Philadelphia's streetlight upgrades may have helped curb outdoor crimes and violence
As found in one of the studies in this week's Crime Research Update: Crime Stage Edition
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Use this tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research into your work. It’s a directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor. For example:
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? — Criminology & Public Policy
You’ll find more listings below.
Below, I present the research listings for this week’s research sorted by what I’m calling “crime stage.” Research studies that don’t fit into any of those categories either appear in the Crime Type or Uncategorized editions of CRU.
Offending
Identifying cross-contextual fear of crime: a comparison of the victimisation-fear relationship between offline and online contexts — Global Crime, Rachel L. McNealey (Michigan State University), Camille Figueroa (Pennsylvania State University), Makayla Burden (Michigan State University) (License)
Addressing Ceremonious Compliance and Problematic Agency-Level Hate Crime Reporting: Charting Progress, Promises, and Policy Possibilities — Criminal Justice Policy Review, Matthew Vanden Bosch (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), Brendan Lantz (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), Marin R. Wenger (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), et al. (License)
Changes in Sexist Beliefs and Psychological Flexibility Among Men Court-Mandated to Domestic Violence Programs — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Amie Zarling (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Meg Berta (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Carl F. Weems (Iowa State University, Ames, USA) (License)
The colonisation of downtowns by predatory organised crime in Chile — Global Crime, Matias Garreton (Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana)
Editorial: Rethinking the fight against financial crime — Journal of Financial Crime, Marina Aristodemou (Cardiff University , Cardiff)
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? — Criminology & Public Policy, John M. MacDonald (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Aaron Chalfin (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Maya Moritz (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), et al. (License)
Deep Learning for Crime Forecasting: The Role of Mobility at Fine-grained Spatiotemporal Scales — Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Ariadna Albors Zumel, Michele Tizzoni, Gian Maria Campedelli (License)
Trends in Inequality and Violent Crime: A Comparative Analysis of Majority and Minority Communities — Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Badi Hasisi, Eran Itskovich (License)
Victimization
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sexual Victimization Among a Representative National Sample of Adolescents in Spain — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Noemí Pereda (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain), Elizabeth Suárez-Soto (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) (License)
Secondary victimisation through data protection: Balancing victim privacy and support in the EU legal framework — International Review of Victimology, Maja Nišević (KU Leuven, Belgium), Aleksandra Ivanković (Victim Support Europe, Belgium) (License)
Examining the Criminal Patterns Within the Expressive‐Instrumental Motivation Typology Among Homicides in China: Implications for Criminal Profiling — Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Ruihan Chen (Queen University Belfast Belfast UK) (License)
Not again, not here! Rape survivors’ narratives of police-perpetrated sexual violence revictimization in the course of seeking justice — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Richard Abayomi Aborisade (Department of Sociology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria) (License)
“These victims are some of the most difficult you’re Going to Work With”: Challenges in police work with commercially sexually exploited children — Criminal Justice and Behavior, Jennifer E. O’Brien (University of New Hampshire; University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work), Ayelet Prior (The University of New Hamshire, Crimes against Children Research Center), Kimberly J. Mitchell (University of New Hampshire, Crimes against Children Research Center) (License)
Allocating Consent: Rape Myths Amid Sex and Gender Roles — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, J. L. Huck (Carroll University, Waukesha WI, USA), D. R. Lee (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, USA), K. N. Bowen (Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA), et al. (License)
Why Does This Keep Happening? Assessing Theoretical Correlates Among Recurrent Victims Compared to Single and Non-Victims — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Amber E. Krushas (University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA), Teresa C. Kulig (University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE, USA), Leah C. Butler (University of Cincinnati, OH, USA) (License)
Identifying cross-contextual fear of crime: a comparison of the victimisation-fear relationship between offline and online contexts — Global Crime, Rachel L. McNealey (Michigan State University), Camille Figueroa (Pennsylvania State University), Makayla Burden (Michigan State University) (License)
Black Parents’ Rape Myth Acceptance and Communication About Rape: Moderating Effects of Gender — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Rochelle R. Davidson Mhonde (Global and Community Health Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA), Rodman Turpin (Global and Community Health Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA), Richard T. Craig (Communication Department, George Mason University, USA) (License)
Changes in Sexist Beliefs and Psychological Flexibility Among Men Court-Mandated to Domestic Violence Programs — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Amie Zarling (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Meg Berta (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Carl F. Weems (Iowa State University, Ames, USA) (License)
