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…

Violence 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…

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…

Post-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. I’ve done other things too, but most of…

In case you missed any, here are the articles we published this week. 1. Your First Five Crime Studies of December 4 Today’s crime studies include work on willingness to call the police. 2. Your First Five Crime Studies of December 5 Today’s crime studies include work on the Canadian prison…

Today’s crime studies include work on transgender sexual assault survivors — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor. 1. Acting crazy: A strategy on the streets of Copenhagen, published in European Journal of Criminology. 2. Bridging Gaps in Collaboration Between Community Organizations and Hospital-Based Violence Treatment Centers Serving Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors, published in…

Today’s crime studies include work on a police-mental health team — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor. 1. Rehabilitation vs. risk: What predicts parole board decisions and rehabilitation authority recommendations?, published in Punishment & Society. 2. The Undercommons of Childbirth and Their Abolitionist Ethic of Care. A Study into Obstetric Violence Among Mothers…

Today’s crime studies include work on incarcerated parents, recidivism, and mental illness — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor. 1. Reducing Community Supervision Failure for People with Mental Illness: Strategies for Promoting Success, published in Corrections. 2. An Examination of the Intersectional Experience of Incarcerated Parents, published in Corrections.

Today’s crime studies include work on the Canadian prison chaplaincy — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor. 1. Queering the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory: An Examination of the Conflict in Adolescent Relationships Inventory Perpetration Scale’s Measurement Invariance Across Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence.