How race, criminality, and other factors influence people’s views on drug sentencing
Plus a directory of 30 other recent research studies
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Use this tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research in your work. It's an experimental directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor.
Today's directory contains links to studies published online in the last few days, including this one:
Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: violent, drug use, cocaine, heroin, drug, addiction, sentencing
Author info: Carolina R. Caliman [+1 other author]
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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
Analyzing the impacts of race, addiction, drug type, and criminal record on public support for criminalized and medicalized sentencing approaches toward illegal drug use
Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: violent, drug use, cocaine, heroin, drug, addiction, sentencing
Author info: Carolina R. Caliman [+1 other author]
Out of the shadows: A photo-essay of antipodean colonisation, resistance and massacres
Journal: Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
Keywords: violence, violent, trial
Author info: Glenn Porter (University of New England, Australia)
Adolescent Football Players’ Attitudes in Cyprus Toward Gender Stereotypes, Masculinity, and Gender-Based Violence
Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence
Author info: Monica Shiakou (European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus) [+5 other authors]
Gender Data, Intersectionality, and a Feminist Politics of “Negotiated Refusal”
Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, politics
Author info: Tara Patricia Cookson (School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) [+1 other author]
‘Safe Together’. A reflection of a therapeutic art programme for children impacted by parental imprisonment
Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: rape, prison, probation
Author info: Lorna Brookes (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
The Relationship Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: The Moderating Effect of Childhood Trauma
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, trauma
Author info: Clara Rahme (Business & Decision by Orange, Clinical Research, Paris, France) [+7 other authors]
Associations Between the Social Determinants of Health and Risk of Interpersonal Violence Among Black Americans in Rural Alabama
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence
Author info: Tenesha Littleton (School of Social Work, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA) [+3 other authors]
Mind the G(ap): bridging prevention needs and approaches for GHB/GBL users and their social environment
Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: rape, harm reduction, addiction, trial
Author info: Antonia Bendau [+7 other authors]
Property
None found today.
Drugs
Analyzing the impacts of race, addiction, drug type, and criminal record on public support for criminalized and medicalized sentencing approaches toward illegal drug use
Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: violent, drug use, cocaine, heroin, drug, addiction, sentencing
Author info: Carolina R. Caliman [+1 other author]
Three-Month Polysubstance Use Patterns Among People Enrolled in Outpatient Treatment for Methamphetamine Use
Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, methamphetamine
Author info: Nina Pocuca (National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR), School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) [+7 other authors]
Interest in Quitting and Utilizing Quitline Services Among Long-Term E-Cigarette Users
Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
Author info: Matthew Carrillo (Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA) [+5 other authors]
Mind the G(ap): bridging prevention needs and approaches for GHB/GBL users and their social environment
Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: rape, harm reduction, addiction, trial
Author info: Antonia Bendau [+7 other authors]
Smoking as a Marker of Comorbid Vulnerability Among Persons with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking
Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, trauma
Author info: Michael J. Zvolensky (Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 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
Issues with using police data to investigate offending: A research perspective
Journal: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Keywords: offending, victim, police, strategy, governance
Author info: R Spence (Middlesex University, London, UK) [+1 other author]
French Juvenile Justice Social Workers’ Perceptions of Youth Offenders
Journal: Youth Justice
Keywords: offender, rehabilitation
Author info: Savannah De Boer [+2 other authors]
Victimization
Issues with using police data to investigate offending: A research perspective
Journal: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Keywords: offending, victim, police, strategy, governance
Author info: R Spence (Middlesex University, London, UK) [+1 other author]
The Relationship Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: The Moderating Effect of Childhood Trauma
Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner, trauma
Author info: Clara Rahme (Business & Decision by Orange, Clinical Research, Paris, France) [+7 other authors]
Paradox and Punishment: Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in Juvenile Detention Facilities
Journal: Feminist Criminology
Keywords: trauma, detention, punishment
Author info: Nicole C. McKenna (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA) [+1 other author]
Smoking as a Marker of Comorbid Vulnerability Among Persons with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking
Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, trauma
Author info: Michael J. Zvolensky (Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA) [+6 other authors]
Assessment of moral injury and PTSD in active-duty personnel and veterans in Ukraine: a scoping review
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, rehabilitation, policy
Author info: Nino Tabeshadze [+3 other authors]
Policing
Issues with using police data to investigate offending: A research perspective
Journal: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Keywords: offending, victim, police, strategy, governance
Author info: R Spence (Middlesex University, London, UK) [+1 other author]
The ruling from the field stands? Shedding light on officers’ interpretations of body-worn cameras footage
Journal: Policing and Society
Keywords: policing, ruling
Author info: Mousseau Vincent (Canada Research Chair in Comparative Public Management, École nationale d’administration publique, Montréal, Canada) [+3 other authors]
The politics of police governance: Scottish police reform, localism and epistocracy
Journal: Policing and Society
Keywords: police, policing, reform, governance, politics