Rates and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence Among Service Members and Veterans — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Elizabeth C. Coppola (VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA), Travis N. Ray (Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA; Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA), Mark Relyea (VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA), et al. (License)
“I Don’t Want to Make Myself Look Like a Trouble-Maker”: Faculty and Staff Perspectives on Bystander Intervention in Academic Sexual Harassment Situations — Violence Against Women, Sarah McMahon (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA), Lauren Manley (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA), Enoch Boafo Amponsah (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA), et al. (License)
Lessons From Lockdown: Designing Flexible, Responsive Domestic and Family Violence Service Systems — Violence Against Women, Naomi Pfitzner (Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Clayton, VIC, Australia) (License)
“I Just Really Felt Like I Was Heard for the First Time”: Survivor Experiences With an Adult Forensic Interviewing Model — Violence Against Women, Morgan E. PettyJohn (School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA), Aly Kramer Jacobs (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Center for Violence Prevention, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), TX, USA; Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, TX, USA), Khara Breeden (Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners: Forensic Center of Excellence, TX, USA), et al. (License)
Policing
Officer Acceptance and Use of AI-Driven Body-Worn Camera Footage Review — American Journal of Criminal Justice, Michael D. White, Seth Watts, Aili Malm, et al. (License)
Correction: Assessing community consequences of implementing hot spots policing in residential areas: findings from a randomized field trial — Journal of Experimental Criminology, Tammy Rinehart Kochel, David Weisburd (License)
Special Issue introduction: Police perpetrators of sexual and violent abuse — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Natasha Mulvihill (University of Bristol, UK), Fay Sweeting (University of Bournemouth, UK) (License)
Not again, not here! Rape survivors’ narratives of police-perpetrated sexual violence revictimization in the course of seeking justice — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Richard Abayomi Aborisade (Department of Sociology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria) (License)
“Some of those people were cops”: Examining the normalization and enabling of police violence perpetrated against Indigenous peoples in Canada — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Emily Cauduro ((Criminology and Justice) Ontario Tech University, Canada), Olga Marques ((Criminology and Justice) Ontario Tech University, Canada) (License)
Media distortion, behavioral adjustment and occupational stress: the moderating effect of self-legitimacy among Chinese police officers — Policing: An International Journal, Stephanie Van Ha (University of Delaware Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice), Ivan Sun (University of Delaware Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice), Yuning Wu (Wayne State University Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice), et al.
“These victims are some of the most difficult you’re Going to Work With”: Challenges in police work with commercially sexually exploited children — Criminal Justice and Behavior, Jennifer E. O’Brien (University of New Hampshire; University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work), Ayelet Prior (The University of New Hamshire, Crimes against Children Research Center), Kimberly J. Mitchell (University of New Hampshire, Crimes against Children Research Center) (License)
Parents’ and caregivers’ perspectives on what the police should and shouldn’t do during interactions with autistic individuals — Police Practice and Research, Danielle Wallace (Arizona State University), Kathryn Tapp (Arizona State University), Megan M. Parry (University of Rhode Island), et al.
Police anti-corruption reforms and vigilantism: evidence from an experimental vignette study — Journal of Experimental Criminology, Muhammad Asif, Justice Tankebe (License)
Addressing Ceremonious Compliance and Problematic Agency-Level Hate Crime Reporting: Charting Progress, Promises, and Policy Possibilities — Criminal Justice Policy Review, Matthew Vanden Bosch (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), Brendan Lantz (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), Marin R. Wenger (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), et al. (License)
The Journey from College to Law Enforcement: Crossing the Threshold into a Policing Career — Criminal Justice Review, Fei Luo (Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA), Kimberly Chism (California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA), Jie Tao (Tarleton State University, Crowley, TX, USA), et al. (License)
‘There is nowhere that you can go, that I can’t find you’: The experiences of women in abusive intimate relationships with serving police officers in England and Wales — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Fay Sweeting (University of Bournemouth, UK), Natasha Mulvihill (University of Bristol, UK) (License)
Teaching (social sciences) to the police: Insights from the classroom — The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, Ander Audikana (Centre for Applied Ethics, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain) (License)
Plural Policing and Access to Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States: A Tuvaluan Case Study — Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Danielle Watson (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Loene M. Howes (University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia), Tanya Trussler (Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada), et al. (License)
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? — Criminology & Public Policy, John M. MacDonald (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Aaron Chalfin (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Maya Moritz (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), et al. (License)
Deep Learning for Crime Forecasting: The Role of Mobility at Fine-grained Spatiotemporal Scales — Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Ariadna Albors Zumel, Michele Tizzoni, Gian Maria Campedelli (License)
Courts
