Your First Five Crime Studies of March 26
All of today's research relates to head injuries
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 series (M-F) that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post contains links to new studies (each related to a single topic) that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. The publication schedule is in flux for the moment.
These new studies related to criminology and criminal justice were published recently by journals I monitor:
1. How Advocates Use CARE to Accommodate the Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Services With Brain Injuries and Mental Health Challenges: A Process Evaluation, published in Violence Against Women. (Restricted access)
2. Sports Involvement, Head Injury, and Delinquency: Evidence From a Sample of Juvenile Justice Involved Youth, published in Criminal Justice and Behavior. (Restricted access)
3. A literature review of outcome and treatment options after acquired brain injury: Suggestions for adult offenders using knowledge from the general population , published in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. (Open access)
4. Differences in Symptom Report by Survivors With and Without Probable Intimate Partner Violence-Related Brain Injury, published in Violence Against Women. (Restricted access)
5. Association Between Lifetime Sexual Violence and Recent Traumatic Brain Injury Among Adults: 2017 Connecticut Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted 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. The following passage caught my eye:
Previous research suggests that youth sports participation is moderately associated with reduced delinquency. However, little is known about whether head injury dampens this protective role of sports involvement.