a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Study shows background checks don’t always check out
University of Maryland, College Park

Employers making hiring decisions, landlords considering possible tenants and schools approving field trip chaperones all widely use commercial background checks.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Older adults rely more on trust in decision making. It could open them up to scams.
University of Florida

Elderly adults lose billions to financial scams by people they trust every year. New psychological research suggests this vulnerability could be linked to older adults' overreliance on initial impressions of trustworthiness.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Groundbreaking study on decomposing microbes could help transform forensic science
Colorado State University

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh.

Released: 11-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Black women in the US murdered six times more often than White women over last 20 years
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Black women in the U.S were, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than their white peers for the years 1999 through 2020, according to an analysis of racial disparities in U.S. homicide rates released by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Lifting of federal funding ban tied to increase in gun violence research
Yale University

The lifting of a two-decade drought in federal funding for firearm injury prevention research was strongly associated with an increase in both clinical trials and publications on gun violence, according to a new report published in JAMA Surgery.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
High-profile incidents of police brutality sway public opinion more than performance of people’s local law enforcement, new study from NYU Tandon reveals
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

In a study published in Communications Psychology, a NYU Tandon research team tracked media coverage of police brutality in 18 metropolitan areas in the United States – along with coverage of local crimes – and analyzed tweets from those cities to tease out positive attitudes from negative ones towards the police.

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Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Forensic science combats wildlife trafficking
Virginia Tech

For pangolins in Africa, a pattern of overlapping scales is a vital armor against predatory lions, hyenas, snakes, and wild dogs. The scales – composed of the same keratin that makes up our fingernails – allow the threatened mammals to curl up into a ball, protecting their vulnerable underside.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
New Report Shares First-Hand Experiences of Young Americans’ Relationship with Guns
American University

New Report Shares First-Hand Experiences of Young Americans’ Relationship with Guns

Newswise: Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science enters Phase II
Released: 22-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science enters Phase II
Texas A&M AgriLife

Texas A&M is collaborating with center-lead Florida International University and Sam Houston State University within the nation’s only forensic science Industry-University Cooperative Research Center.

Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
New research sheds light on incel community’s connection to mass violence
University of Rhode Island

Though much has been written in the past decade about “involuntary celibates,” the rise of violent extremism, and their connection to mass violence, empirical research on this community is surprisingly scarce. A new examination authored by URI Professor Miriam Lindner aims to fill this gap.

Newswise: Reimagining rehabilitation: Iceland’s open prisons offer a blueprint for UK’s foreign national prisoners
Released: 15-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Reimagining rehabilitation: Iceland’s open prisons offer a blueprint for UK’s foreign national prisoners
University of Portsmouth

A new study suggests the UK prison system should learn lessons from Icelandic prisons to transform the lives of foreign national prisoners.

Newswise: AI Discovers That Not Every Fingerprint Is Unique
Released: 10-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
AI Discovers That Not Every Fingerprint Is Unique
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia engineers have built a new AI that shatters a long-held belief in forensics–that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique. It turns out they are similar, only we’ve been comparing fingerprints the wrong way!

Released: 29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Workplace culture is very different these days. Find out how different by exploring the "In the Workplace" channel
Newswise

The latest articles on occupational medicine, workplace culture, and the labor market are in the "In the Workplace" channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Written in Blood
16-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Written in Blood
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In Physics of Fluids, scientists demonstrate how bloodstains can yield valuable details by examining the protrusions that deviate from the boundaries of otherwise elliptical bloodstains. The researchers studied how these “tails” are formed using a series of high-speed experiments with human blood droplets less than a millimeter wide impacting horizontal surfaces at various angles. They found that the tail length can reflect information about the size, impact speed, and impact angle of the blood drop that formed the stain.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
MSU expert: Tips to protect your security and data when shopping online
Michigan State University

Thomas Holt is a professor and the director of on-campus master’s programs for the School of Criminal Justice in Michigan State University’s College of Social Science. Holt shares tips to help you reduce the risk of identity theft or scams as you begin holiday shopping.

Newswise: Michigan Ross Professor Challenges White-Collar Crime Enforcement
Released: 23-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Michigan Ross Professor Challenges White-Collar Crime Enforcement
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

In a recent MSNBC News op-ed, Will Thomas, assistant professor of business law at the Ross School of Business, explores the flaws in white-collar crime enforcement. Thomas challenges the representation of white-collar crime through the lens of former President Donald Trump’s recent civil fraud case, particularly the perception that business misconduct crimes such as bribery, money laundering, insider trading, tax fraud, etc., are less harmful or victimless.