Correction: Assessing community consequences of implementing hot spots policing in residential areas: findings from a randomized field trial — Journal of Experimental Criminology, Tammy Rinehart Kochel, David Weisburd (License)
No longer happening, not yet resolved: The courthouse as a socio-temporal threshold — Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, Tea Fredriksson (Stockholm University, Sweden) (License)
‘Parole is worse than doing time’: Understanding the pains of post-release supervision following a forvaring sentence — Punishment & Society, Silje Bjørneboe (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway), Julie Jonassen (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway), John Todd-Kvam (University College of Norwegian Correctional Service, Lillestrøm, Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway), et al. (License)
Changes in Sexist Beliefs and Psychological Flexibility Among Men Court-Mandated to Domestic Violence Programs — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Amie Zarling (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Meg Berta (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Carl F. Weems (Iowa State University, Ames, USA) (License)
Rates and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence Among Service Members and Veterans — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Elizabeth C. Coppola (VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA), Travis N. Ray (Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA; Leidos, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA), Mark Relyea (VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA), et al. (License)
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? — Criminology & Public Policy, John M. MacDonald (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Aaron Chalfin (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Maya Moritz (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), et al. (License)
Correction: Housing Instability Following Felony Conviction and Incarceration: Disentangling Being Marked from Being Locked Up — Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Brielle Bryan (License)
The Resilience Factor: Levels and Sources of an Attribute Among Males With a Felony or Prison Record — Criminal Justice and Behavior, Karol Lucken (University of Central Florida), Julie Brancale (Florida State University) (License)
The remorseful enemy — Theoretical Criminology, Irit Ballas (Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University, Israel), Netanel Dagan (Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University, Israel) (License)
“I Just Really Felt Like I Was Heard for the First Time”: Survivor Experiences With an Adult Forensic Interviewing Model — Violence Against Women, Morgan E. PettyJohn (School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA), Aly Kramer Jacobs (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Center for Violence Prevention, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), TX, USA; Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, TX, USA), Khara Breeden (Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners: Forensic Center of Excellence, TX, USA), et al. (License)
Corrections
‘Parole is worse than doing time’: Understanding the pains of post-release supervision following a forvaring sentence — Punishment & Society, Silje Bjørneboe (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway), Julie Jonassen (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway), John Todd-Kvam (University College of Norwegian Correctional Service, Lillestrøm, Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway), et al. (License)
Changes in Sexist Beliefs and Psychological Flexibility Among Men Court-Mandated to Domestic Violence Programs — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Amie Zarling (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Meg Berta (Iowa State University, Ames, USA), Carl F. Weems (Iowa State University, Ames, USA) (License)
Designing Research to Capture and Understand Variations in Higher Education in Prison — The Prison Journal, Rosemary S. Russ (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA), Pearly Wong (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA) (License)
Correction: Housing Instability Following Felony Conviction and Incarceration: Disentangling Being Marked from Being Locked Up — Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Brielle Bryan (License)
The Resilience Factor: Levels and Sources of an Attribute Among Males With a Felony or Prison Record — Criminal Justice and Behavior, Karol Lucken (University of Central Florida), Julie Brancale (Florida State University) (License)
Lay views of retribution and risk in the child protection context: implications for restorative practice — Psychology, Crime & Law, Stacey Politis (Swinburne University), Diane Sivasubramaniam (Swinburne University), Emily Agius (Swinburne University), et al. (License)
Public Policy
Distress Tolerance & Emotion Regulation as Potential Mediators Between Race-Based Traumatic Stress and Maladaptive Coping — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Lorraine T. Benuto (The Center for the Dissemination and Implementation of Culturally Responsive Evidence-Based Psychological Services, Reno, NV, USA), Yueran Yang (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Natalia Duda (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), et al. (License)
Secondary victimisation through data protection: Balancing victim privacy and support in the EU legal framework — International Review of Victimology, Maja Nišević (KU Leuven, Belgium), Aleksandra Ivanković (Victim Support Europe, Belgium) (License)
Autistic people within forensic psychiatric services and the criminal justice system: A systematic review — The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Verity Chester (University of East Anglia; Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Little Plumstead Hospital), Clare Melvin (University of East Anglia), Karen Bunning (University of East Anglia), et al. (License)
Not again, not here! Rape survivors’ narratives of police-perpetrated sexual violence revictimization in the course of seeking justice — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Richard Abayomi Aborisade (Department of Sociology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria) (License)
