Your First Five Crime Studies of January 5

Today's crime studies include work on gender bias in Russian homicide sentencing

Your First Five is a daily (M-F) series that publishes a curated selection of recent research published in fields relevant to crime and justice. Each post contains links to five new studies that I hope might inspire, augment, or otherwise enhance your work explaining crime. Your First Five crime studies of the day is 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. Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Emotional Harm in Five U.S. States, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Free access)

2. Exploring Gender Bias in Homicide Sentencing: An Empirical Study of Russian Court Decisions Using Text Mining, published in Homicide Studies. (Restricted access)

3. The Gay and Trans Panic Defense: Focusing on the Homicides, Not the Court Room Strategy, published in Homicide Studies. (Restricted access)

4. Agency Directors’ Reflections on “Success” in Community Corrections: The Role of Traditional and Alternative Measures, published in Criminal Justice Policy Review. (Restricted access)

5. Examining Police Officers’ Perceptions of Automated License Plate Readers Before Technology Expansion, published in Criminal Justice Policy Review. (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.