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This experimental directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor is a tip sheet. Use it to find new research local to you. The directory contains 53 studies published online between June 1 and 7. If you want to get future sorted research sooner, paying subscribers get three updates per week of the latest research.
Supported countries
Canada
Tell Me What You Do, I’ll Tell You Who You Are: Predicting Offender-Victim Relationships in Sexual Homicide [By Anny Kim [School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada] + 2 other authors; Victims & Offenders]
British Columbia
Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence-Caused Brain Injury in a Sample of Survivors in the Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning Community [By Tori N. Stranges [University of British Columbia—Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada] + 4 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Burnaby
Tell Me What You Do, I’ll Tell You Who You Are: Predicting Offender-Victim Relationships in Sexual Homicide [By Anny Kim [School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada] + 2 other authors; Victims & Offenders]
Ontario
“A Content Analysis of the American Society of Criminology’s Presidential Address, 1988–2022: A Qualitative Exploration” [By Phillip Shon [Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada]; Journal of Criminal Justice Education]
United Kingdom
‘Don’t talk to them!’ on the promise and the pitfalls of liaison policing at COP26 [By Hugo Gorringe [Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK] + 5 other authors; Policing and Society]
Youth justice and social harm: Towards a ‘theory of the good’ [By Patricia Gray [University of Plymouth, UK] + 1 other author; Criminology & Criminal Justice]
Rethinking the policing of homelessness: navigating the urban ‘game’ as social peacekeepers [By Arabella Kyprianides [Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL, London, UK] + 1 other author; Policing and Society]
Fear, “Discomfort,” Anger, and Shame in the Night-Time Economy: Women's Responses to Unwanted Sexual Intrusions [By Ruth Lewis [Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK] + 1 other author; Violence Against Women]
England
Estimating the Reliability of Crime Data in Geographic Areas [By Ian Brunton-Smith [Department of Sociology, University of Surrey , Guildford , UK] + 3 other authors; The British Journal of Criminology]
Understanding the impact of organisational and operational stressors on the mental health of police officers in Ireland [By Paul Gavin [School of Social Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol, Bristol, UK] + 1 other author; Police Practice and Research]
London
Rethinking the policing of homelessness: navigating the urban ‘game’ as social peacekeepers [By Arabella Kyprianides [Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL, London, UK] + 1 other author; Policing and Society]
Scotland
Edinburgh
‘Don’t talk to them!’ on the promise and the pitfalls of liaison policing at COP26 [By Hugo Gorringe [Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK] + 5 other authors; Policing and Society]
Wales
Estimating the Reliability of Crime Data in Geographic Areas [By Ian Brunton-Smith [Department of Sociology, University of Surrey , Guildford , UK] + 3 other authors; The British Journal of Criminology]
United States
“A Content Analysis of the American Society of Criminology’s Presidential Address, 1988–2022: A Qualitative Exploration” [By Phillip Shon [Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada]; Journal of Criminal Justice Education]
Process mapping homicide investigations and estimating resource requirements for homicide units: Findings from a case study in the United States [By Joseph B Kuhns [UNC-Charlotte, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Charlotte, NC, USA] + 2 other authors; The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles]
The Utility of Expert-Rated and Self-Report Assessments of Youth Psychopathic Traits for Predicting Felony Recidivism Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth [By Corey H. Allen [The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USA] + 7 other authors; Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice]
US Juvenile Justice Purpose Clauses: Themes and Evaluation Opportunities [By Emily K. Pelletier; Youth Justice]
Examining community policing policy implementation and racial disparities in officer-involved lethal encounters [By Yong-Chan Rhee + 1 other author; Policing: An International Journal]
The Association Between Sexual Violence and Suicidal Ideation Among Transgender Women and the Role of Gender-Affirming Healthcare Providers in Seven Urban Areas in the United States, 2019 to 2020 [By Patrick C. Eustaquio [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA] + 4 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Exploring the Situational Contexts of Traditional Bullying Perpetration: A Social Bonding Theory Perspective [By G. R. Paez [University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA] + 1 other author; Deviant Behavior]
Trans and Gender-Diverse Latinx Individuals in the Southern United States: Experiences With Violence and Service Utilization [By Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez [Department of Clinical Practice, School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA] + 3 other authors; Violence Against Women]
Washington, DC
Factors that Facilitate and Hinder Implementation of a Problem Oriented Policing Intervention in Crime Hot Spots: Suggestions to Improve Implementation Based on a Field Experiment [By Kristin J. Ward [Clarus Research, Washington, DC, USA] + 4 other authors; Police Quarterly]
California
Los Angeles
The effect of formal de‐policing on police traffic stop behavior and crime: Early evidence from LAPD's policy to restrict discretionary traffic stops [By Hunter M. Boehme [Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina USA] + 1 other author; Criminology & Public Policy]
Florida
Tampa
Exploring the Situational Contexts of Traditional Bullying Perpetration: A Social Bonding Theory Perspective [By G. R. Paez [University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA] + 1 other author; Deviant Behavior]
Georgia
Atlanta
