Where New Zealand homicide victim bodies were found and what it suggests for investigators
As found in one of the studies in this week's Crime Research Update: Crime Type 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. This week’s directory includes, for example, this study listing:
Environmental Associations of Body Disposal in New Zealand Homicides (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology) Oliver H. J. Ploeg, Randolph C. Grace, Jacinta R. Cording (License)
You’ll find more listings for this week’s new research below.
I’ve sorted the research into loose categories by type of crime.
Violence
Female sexual violence: differential sentencing, paternalism, and implications for research (Psychology, Crime & Law) Kayla M. Gaw, Julian A.C. Gojer
Violence by Association and Participation: Engaging in Violence with Violent Co-Offenders Increases Future Violence (Deviant Behavior) Joke Geeraert, Arjan Blokland, Luis EC Rocha, et al.
Displaying deadly police violence against Black people through government memorials (Policing: An International Journal) Vance D. Keyes, Latocia Keyes
Understanding variation in juvenile life without parole legislation following Miller (Criminology & Public Policy) Leah Ouellet, Daphne M. Brydon, Laura S. Abrams, et al. (License)
Environmental Associations of Body Disposal in New Zealand Homicides (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology) Oliver H. J. Ploeg, Randolph C. Grace, Jacinta R. Cording (License)
Youth-Produced Images Are the Majority of Child Sexual Abuse Materials: Categories of Youth and Adult Perpetrators From a Victim Based Study (Sexual Abuse) David Finkelhor, Deirdre Colburn, Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, et al. (License)
Elderly Offenders With Suspected Neurocognitive Disorders: An Explorative Study (Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health) Sigfried Schouws, Naomi Prent, Frank Jonker, et al. (License)
Machine Learning Models in Parole Decision-Making: A Pilot Study Comparing AI and Human Judgment (Criminal Justice Policy Review) Shai Farber (License)
Spousal Physical Violence and Women’s Psychological Distress in the Middle Ganga Plain, India: The Moderating Role of Husband’s Migration (Victims & Offenders) Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Anshika Singh, et al.
Police officers’ perspectives on the secondary victimisation of rape and serious sexual assault victims (Psychology, Crime & Law) Anna Gekoski, Miranda A. H. Horvath, Kari Davies (License)
Pushbacks in Greece as enemy under-criminalization (Punishment & Society) Filippos Kourakis (License)
Barriers to sexual assault investigation: officer perspectives and organizational support (Policing: An International Journal) Melissa S. Morabito, R.R. Dunlea, April Pattavina
The Social Demography of Three Contemporary Homicide Booms in the United States (Homicide Studies) Ethan M. Rogers, Mark T. Berg, Richard Rosenfeld (License)
Crafting vulneramentality: Vulnerability (and resistance) among migrants with experiences of sex work in Malta (European Journal of Criminology) Isotta Rossoni (License)
The 12-Month Prevalence and Sociodemographic Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence in Germany: Findings From a Representative Population Survey (Journal of Interpersonal Violence) Alexandra von Thadden, Dirk Baier, Christoph Kröger, et al. (License)
A Mixed Methods Examination of Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide by Age Using Domestic Homicide Reviews From England and Wales (Homicide Studies) Victoria Baker, Khatidja Chantler, Kelly Bracewell (License)
Gender-Based Violence Concerns, Trust in Police and Support for Defunding the Police (The British Journal of Criminology) Alexander H Updegrove, Jessica M Craig (License)
Differential Characteristics of Sexual Offences Committed by Minors in Groups Versus Individually — Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Nuria Sánchez, José Manuel Quintana, Irene Gismero, et al. (License)
Drugs
Parental Marital Quality and Female Juvenile Arrest: The Mediating Role of Substance Use (American Journal of Criminal Justice) Sunmin Hong, Kerrie Ann Hull (License)
Extra-Legal Contextual Factors, Judge Demographic Characteristics, and the Sentencing of Drug Crimes: Using Pennsylvania Commission of Sentencing Data to Examine Drug Sentencing Severity, 2014–2019 (American Journal of Criminal Justice) S.H. Davis, M. Kurlychek, A.A. Jones (License)
Examining the Reliability and Validity of the Criminal Sentiments Scale–Modified and the Pride in Delinquency Scale in Black and White Canadian Justice System-Involved Youth (Criminal Justice and Behavior) Cassandra R. Stevenson, Michele Peterson-Badali, Tracey A. Skilling (License)
Depictions of Nicotine and Cannabis in Popular US and German Hip-Hop/Rap Music Videos: A YouTube Top 100 Content Analysis (Substance Use & Misuse) Matthis Morgenstern, Eddy Süßkow, Clemens Neumann, et al.
Synthetic Opioid Trafficking Networks: Exploring Modern Drug Network Formation (Deviant Behavior) Abigail Curran, Emily A. Suiter, Adams E. Howard, et al.
Making victims, making offenders: County lines, modern slavery and the criminal law (Theoretical Criminology) Simon Flacks (License)
The Role of Coping Strategies, Impulsivity and Hypersexuality on the Fear of Offending Among Minor Attracted Persons (MAPs) (Sexual Abuse) Etienne Garant, Jean Proulx (License)
Machine Learning Models in Parole Decision-Making: A Pilot Study Comparing AI and Human Judgment (Criminal Justice Policy Review) Shai Farber (License)
“If You’re Willing to Work…We Can Work With You”: Obligatory Labor at Residential Substance Use Services Providers in North Carolina (Substance Use & Misuse) Jennifer J. Carroll, Alejandra Salemi, Bayla Ostrach, et al. (License)
Perspectives on hepatitis A and B screening and immunization at a syringe services program: a mixed-methods study (Harm Reduction Journal) Subul Malik, Marina Plesons, Monica Faraldo, et al. (License)
Be(a)ware of the dog: the symbolic-disciplinary functions of drug detection dogs in English music festivals (Policing and Society) Verity M. A. Smith (License)
Clinical Differences Between Inpatients With and Without Alexithymia in Substance Use Disorder Treatment (Substance Use & Misuse) Florine Remacle, Philippe Kempeneers, Kristina Mreyen, et al.
A Mixed Methods Examination of Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide by Age Using Domestic Homicide Reviews From England and Wales (Homicide Studies) Victoria Baker, Khatidja Chantler, Kelly Bracewell (License)
Association of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cannabis Use: A Cross-Sectional Study (Substance Use & Misuse) Jinming Dai, Yang Wang, Yongtao Yan, et al.
Evaluating the implementation and impact of harm reduction vending machines in veterans supportive housing settings: a mixed-methods study protocol (Harm Reduction Journal) Tessa Rife-Pennington, Michael P. Douglas, Nikki Kalani Apana, et al. (License)
Organized Crime
The Development-Trafficking Nexus: Rethinking the Link Between Foreign-Funded Development Projects and Human Trafficking (Journal of Human Trafficking) Sifat Aiman
Making victims, making offenders: County lines, modern slavery and the criminal law (Theoretical Criminology) Simon Flacks (License)
What Do We Know About Human Trafficking and Scam Compounds in Southeast Asia (2020–2025)? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Coercive Deviant Enterprises (Deviant Behavior) Suleman Lazarus, Mina Chiang, Rossitza Stefanova Dimitrova, et al.
Crafting vulneramentality: Vulnerability (and resistance) among migrants with experiences of sex work in Malta (European Journal of Criminology) Isotta Rossoni (License)
Crime Research Update and Five Studies About are the output of my research discovery system (update coming soon).
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