Released: 18-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
New method may accurately identify body fluids at crime scenes
Wiley

Identifying different types of body fluids can help forensic experts reconstruct a crime scene, but it’s difficult to do so

Released: 6-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Sam Bankman-Fried trial shines light on the rise and fall of cryptocurrency and concerns about its use in white-collar crime
Virginia Tech

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is underway in New York. Some are calling his crimes one of the biggest financial frauds in decades. The 31-year-old former crypto mogul is charged with orchestrating a conspiracy to use $10 billion that FTX’s customers had entrusted to him for venture capital investments, political donations and luxury real estate purchases.

Newswise: Researchers blow whistle on forensic science method
Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers blow whistle on forensic science method
Iowa State University

If forensic experts have access to a suspect’s gun, they can compare the microscopic markings from discarded shell casings with those found at a crime scene. Finding and reporting a mismatch can help free the innocent, just as a match can incriminate the guilty. But new research reveals mismatches are more likely than matches to be reported as “inconclusive” in cartridge-case comparisons.

Newswise: Crime pushes entrepreneurs to fly under the radar, relocate or shutter
Released: 12-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Crime pushes entrepreneurs to fly under the radar, relocate or shutter
Iowa State University

New research shows entrepreneurs in Mexico become a greater target of crime as their businesses grow and become more profitable. The study also found entrepreneurs typically respond to crime in one of three ways: Truncating business growth, relocating or shutting down their operation.

Newswise: Mothers in prison embrace a parenting program to strengthen bonds with separated children
Released: 28-Aug-2023 8:05 PM EDT
Mothers in prison embrace a parenting program to strengthen bonds with separated children
University of South Australia

The number of women imprisoned in Australia has jumped by 64% in the past decade, leaving thousands of children separated from their mothers and causing huge stress to both parties.

Released: 21-Aug-2023 12:40 PM EDT
Do Prisons Hold the Key to Solving the Opioid Crisis?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers study finds improved prison reentry programs could help flatten the rate of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S.

   
Released: 10-Aug-2023 9:20 AM EDT
Rutgers Study Confirms Link Between Concealed Carry Weapons and Gun Homicide Rates
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Concealed guns significantly impact homicide rates and public safety, according to a Rutgers study that found an increase in homicides based on the number of concealed carry weapons licenses issued.

Newswise: Study Compares Youth Detained for Sex Trafficking with More Serious Offenders
Released: 8-Aug-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Study Compares Youth Detained for Sex Trafficking with More Serious Offenders
Florida Atlantic University

Despite federal and state laws, runaway youth continue to be arrested, charged and detained for prostitution. Findings show significant differences among detained runaways compared to youth incarcerated for more serious offenses.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 5:40 PM EDT
Illegal shooting kills most birds found dead near power lines
Cell Press

Birds can be electrocuted if they come into contact with two energized parts of a power line at once—which can happen when they spread their wings to take off from or land on a power pole.

Newswise:Video Embedded lead-exposure-in-early-life-linked-to-higher-risk-of-criminal-behavior-in-adulthood
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Released: 1-Aug-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Lead Exposure in Early Life Linked to Higher Risk of Criminal Behavior in Adulthood
George Washington University

New analysis from researchers at the George Washington University links lead exposure either in utero or during childhood with an increased risk of engaging in criminal behavior in adulthood. While prior research has found an association between lead exposure and criminal behavior at the ​​aggregated population level, this is the first review to bring together the existing data at the individual-level of exposure and effects.

   
Newswise: Study explores challenges, opportunities of community participatory research
Released: 1-Aug-2023 10:25 AM EDT
Study explores challenges, opportunities of community participatory research
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach that connects academic researchers with community partners to inform project development. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators explores CBPR implementation in a project on criminal justice reform in Cincinnati.

Released: 26-Jul-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Mapping mass shootings in the United States
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

The United States has more than 10 times the number of mass shooting incidents than other developed countries, yet little research has shown the distribution and types of shootings, geographically.

   
Released: 24-Jul-2023 1:40 PM EDT
White Police Membership in Republican Party Associated with Racial Bias, Study Finds
American Sociological Association (ASA)

In the last 10 years, police organizations have displayed unprecedented support for Republican presidential candidates and have organized against social movements focused on addressing racial disparities in police contact.

Newswise: Cop-turned-professor pushes for stronger police-community partnerships
Released: 13-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Cop-turned-professor pushes for stronger police-community partnerships
West Virginia University

Dead from a cocaine overdose, a waitress found in a trendy Wilmington, Delaware neighborhood set the gears in motion for one of James Nolan’s last cases as a vice detective. It also served as the catalyst for his next career investigating different strategies in policing as a West Virginia University sociology professor.

Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Dashcam images offer insight on NYPD officer deployment
Cornell University

Using a deep learning computer model and a dataset containing millions of dashboard camera images from New York City rideshare drivers, Cornell Tech researchers were able to see which neighborhoods had the highest numbers of New York Police Department marked vehicles, a possible indication of deployment patterns.

