Your First Five Crime Studies of February 7

Today's crime studies include work on "cyber dating abuse"

I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.

Your First Five is a daily (M-F) series that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post contains links to new studies that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. Published each weekday at about 7 a.m., E.S.T.

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These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor.

1. Bad Break-Up Behavior: Break-Up Characteristics, Emotional Dysregulation, and Alcohol Use as Risk Factors for Cyber Dating Abuse Among Sexual Orientation Diverse College Students, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)

2. Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity mediates the relationships between ‘Dark Triad’ traits and cyberbullying perpetration, published in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. (Open access)

3. Co-offending and the Persistence of Violence: A Dynamic Analysis, published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology. (Open access)

4. Catch and release: Testing the effect of a citation release policy on crime in Washington, DC, published in Criminology & Public Policy. (Restricted access)

5. Student Knowledge of University Confidential Resources and Title IX Training Effectiveness, published in Violence Against Women. (Open access)

I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.

Right now, I'm considering number 2. Here's why:

Given that our sample was of generally well-functioning people, our findings may not extend to those with serious cyberbullying problems. Yet, they provide avenues for identifying people at risk of such behaviours before problems become well-established and call for more nuanced approaches towards understanding and intervening with problematic cyberbullying.