“Some of those people were cops”: Examining the normalization and enabling of police violence perpetrated against Indigenous peoples in Canada — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Emily Cauduro ((Criminology and Justice) Ontario Tech University, Canada), Olga Marques ((Criminology and Justice) Ontario Tech University, Canada) (License)
The politics of preventing violent extremism: liberal democracy, civil society and countering radicalization — Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, Kat Osborne (Royal Holloway, University of London)
“These victims are some of the most difficult you’re Going to Work With”: Challenges in police work with commercially sexually exploited children — Criminal Justice and Behavior, Jennifer E. O’Brien (University of New Hampshire; University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work), Ayelet Prior (The University of New Hamshire, Crimes against Children Research Center), Kimberly J. Mitchell (University of New Hampshire, Crimes against Children Research Center) (License)
The Code of Thrones: Gamifying Criminal Law to Rule Student Motivation — Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Jonathan Torres-Tellez
Invalid test performance and noncredible symptom report: performance and symptom validity tests in mentally disordered offenders within the criminal justice system — Psychology, Crime & Law, Natthawut Arin (Chiang Mai University), Pornpan Meerit (Galya Rajanagarindra Institute, Ministry of Public Health)
Addressing Ceremonious Compliance and Problematic Agency-Level Hate Crime Reporting: Charting Progress, Promises, and Policy Possibilities — Criminal Justice Policy Review, Matthew Vanden Bosch (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), Brendan Lantz (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), Marin R. Wenger (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA), et al. (License)
The Journey from College to Law Enforcement: Crossing the Threshold into a Policing Career — Criminal Justice Review, Fei Luo (Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA), Kimberly Chism (California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA), Jie Tao (Tarleton State University, Crowley, TX, USA), et al. (License)
Plural Policing and Access to Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States: A Tuvaluan Case Study — Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Danielle Watson (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Loene M. Howes (University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia), Tanya Trussler (Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada), et al. (License)
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? — Criminology & Public Policy, John M. MacDonald (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Aaron Chalfin (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Maya Moritz (Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), et al. (License)
The Relationship Between Dimensionality and Duration of Household Poverty During Childhood and Onset of Youth Offending — The British Journal of Criminology, Allison Kurpiel, Susan McVie (License)
The Resilience Factor: Levels and Sources of an Attribute Among Males With a Felony or Prison Record — Criminal Justice and Behavior, Karol Lucken (University of Central Florida), Julie Brancale (Florida State University) (License)
The remorseful enemy — Theoretical Criminology, Irit Ballas (Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University, Israel), Netanel Dagan (Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University, Israel) (License)
“I Just Really Felt Like I Was Heard for the First Time”: Survivor Experiences With an Adult Forensic Interviewing Model — Violence Against Women, Morgan E. PettyJohn (School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA), Aly Kramer Jacobs (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Center for Violence Prevention, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), TX, USA; Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, TX, USA), Khara Breeden (Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners: Forensic Center of Excellence, TX, USA), et al. (License)
Media
Navigating Nightlife Research: Understanding the Impact of Recruitment Methods on Participants’ Reported Characteristics — Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Kira Button (Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia), Nicholas Taylor (Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia; Curtin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Kerri Coomber (Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia), et al. (License)
“Some of those people were cops”: Examining the normalization and enabling of police violence perpetrated against Indigenous peoples in Canada — International Journal of Police Science & Management, Emily Cauduro ((Criminology and Justice) Ontario Tech University, Canada), Olga Marques ((Criminology and Justice) Ontario Tech University, Canada) (License)
Media distortion, behavioral adjustment and occupational stress: the moderating effect of self-legitimacy among Chinese police officers — Policing: An International Journal, Stephanie Van Ha (University of Delaware Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice), Ivan Sun (University of Delaware Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice), Yuning Wu (Wayne State University Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice), et al.
Hashtagging Resistance: Media, Authority, and Women’s Subjectivity in Post-Mahsa Iran — Violence Against Women, Arash Beidollahkhani (Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Mahdiyeh Ghorashi (Department of Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran) (License)
The Journey from College to Law Enforcement: Crossing the Threshold into a Policing Career — Criminal Justice Review, Fei Luo (Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA), Kimberly Chism (California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA), Jie Tao (Tarleton State University, Crowley, TX, USA), et al. (License)
Financial deception in the digital age: investigating online pyramid schemes and their socioeconomic impacts in Sri Lanka — Journal of Financial Crime, Anushika Sandamali Thilakarathna (University of Sri Jayewardenepura Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, Nugegoda), Nayomi De Peiris (University of Sri Jayewardenepura Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, Nugegoda)
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