Newswise: Study Explores Incarceration, Employment and Re-offense During COVID-19 Pandemic
Released: 6-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Study Explores Incarceration, Employment and Re-offense During COVID-19 Pandemic
Florida Atlantic University

The study not only examined the effects of the transitional employment program participation on employment and recidivism, but also looked at the program’s mechanisms such as hours worked and hours spent in cognitive behavioral interventions and three employment sectors – construction, kitchen and warehouse/retail – on future system involvement.

Newswise: Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Law and the Royal Thai Police Offer “Special LawLAB: Investigation in the Age of 5G” Gen 2
Released: 30-Jun-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Law and the Royal Thai Police Offer “Special LawLAB: Investigation in the Age of 5G” Gen 2
Chulalongkorn University

The Special LawLAB “Young Lawyers – Police Engagement” (YLPE) Project (Law Chula and Royal Thai Police Season 2) marks a collaborative effort between the Royal Thai Police and the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, to allow students to apply the knowledge they have learned in their practice.

Newswise: Prisoners ‘trading rare jaguar parts for fashion items’
Released: 28-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Prisoners ‘trading rare jaguar parts for fashion items’
Cambridge University Press

Prisoners in Bolivia are trading in jaguar skins and other wild animal body parts to produce wallets, hats, and belts for sale in local markets. The fangs and bones of jaguars are being illegally exported for use as traditional Asian medicine.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2023 8:10 PM EDT
Children the 'hidden victims' of modern slavery
University of South Australia

Dependant children of people impacted by human trafficking and modern slavery are being left unsupported and their needs overlooked, putting families at risk of intergenerational trauma.

Released: 27-Jun-2023 1:05 PM EDT
University at Albany, Rand Study Links Legal Representation to Reduced Reliance on Bail
University at Albany, State University of New York

Having a defense attorney present at an initial bail hearing lowered the use of cash bail and pretrial detention without increasing the odds that a defendant won’t show up at a preliminary hearing, according to a new study co-authored by UAlbany Professor of Public Administration and Policy Shawn Bushway.

Newswise: SMU creating human trafficking data 'warehouse'
Released: 21-Jun-2023 9:20 AM EDT
SMU creating human trafficking data 'warehouse'
Southern Methodist University

SMU (Southern Methodist University) is creating a federally-funded data warehouse to centralize data collection and support research into human trafficking in the United States.

   
Released: 19-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
De facto decriminalization of drug possession reduces the overall arrest toll on the Black community, although racial disparities persist
Elsevier

De facto decriminalization of drug possession may be a good first step in addressing the disproportionate impact of an overburdened United States criminal justice system on the Black community.

Newswise: Jiu Jitsu club stage physical assaults to help advance forensic research
Released: 9-Jun-2023 8:10 PM EDT
Jiu Jitsu club stage physical assaults to help advance forensic research
Northumbria University

Researchers from Northumbria University and King’s College London have published findings outlining the extent that textile fibres transfer during controlled assault scenarios.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 8:30 AM EDT
New Report Highlights U.S. 2021 Gun-Related Deaths: For Second Straight Year, U.S. Firearm Fatalities Reached Record Highs
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reveals another record year for firearm fatalities.

Released: 5-Jun-2023 1:35 PM EDT
Social media posts can be used to track individuals’ income and economic inequalities
Queen Mary University of London

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London analysed 2.6 million posts on popular social media network Nextdoor and accurately predicted individuals’ income by solely examining the posts they’ve published.

Newswise: Sentencing child sex abusers: When the victim becomes the offender
Released: 30-May-2023 3:05 AM EDT
Sentencing child sex abusers: When the victim becomes the offender
University of South Australia

When a ‘victim-offender’ is sentenced in court, a University of South Australia researcher is recommending judges acknowledge the offender’s early trauma, in conjunction with the consequences for the crime, in their sentencing comments.

Released: 26-May-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Study: New York's Bail Reform Law Did Not Increase Crime
University at Albany, State University of New York

New York’s bail reform law had a negligible effect on crime, a study by a recent PhD recipient and a professor in the University at Albany’s School of Criminal Justice found.

Released: 23-May-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Privacy protection and other corporate accountability matters in the Business Ethics channel
Newswise

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, was fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) and ordered to stop transferring data collected from Facebook users in Europe to the United States. Find the latest research and expert commentary on privacy issues and controversial business practices in the Business Ethics channel.

Released: 23-May-2023 11:55 AM EDT
Investigation reveals “shocking” epidemic of sexual assault in the NHS
BMJ

A joint investigation published today by The BMJ and The Guardian finds that NHS trusts recorded more than 35,000 cases of rape, sexual assault, harassment, stalking, and abusive remarks, between 2017 and 2022.



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