Crime prevention, swarm intelligence and stigmergy: Understanding the mechanisms of social media-facilitated community crime prevention

Crime prevention, swarm intelligence and stigmergy: Understanding the mechanisms of social media-facilitated community crime prevention AbstractSocial media are now utilized extensively by Neighbourhood Watch-style initiatives; however, the impact social media…
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Resistance and Reproduction: An Arts-Based Investigation into Young People’s Emotional Responses to Crime

Resistance and Reproduction: An Arts-Based Investigation into Young People’s Emotional Responses to Crime AbstractThis paper reports on a qualitative study of young people’s emotional responses to crime, underpinned by cultural…
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Measuring the Dark Figure of Crime in Geographic Areas: Small Area Estimation from the Crime Survey for England and Wales

Measuring the Dark Figure of Crime in Geographic Areas: Small Area Estimation from the Crime Survey for England and Wales AbstractFor decades, criminologists have been aware of the severe consequences…
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Associations of Alcohol Consumption, Sexual Assault History, Severity, and Revictimization With College Women’s Bystander Behaviors in Alcohol-involved Settings

Associations of Alcohol Consumption, Sexual Assault History, Severity, and Revictimization With College Women’s Bystander Behaviors in Alcohol-involved Settings Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Ahead of Print. Sexual assault victimization (SAV) histories…
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The Dynamics of Implicit Intergroup Biases of Victims and Ex-combatants in Post-conflict Scenarios

The Dynamics of Implicit Intergroup Biases of Victims and Ex-combatants in Post-conflict Scenarios Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Ahead of Print. Strong group identities arise in intergroup conflict scenarios and perpetuate…
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Sociocultural Determinants of Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence Among Women and Men in Afghanistan: Evidence from Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015

Sociocultural Determinants of Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence Among Women and Men in Afghanistan: Evidence from Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015 Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Ahead of Print. Domestic violence…
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Procedurally just organizational climates improve relations between corrections officers and incarcerated individuals

Procedurally just organizational climates improve relations between corrections officers and incarcerated individuals . Danieli Evans Peterman Read the syndicated article here
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Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit in Missouri Against Owner and Managers of Federally-Subsidized Property for Race and Sex Discrimination

Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit in Missouri Against Owner and Managers of Federally-Subsidized Property for Race and Sex Discrimination The department filed a lawsuit today in federal court for…
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Former Missouri Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Teenage Girl While She Was Detained

Former Missouri Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Teenage Girl While She Was Detained Steven W. Burgess, a former Jackson County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy, pleaded guilty in federal…
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