Published inUnderstanding Crime·PinnedMember-onlyResearchers Find Relationship Between Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Police InteractionsWhile overall findings showed “slightly” positive attitudes, the story changes when accounting for the ideology of respondents — The political ideology a person identifies with most may predict how positively they view interactions with the police, according to a survey of adults living in the United States. The research was conducted by Michael A. Hansen, University of Turku in Finland, and John C. …Criminal Justice2 min readCriminal Justice2 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·PinnedMember-onlyWhat Happens When Police Express Doubt in a Rape Claim?The findings of a new study of a western U.S. police department — Researchers working with police data of sexual assault investigations have found that when officers express doubt in the victim’s account of assaults, they are less likely to both arrest suspects and refer cases for prosecution. “In terms of case outcomes,” they wrote, “as hypothesized, officer doubt significantly predicted both arrest…Sexual Assault3 min readSexual Assault3 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·PinnedMember-onlyThe Crime Survey for England and Wales Undercounts Violence by About 210,000 Incidents Every YearViolence against woment accounts for most of those incidents — The CSEW is a major yearly victimization survey that relies on a nationally representative sample of about 35,000 adults. Victimization surveys are considered more accurate than police counts of crime because police numbers don’t include crimes not reported to the police. The CSEW uses a system for classifying incidents of…Crime Statistics3 min readCrime Statistics3 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·PinnedMember-onlyWhy Write About Crime When Crime Content Can Be Harmful?Here’s why I do it — I write about criminology and criminal justice research, but I also write about writing about crime, specifically nonfiction crime content. I’m talking mostly about crime journalism and true crime here. In whatever medium. But why write about crime at all? Because crime content can be a force for good. I…Crime Journalism2 min readCrime Journalism2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyCriminology, Journalism, and Concussion: About Me, Aaron JacklinPost-concussion syndrome ended my journalism career.* For a while, that’s eclipsed everything else, but I’m trying to change that. I’m also a dad, a writer, an editor, and an amateur coder. I’ve worked in nonprofit news and as a criminological research assistant. …About Me6 min readAbout Me6 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·Just nowYour First Five Crime Studies of November 30Today’s crime studies include work on “a CBT-based curriculum for high-risk young adults” — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. Victimization of Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh: Breaking the Silence — Postcolonial Criminology, Ethnography and Genocide, published in The British Journal of Criminology. 2. LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence victim-survivors’ experiences…Cbt2 min readCbt2 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·1 day agoYour First Five Crime Studies of November 29Today’s crime studies include work on media coverage of school shootings — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. Media Coverage of School Shootings: A Distortion Analysis of Incident and Perpetrator Characteristics, published in Crime & Delinquency. 2. Exposure to Psychological Intimate Partner Violence: Resilience to Depression is Related to…School Shootings1 min readSchool Shootings1 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·2 days agoYour First Five Crime Studies of November 28Today’s crime studies include work on risky sexual behaviours, intimate partner violence, and lone- vs. multiple-perpetrator rapist treatment challenges — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. Differences in Sociodemographic Characteristics and Treatment Refusal Between Lone and Multiple Perpetrator Rapists, published in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.Sex2 min readSex2 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·2 days agoIntimate Partner Violence Measurement Needs to be Expanded Among Latinx Women: ResearchYour First Five crime studies also include work on black femicides, housing instability, and Star Wars. Yes, Star Wars. — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. Hate Crime and Class Vulnerability: A Case Study of White Nationalist Violence Against Unhoused Indigenous People, published in The British Journal of Criminology. 2. Housing Instability and Homicide: Exploring Variation in…Intimate Partner Violence2 min readIntimate Partner Violence2 min read
Published inUnderstanding Crime·5 days agoThis Week in Understanding Crime (November 24)In case you missed any, here are the articles we published this week. — 1. Research: “Technology Widens the Temporal and Spatial Reach of Abuse” Today’s crime research studies also include work on cybercrime and coercive control. 2. Research: “Tread Carefully When Using Homicide As An Indicator of Violent Crime” Today’s crime research studies also include work on the meaning of justice to victim-survivors of…Criminology2 min readCriminology2 min read
