Crime Research Update: December 20

A directory of recent research, organized by crime type and criminal justice/legal system stage

Dec 20, 2024

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Use this tip sheet to inform your work with the latest research. It's an experimental directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor.

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Today's directory contains links to studies published online in the last few days, including this one:

What sways public opinion? An experimental study on moral vs. evidence-based arguments for drug harm reduction
Journal: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
Keywords: harm reduction, drug, policy
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Pamela Ruiz Flores López (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City, Mexico) [+4 other authors]

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You’ll find today’s new research below, sorted by two broad categories: crime type and criminal justice/legal system stage. Research that doesn’t get sorted into those categories follows under “Unsorted Research.”

Research by type of crime

Violence

None found today.

Property

None found today.

Drugs

The Impact of Trauma Exposure on Substance Use Among Women Under Community Supervision: Do Neighborhoods Matter?

Journal: Victims & Offenders
Keywords: substance use, offender, victim, trauma, supervision
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Anna Parisi (Department of Social Work, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA) [+2 other authors]

A survey of quit vaping strategies and relapse triggers for maintaining youth and young adult vaping abstinence in Canada

Journal: Journal of Addictive Diseases
Keywords: addictive, vaping
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Mohammed Al-Hamdani (Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar) [+2 other authors]

French Judges’ Beliefs About Addiction: Divided on Causes, Aligned on Individual Responsibility

Journal: Justice Quarterly
Keywords: addiction
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Vanessa De Luca (Department of Philosophy, University of Rennes, Rennes, France) [+2 other authors]

Harm reduction and its monitoring in Europe, from EMCDDA to EUDA

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: harm reduction
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Alexis Goosdeel

What sways public opinion? An experimental study on moral vs. evidence-based arguments for drug harm reduction

Journal: Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
Keywords: harm reduction, drug, policy
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Pamela Ruiz Flores López (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City, Mexico) [+4 other authors]

enCompass: evaluation of a community-based substance use disorder stigma intervention

Journal: Journal of Addictive Diseases
Keywords: substance use, addictive
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Valerie A. Earnshaw (Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA) [+6 other authors]

White Collar

None found today.

Organized

None found today.

Technology Facilitated

None found today.

Research by criminal justice/legal system stage

Offending

The Impact of Trauma Exposure on Substance Use Among Women Under Community Supervision: Do Neighborhoods Matter?

Cable News Source and Fear of Crime: A Comparison of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC

Journal: Victims & Offenders
Keywords: offender, victim
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: F. Carson Mencken (Department of Sociology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA)

An Examination of Differential Item Functioning in a Measure of Self-Reported Offending Across Race and Ethnicity Among a Sample of Justice-Involved Youth

Journal: Justice Quarterly
Keywords: offending
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: James V. Ray (Department of Criminal Justice, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA) [+2 other authors]

Victimization

The Impact of Trauma Exposure on Substance Use Among Women Under Community Supervision: Do Neighborhoods Matter?

Cable News Source and Fear of Crime: A Comparison of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC

Journal: Victims & Offenders
Keywords: offender, victim
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: F. Carson Mencken (Department of Sociology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA)

Policing

Enforcing the unenforceable: exploring police officer use of discretion in the enforcement of COVID-19 rules and regulations

Journal: Police Practice and Research
Keywords: police, police officer, regulation
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Yuning Wu (Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA) [+16 other authors]

Developing evidence for a national strategy for older adults in the criminal justice system: overview of the nominal group approach for this series of brief reports

Journal: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Keywords: strategy, criminal justice system, criminal justice
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Adam O’Neill (Division of Psychology & Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK) [+19 other authors]

Courts

Reflecting on flexibility in the probation system: Learning from Catalonia and England and Wales

Journal: Criminology & Criminal Justice
Keywords: jurisdiction, probation, supervision, criminal justice
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Cristina Vasilescu (University of Girona, Spain) [+1 other author]

Corrections

Reflecting on flexibility in the probation system: Learning from Catalonia and England and Wales

The Impact of Trauma Exposure on Substance Use Among Women Under Community Supervision: Do Neighborhoods Matter?

The COVID-19 pandemic and older adults in prison: a brief report from a nominal group

Journal: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Keywords: prison
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Thomas Hewson (Health and Justice Research Network, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK) [+6 other authors]

Long-term physical health conditions in older adults in prison: a brief report from a nominal group

Public Policy

Reflecting on flexibility in the probation system: Learning from Catalonia and England and Wales

Dementia in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group

Journal: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Keywords: criminal justice system, criminal justice
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Adam O’Neill (Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK) [+7 other authors]

Enforcing the unenforceable: exploring police officer use of discretion in the enforcement of COVID-19 rules and regulations

Older women in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group

Journal: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Keywords: criminal justice system, criminal justice
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Louise Robinson (Mental Health Network (Secure Services), Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK) [+8 other authors]

Social care for older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group

Developing evidence for a national strategy for older adults in the criminal justice system: overview of the nominal group approach for this series of brief reports

Older adults’ trajectories through the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group

Journal: The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology
Keywords: criminal justice system, criminal justice
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Leanne Heathcote (Health and Justice Research Network, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK) [+7 other authors]

What sways public opinion? An experimental study on moral vs. evidence-based arguments for drug harm reduction

Unsorted Research

The following research doesn't appear to mention any of the terms my code searches for in order to sort research by crime type.

When crime is an option: the impact of stressful conditions and moral beliefs on the rational considerations of adolescents

Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice
Keywords: -
Geography: [unsupported at the moment]
Author info: Anastasiia Timmer (Department of Criminology and Justice Studies, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA) [+4 other authors]

Crime Research Update and Five Studies About are the output of my research discovery system.

Crime Research Update: December 20

A directory of recent research, organized by crime type and criminal justice/legal system stage

Research by type of crime

Violence

Property

Drugs

White Collar

Organized

Technology Facilitated

Research by criminal justice/legal system stage

Offending

Victimization

Policing

Courts

Corrections

Public Policy

Unsorted Research

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