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. …

Your 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…

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…

Your First Five crime studies also include work on the effect of race on police use of force — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. Police use of force and race: a focal concerns theoretical perspective, published in Policing: An International Journal. 2. Department of the Air Force Family Advocacy Program: Exploring the Impact of an…

Today’s crime research studies also include work on police corruption in Nigeria during COVID-19 — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. The Intercultural Sensitivity of Italian Correctional Officers Between Life Satisfaction and Burnout, published in The Prison Journal. 2. Program Providers’ Perceptions of Restorative and Transformative Justice in the Context of Domestic…

Today’s crime research studies also include work on women’s access to safe transport in Bangladesh and Cambodia — These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published in the last few days by journals I monitor. 1. When Your School is in a ‘Rough’ Neighborhood: What Can Shield Youth from Crime and Delinquency?, published in American Journal of Criminal Justice. 2. Leaders’ Understanding of Evidence-Based Practices: A Survey…