Your First Five Crime Studies of February 21
Today's crime studies include work on coercive control
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. Coercive control and risk in intimate partner violence: are Canadian police prepared to assess?, published in Policing and Society. (Restricted access)
2. Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and Gun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States: Findings From A Population-Based Study, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Open access)
3. Challenges in creating humane and equitable policing: A focus on the Global South (2023 Stockholm Prize), published in Criminology & Public Policy. (Restricted access)
4. Policing universities: exploring the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by private campus security officers, published in Policing and Society. (Open access)
5. Sustainability of Evidence-Based Practices: Risk-Need-Responsivity in Probation 7 Years Later, published in Criminal Justice and Behavior. (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 3. Here's why:
Police brutality is a widespread phenomenon around the world. Particularly gruesome human rights abuses in the course of policing take place in Latin America, the world's most violent region outside war zones. Democratic institutions such as competitive elections, checks and balances, and judicial independence are insufficient to prevent police from abusing their power.