Author info: Denise Martin (Professor of Criminology and Policing)
The Prevalence of Crime Cases Involving Police Officers in a West African Country
Journal: Deviant Behavior
Keywords: police, police officer
Author info: Albert Annang (University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana) [+3 other authors]
Understanding the Gendered Landscape of the Police Force in China: A Qualitative Study of Chinese Women Police Officers
Journal: Feminist Criminology
Keywords: police, police officer, policing
Author info: Jia Qu (College of Public Administration, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang, China) [+1 other author]
‘He Helped Me Hone Into My Humanity’: A Qualitative Study of Police-Youth Mentoring
Journal: Youth Justice
Keywords: police, law enforcement, law
Author info: Mark Magidson
Courts
Analyzing the impacts of race, addiction, drug type, and criminal record on public support for criminalized and medicalized sentencing approaches toward illegal drug use
Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: violent, drug use, cocaine, heroin, drug, addiction, sentencing
Author info: Carolina R. Caliman [+1 other author]
Out of the shadows: A photo-essay of antipodean colonisation, resistance and massacres
Journal: Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
Keywords: violence, violent, trial
Author info: Glenn Porter (University of New England, Australia)
The ruling from the field stands? Shedding light on officers’ interpretations of body-worn cameras footage
Journal: Policing and Society
Keywords: policing, ruling
Author info: Mousseau Vincent (Canada Research Chair in Comparative Public Management, École nationale d’administration publique, Montréal, Canada) [+3 other authors]
Mind the G(ap): bridging prevention needs and approaches for GHB/GBL users and their social environment
Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: rape, harm reduction, addiction, trial
Author info: Antonia Bendau [+7 other authors]
Corrections
Industry-specific Labour Demand, Post-prison Employment and Recidivism – Evidence from Finland
Journal: Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Keywords: prison, recidivism, release
Author info: Riku Laine [+3 other authors]
From criminalization to erasure: Project 2025 and anti-trans legislation in the US
Journal: Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
Keywords: punishment, legislation, law, politics
Author info: CQ Quinan (University of Melbourne, Australia)
A fork in the road: Probation unification in England and Wales two years on
Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: probation
Author info: Matthew Millings (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) [+5 other authors]
‘Safe Together’. A reflection of a therapeutic art programme for children impacted by parental imprisonment
Journal: Probation Journal
Keywords: rape, prison, probation
Author info: Lorna Brookes (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
French Juvenile Justice Social Workers’ Perceptions of Youth Offenders
Journal: Youth Justice
Keywords: offender, rehabilitation
Author info: Savannah De Boer [+2 other authors]
Paradox and Punishment: Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in Juvenile Detention Facilities
Journal: Feminist Criminology
Keywords: trauma, detention, punishment
Author info: Nicole C. McKenna (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA) [+1 other author]
Assessment of moral injury and PTSD in active-duty personnel and veterans in Ukraine: a scoping review
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, rehabilitation, policy
Author info: Nino Tabeshadze [+3 other authors]
Public Policy
Different Pathways of Externalising Behaviour Problems From Preschool to Youth: A Test of Risk and Protective Factors and Potential Origins
Journal: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Keywords: criminal justice
Author info: Friedrich Lösel (Institute of Criminology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK) [+2 other authors]
From criminalization to erasure: Project 2025 and anti-trans legislation in the US
Journal: Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
Keywords: punishment, legislation, law, politics
Author info: CQ Quinan (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Gender Data, Intersectionality, and a Feminist Politics of “Negotiated Refusal”
Journal: Violence Against Women
Keywords: violence, politics
Author info: Tara Patricia Cookson (School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) [+1 other author]
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Education
Keywords: criminal justice
Author info: Emily K. Pelletier (Department of Social Sciences, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, Queens, NY, 11364)
Issues with using police data to investigate offending: A research perspective
Journal: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Keywords: offending, victim, police, strategy, governance
Author info: R Spence (Middlesex University, London, UK) [+1 other author]
What is the Criminological Value of Fiction? Examining Postcolonial Speculative Storytelling as a Site for Theory Construction, Analogy and Pedagogy
Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Education
Keywords: criminal justice
Author info: Amy Duvenage (Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK)
The politics of police governance: Scottish police reform, localism and epistocracy
Journal: Policing and Society
Keywords: police, policing, reform, governance, politics
Author info: Denise Martin (Professor of Criminology and Policing)
Assessment of moral injury and PTSD in active-duty personnel and veterans in Ukraine: a scoping review
Journal: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice
Keywords: trauma, rehabilitation, policy
Author info: Nino Tabeshadze [+3 other authors]
Artificial Intelligence Policies in Higher Education: A Randomized Field Experiment
Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Education
Keywords: criminal justice
Author info: Rachel Leigh Greenspan (Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA)
Rural Youth Participation in Youth Justice Research: Towards a Rights-Based Approach
Journal: Youth Justice
Keywords: policy
Author info: Alexandra McEwan [+7 other authors]
‘He Helped Me Hone Into My Humanity’: A Qualitative Study of Police-Youth Mentoring
Journal: Youth Justice
Keywords: police, law enforcement, law
Author info: Mark Magidson
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.
Beyond conventional metrics: the elusive impact of the Pilares program on crime in Mexico City
Journal: Journal of Experimental Criminology
Keywords: -
Author info: Carlos Vilalta [+3 other authors]
Testing the Effects of a Servant Leadership Intervention Using a Cluster Randomized Experiment
Journal: Justice Quarterly
Keywords: -
Author info: Frank Ferdik (Department of Criminal Justice, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, USA) [+2 other authors]
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