Your First Five Crime Studies of February 23
Today's crime studies include work on police culture in rural Kansas
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.
These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor.
1. An ethnographic study of police culture in a rural Kansas police agency, published in Policing: An International Journal. (Restricted access)
2. Community-based policing of natural disasters in Vietnam: analysing the ‘four-on-the-spot’ model, published in Policing and Society. (Open access)
3. Co-designing an Outreach Intervention for Women Experiencing Street-Involvement and Gender-Based Violence: Community–Academic Partnerships in Action, published in Violence Against Women. (Open access)
4. College Students’ Perceptions of Rape: An Exploratory Study Through the Use of Visual Vignettes, published in Crime & Delinquency. (Restricted access)
5. Violent Victimization of Youth With Mental Disorders: Does Lifestyles/Routine Activities or Control Perspectives Mediate the Relationship Between Mental Illness and Victimization?, published in Crime & Delinquency. (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 1. Here's why:
Five themes were found that described the complexities rural police officers face at this research site, including the law being at the center of officers’ actions, the nature of crime, officers serving as jack of all trades, community relationships and enforcement of crimes by teenagers, and how outside pressures from the community and increased concern for citizens' safety affect officers' daily lived experiences.