How female ridesharing drivers respond to sexual violence from passengers

As found in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update

Jan 31, 2025

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Women Ridesharing Drivers’ Responses to Sexual Violence on the Job: The Role of Confrontation
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, sexual violence, technology-facilitated, victim, police, reform
First author: Jocelyn Elise Crowley (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA)

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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.”

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Research by type of crime

Violence

The Extreme Sexual Victimization Histories of Women in Prison and the Significance of Race

Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Keywords: violence, sexual violence, intimate partner, rape, victim, victimization, prison, incarceration, criminal justice
First author: Joanne Belknap (University of Colorado Boulder) [+1 other author]

A Qualitative Vignette Study of Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of Bystanders in Racism in the Higher Education Context in Finland

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, sexual violence
First author: Minna Lyons (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) [+3 other authors]

Women Ridesharing Drivers’ Responses to Sexual Violence on the Job: The Role of Confrontation

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, sexual violence, technology-facilitated, victim, police, reform
First author: Jocelyn Elise Crowley (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA)

Is the Victimization-Perpetration Association for School Bullying a Cycle of Bias?

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, judicial
First author: Allison Kurpiel (The University of Edinburgh, UK)

Lifetime Abuse and the Barriers to Women Aged 50 and Over Using Domestic Violence Services in Germany

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, domestic violence, victim, survivor
First author: Grit Höppner (Department of Social Work, Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster, Germany)

Understanding what violent street crime, globalization, and ice cream have in common

Journal: Criminology & Public Policy
Keywords: homicide, violent, arrest, policy, public policy
First author: Gary LaFree (Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of Maryland College Park Maryland USA)

Using Routine Activity Theory to Predict Technology- Facilitated Violence Among U.S. Adults During COVID-19

Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: aggression, violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, technology-facilitated, victim, victimization
First author: Nina Dours (Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA) [+1 other author]

Keeping streets safe at night: navigating jurisdictional boundaries between the police and the private security industry

Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: violence, police, police officer, policing, jurisdiction, policy
First author: Sarah Cant [+1 other author]

Property

None found today.

Drugs

Associations Between Depression, Sleep Quality, Alcohol Craving, and Alcohol-Related Consequences Among Emerging Adults

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Katie R. Moskal (Psychological Sciences Department, Western Kentucky University) [+1 other author]

Assessing Prevalence of Nonmedically Used Prescription Drug Involvement in Overdose Deaths Through Linkage of State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System and Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Data

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, drug, controlled substance
First author: Jessica Korona-Bailey (Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Informatics and Analytics) [+2 other authors]

White Collar

Is generative AI (artificial intelligence) the next advent in the evolution of finance and navigating financial crime and regulation?

Journal: Journal of Financial Crime
Keywords: financial crime, cybercrime, regulation, law
First author: Charanjit Singh

Organized

Understanding Survival Sex Engagement Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness: A Seven-City Study Using Individual and Social Network Perspectives

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking
First author: Kathleen Preble (School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington) [+8 other authors]

Technology Facilitated

Women Ridesharing Drivers’ Responses to Sexual Violence on the Job: The Role of Confrontation

Using Routine Activity Theory to Predict Technology- Facilitated Violence Among U.S. Adults During COVID-19

Is generative AI (artificial intelligence) the next advent in the evolution of finance and navigating financial crime and regulation?

Journal: Journal of Financial Crime
Keywords: financial crime, cybercrime, regulation, law
First author: Charanjit Singh

Research by criminal justice/legal system stage

Offending

Neighborhood Disadvantage, Rational Choice, and Offending

Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Keywords: offending, arrest
First author: Kyle J. Thomas (University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA) [+1 other author]

Neurodiversity: Increasing accessibility in community sentence treatment requirements

Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: offending, probation, criminal justice system, criminal justice
First author: Lucy Morris (Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust, UK) [+6 other authors]

Victimization

The Extreme Sexual Victimization Histories of Women in Prison and the Significance of Race

Women Ridesharing Drivers’ Responses to Sexual Violence on the Job: The Role of Confrontation

Is the Victimization-Perpetration Association for School Bullying a Cycle of Bias?

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, judicial
First author: Allison Kurpiel (The University of Edinburgh, UK)

Lifetime Abuse and the Barriers to Women Aged 50 and Over Using Domestic Violence Services in Germany

Using Routine Activity Theory to Predict Technology- Facilitated Violence Among U.S. Adults During COVID-19

Policing

Neighborhood Disadvantage, Rational Choice, and Offending

Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Keywords: offending, arrest
First author: Kyle J. Thomas (University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA) [+1 other author]

Women Ridesharing Drivers’ Responses to Sexual Violence on the Job: The Role of Confrontation

Understanding what violent street crime, globalization, and ice cream have in common

Keeping streets safe at night: navigating jurisdictional boundaries between the police and the private security industry

Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: violence, police, police officer, policing, jurisdiction, policy
First author: Sarah Cant [+1 other author]

Courts

Is the Victimization-Perpetration Association for School Bullying a Cycle of Bias?

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, victim, victimization, judicial
First author: Allison Kurpiel (The University of Edinburgh, UK)

Keeping streets safe at night: navigating jurisdictional boundaries between the police and the private security industry

Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: violence, police, police officer, policing, jurisdiction, policy
First author: Sarah Cant [+1 other author]

Corrections

The Extreme Sexual Victimization Histories of Women in Prison and the Significance of Race

Neurodiversity: Increasing accessibility in community sentence treatment requirements

Research Note: When Is a Day Reporting Center Evaluation Not a Day Reporting Center Evaluation? Lessons From a Systematic Review

Journal: The Prison Journal
Keywords: prison
First author: Joel Miller (School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA) [+1 other author]

High risk, low reward: a mixed method exploration of correctional officer mental health and perceptions of prison work

Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice
Keywords: prison, correctional, correctional officer
First author: Olivia Miller (Queensland University of Technology) [+2 other authors]

Public Policy

The Extreme Sexual Victimization Histories of Women in Prison and the Significance of Race

Women Ridesharing Drivers’ Responses to Sexual Violence on the Job: The Role of Confrontation

Neurodiversity: Increasing accessibility in community sentence treatment requirements

Exploring the Interplay Between Environmental Design and Management Practices and Their Association with Crime at Multi-Unit Apartments

Journal: American Journal of Criminal Justice
Keywords: criminal justice
First author: Rustu Deryol [+3 other authors]

Understanding what violent street crime, globalization, and ice cream have in common

Is generative AI (artificial intelligence) the next advent in the evolution of finance and navigating financial crime and regulation?

Journal: Journal of Financial Crime
Keywords: financial crime, cybercrime, regulation, law
First author: Charanjit Singh

Keeping streets safe at night: navigating jurisdictional boundaries between the police and the private security industry

Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: violence, police, police officer, policing, jurisdiction, policy
First author: Sarah Cant [+1 other author]

Unsorted Research

All of today's research was sorted into the above categories.

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How female ridesharing drivers respond to sexual violence from passengers

As found in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update

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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