The GovLab launches free online course on “Open Justice”
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, July 15, 2021 - Today, The GovLab in partnership with the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal ...
Tag: Law Enforcement/Jurisprudence
Study: Incarcerated people placed in solitary confinement differ significantly from others in prison population
Concern has grown about prison systems' use of extended solitary confinement as a way to manage violent and disruptive incarcerated ...
Experts tackle modern slavery in Greek strawberry fields using satellite technology
Credit: Ioannis Kougkoulos, Kornilia Hatzinikolaou A consortium of modern slavery experts, led by the University of Nottingham, have assisted the ...
Politecnico di Torino and Ithaca together for the production of maps for the European Agency Frontex
TURIN, 14 July 2021 - Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, since 2004 engaged in migration control, border ...
Escort services and strip clubs don’t increase sex crimes
A new paper in The Economic Journal, published by by Oxford University Press, indicates that the presence of adult entertainment ...
Study model explores impact of police action on population health
Credit: University of Washington A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on ...
Interactive police line-ups improve eyewitness accuracy – study
Eyewitnesses can identify perpetrators more accurately when they are able to manipulate 3D images of suspects, according to a new ...
US saw surge in firearm purchases and violence during first months of COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers found an association between an increase in gun purchases and domestic violence, but not other firearm violenceCredit: UC Regents ...
Face off for best ID checkers
The Glasgow Face Matching Test has been updated to find super-recognisers who can help prevent errors caused by face recognition ...
UTSA study: Use of police force still breaking down across racial, ethnic lines
(San Antonio, June 29, 2021) - UTSA criminology and criminal justice professors Michael R. Smith and Rob Tillyer working in ...
Emergency physician residents and health care workers at high risk of physical or verbal assault, new analysis shows
WASHINGTON, D.C.--A new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine highlights the importance of protecting physician residents--early-career doctors still in training--and ...
Poor use of science jeopardizes climate lawsuits — Oxford research
Newly-available scientific evidence, which could prove critical to the success of climate-related lawsuits, is often not produced in court, according ...
Study examines ‘red flag’ gun laws and state efforts to block local legislation
While some state legislators argue red flag laws are unconstitutional, legal scholars outline how they can reduce gun violence and ...
Parental monitoring and consistency in adolescence can reduce young Black men’s likelihood of criminal behavior
New research examined the effect of different parenting styles during adolescence on crime among African American men. The study found ...
Foreign-born status, but not acquired US citizenship, protects many immigrants from criminal victimization
Until recently, data on criminal victimization did not include information on the status--immigrant or citizen--of respondents. In a recent study, ...
Study: Removing ‘bad apples’ from police forces unlikely to significantly reduce use-of-force complaints
The idea that a small number of "bad apples" are responsible for an outsized share of complaints against police officers ...
Study: Electronic monitoring failed to reduce recidivism for girls in juvenile justice system
In recent years, many juvenile courts have adopted in-home detention with electronic monitoring tethers as an alternative to institutional incarceration. ...
5th International Conference for Missing Children and Adults
Programme 5 July 2021 9.00am - 9.30am: Registration 9.30am - 10.30am: Opening and Welcome Bob Nichol- Pro Vice Chancellor, University ...
SFU cybercrime team fights COVID-19 misinformation with artificial intelligence
Simon Fraser University's International CyberCrime Research Centre (ICCRC) is engaged in a new project to develop artificial intelligence tools to ...
Economic crime is going uninvestgated as Police hide behind the veil of Action Fraud
Fraud is going uninvestigated by police who are "hiding behind the veil" of the Action Fraud national crime reporting agency. ...