The Association Between Sexual Violence and Suicidal Ideation Among Transgender Women and the Role of Gender-Affirming Healthcare Providers in Seven Urban Areas in the United States, 2019 to 2020 [By Patrick C. Eustaquio [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA] + 4 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Massachusetts
Boston
Trans and Gender-Diverse Latinx Individuals in the Southern United States: Experiences With Violence and Service Utilization [By Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez [Department of Clinical Practice, School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA] + 3 other authors; Violence Against Women]
Nevada
Las Vegas
Visits as a Catalyst for Prison Program Engagement [By Alexandra V. Nur [University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA]; Crime & Delinquency]
New Mexico
Albuquerque
The Utility of Expert-Rated and Self-Report Assessments of Youth Psychopathic Traits for Predicting Felony Recidivism Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth [By Corey H. Allen [The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USA] + 7 other authors; Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice]
New York
New York City
Digital shadows: confronting the rise of technology-facilitated sexual violence and the quest for systemic solutions [By Marina Sorochinski [Criminal Justice Division, Collins College of Professional Studies, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, Jamaica] + 1 other author; Contemporary Justice Review]
North Carolina
Mourning for Strangers: Black Women, Sequelae, and the Digital Afterlife of Police Violence [By Shannon Malone Gonzalez [University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA] + 2 other authors; Feminist Criminology]
Charlotte
Process mapping homicide investigations and estimating resource requirements for homicide units: Findings from a case study in the United States [By Joseph B Kuhns [UNC-Charlotte, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Charlotte, NC, USA] + 2 other authors; The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles]
North Dakota
Fargo
Revisiting the Effect of Rapid Response on the Frequency of Reported Crimes Using an Instrumental Variable Approach [By Steven Briggs [Political Science and Public Policy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA] + 1 other author; Justice Quarterly]
Ohio
Coerced motherhood behind bars: Public support for abortion access for incarcerated women [By Paula Smith [School of Criminal Justice University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio USA] + 3 other authors; Criminology & Public Policy]
Pennsylvania
‘Black dealers kill people and come from the projects; Whites dealers kill people and come from nice families’: contextualized racialized perceptions of related criminal behaviors within an attribution theory framework [By Eileen M. Ahlin [Criminal Justice, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA]; Journal of Crime and Justice]
South Carolina
Speaking of reform: Experimental insights into influencing police executives' perspectives on civilian oversight [By Scott M. Mourtgos [Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina USA] + 4 other authors; Criminology & Public Policy]
The effect of formal de‐policing on police traffic stop behavior and crime: Early evidence A statewide survey examining ACEs, (poly)Victimization, perceptions of mental health, and firearm information provision in the aftermath of the pandemic [By Lekendra Kidd [Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA] + 4 other authors; Journal of Crime and Justice]
Columbia
Speaking of reform: Experimental insights into influencing police executives' perspectives on civilian oversight [By Scott M. Mourtgos [Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina USA] + 4 other authors; Criminology & Public Policy]
The effect of formal de‐policing on police traffic stop behavior and crime: Early evidence from LAPD's policy to restrict discretionary traffic stops [By Hunter M. Boehme [Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina USA] + 1 other author; Criminology & Public Policy]
A statewide survey examining ACEs, (poly)Victimization, perceptions of mental health, and firearm information provision in the aftermath of the pandemic [By Lekendra Kidd [Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA] + 4 other authors; Journal of Crime and Justice]
Tennessee
Nashville
Misperception of Norms About Intimate Partner Violence as a Driver of Personal IPV Attitudes and Perpetration: A Population-Based Study of Men in Rural Uganda [By Jessica M. Perkins [Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA] + 11 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Texas
“People, Places, and Things”: Understanding the Context of Participants’ Lives in a Diversion Drug Court [By Elizabeth N. Hartsell [Sam Houston State University] + 2 other authors; Criminal Justice and Behavior]
Dallas
Factors That Influence Urban Recruits’ Persistence to Pursue Police Careers in a Negative Occupational Climate [By Roberto Gallardo [The University of North Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas] + 4 other authors; Journal of Criminal Justice Education]
Unsupported locations
Africa
Misperception of Norms About Intimate Partner Violence as a Driver of Personal IPV Attitudes and Perpetration: A Population-Based Study of Men in Rural Uganda [By Jessica M. Perkins [Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA] + 11 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Morocco
Examining trust in the police and justice system among ethnic minority members: The case of Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands [By Cecil Meeusen [University of Leuven, Belgium] + 3 other authors; European Journal of Criminology]
Nigeria
Women and Illegal Trade in Wildlife: A Nigerian Case Study [By Adewumi I. Badiora [Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria] + 1 other author; Deviant Behavior]
Uganda
Misperception of Norms About Intimate Partner Violence as a Driver of Personal IPV Attitudes and Perpetration: A Population-Based Study of Men in Rural Uganda [By Jessica M. Perkins [Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA] + 11 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Asia
Testing the determinants of job satisfaction among police administrative officers in Taiwan [By ChiaHung Lin + 1 other author; Policing: An International Journal]
China
Routine activities and fraud re-victimization among older adults: Do types of routine activities matter? [By Yanyu Xin [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China] + 2 other authors; Criminology & Criminal Justice]
Father-Love Absence and Moral Sensitivity: The Mediating Effect of Awe and Perspective-Taking [By Qi Song [Hunan Normal University, Changsha China] + 2 other authors; Deviant Behavior]
Associations of Early-Life Deprivation and Threat with Exploratory Behavior: Moderated Mediation Models of Sensation Seeking and Executive Function [By Xi Shen [Southwest University, Chongqing, China] + 3 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Testing the determinants of job satisfaction among police administrative officers in Taiwan [By ChiaHung Lin + 1 other author; Policing: An International Journal]
Indonesia
Verbal Abuse in Schools: Analyzing the Features of Teachers’ Verbal Abuse From the Linguistic Perspective [By undefined Yusri [Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia] + 3 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Israel
Examining perceptions of blame and homophobia: the impact of sexual orientation on non-consensual intimate image dissemination [By Mally Shechory Bitton [Department of Criminology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel] + 2 other authors; Psychology, Crime & Law]
Singapore
How K-pop Fans Utilize Conventional and Subcultural Frameworks to Construct Fan Identities: A Case Study of Seungri and the Burning Sun Scandal [By Vinh Trinh Luu [Center for Applied Research (CFAR), Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore] + 1 other author; Deviant Behavior]
Taiwan
Testing the determinants of job satisfaction among police administrative officers in Taiwan [By ChiaHung Lin + 1 other author; Policing: An International Journal]
Turkey
Examining trust in the police and justice system among ethnic minority members: The case of Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands [By Cecil Meeusen [University of Leuven, Belgium] + 3 other authors; European Journal of Criminology]
Europe
Belgium
Examining trust in the police and justice system among ethnic minority members: The case of Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands [By Cecil Meeusen [University of Leuven, Belgium] + 3 other authors; European Journal of Criminology]
Germany
Choice, Social Structure, and Crime [By Timothy C. Barnum [Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany] + 1 other author; Crime & Delinquency]
Ireland
Understanding the impact of organisational and operational stressors on the mental health of police officers in Ireland [By Paul Gavin [School of Social Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol, Bristol, UK] + 1 other author; Police Practice and Research]
Netherlands
The risk and protective factors for entering organized crime groups and their association with different entering mechanisms: A systematic review using ASReview [By Ida Adamse [Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, the Netherlands] + 3 other authors; European Journal of Criminology]
Examining trust in the police and justice system among ethnic minority members: The case of Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands [By Cecil Meeusen [University of Leuven, Belgium] + 3 other authors; European Journal of Criminology]
Spain
Expectations versus experience: What do citizens demand when dealing with criminal courts? [By Esther Fernández-Molina [University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain] + 1 other author; Criminology & Criminal Justice]
Sweden
A comparison of patient ratings and staff ratings of disability using the World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule in individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders who are forensic psychiatric inpatients [By Malin V. Källman [Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden] + 3 other authors; Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health]
Men's Economic Abuse Toward Women in Sweden: Findings From a National Survey [By Linnéa Bruno [Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden] + 2 other authors; Violence Against Women]
Oceania
Australia
Readiness of Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapists and Other Allied Health Professionals to Respond to Gender-Based Violence: A Mixed-Methods Study [By Lauren Wheatley [Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia] + 7 other authors; Violence Against Women]
Group Conferencing is Associated with Lower Rates of Repeated Recidivism Among Higher-Risk Youth and There are Enhanced Effects Based on Who Attended the Conference [By Robert Bonett [Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia] + 3 other authors; Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice]
South America
Brazil
“I Am from the Ghetto, I Am Black, I Live in the Slum and They Think: Why Bother with Her?” – Racism in Seeking Help Experiences for Domestic Violence in Brazil [By Stephanie Pereira [Universidade de São Paulo, Faculty of Medicine, SP, Brazil] + 2 other authors; Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
Gender Division of Housework and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mothers of Toddlers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 2019 Rio Grande (Brazil) Birth Cohort [By Christian Loret de Mola [Grupo de Pesquisa e Inovação em Saúde (GPIS), Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil] + 13 other authors; Violence Against Women]
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The following research doesn't appear to mention any of the terms my code searches for in titles, abstracts, or primary author affiliations.
Motivating a standardised approach to financial intelligence: a typological scoping review of money laundering methods and trends [By Eray Arda Akartuna + 2 other authors; Journal of Experimental Criminology]
A Social Network Analysis of Chronic Violent Offenders [By Davis Shelfer + 1 other author; American Journal of Criminal Justice]
Procedural justice, neighborhood opportunities and police legitimacy [By Jeffrey T. Ward + 2 other authors; Policing: An International Journal]
Restorative Justice Behind Bars: People in Custody’s Facilitators and Barriers to Participating in Restorative Justice [By Inbal Peleg-Koriat [Yezreel Valley Academic College] + 1 other author; Criminal Justice and Behavior]
Bystander actions during police work on the street: officer perspectives [By Marly van Bruchem [Department of Psychology, Open University, Heerlen, the Netherland] + 3 other authors; Police Practice and Research]
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