I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.
Your First Five has been 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.
This week, I’m experimenting with a new format and publishing schedule that I think will serve you better. Each day’s collection of studies will be related by a theme. Today’s studies are all related to violence, tomorrow’s will all be related to the criminal justice system, and I haven’t decided on the rest of the week yet.
These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor:
1. “Never Give Up. The Creator Has Good Things in Store for You”: Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Evidence of Resilience for Canadian Indigenous Women Abused by Intimate Partners, published in Violence Against Women. (Open access)
2. Examining Associations Between School Connectedness, Social Support, Violence, and Firearm Carrying, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)
3. Explaining the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status in Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Open access)
4. Precollege Risk Markers for College Rape and Verbal Sexual Coercion: Same or Different?, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)
5. Applying the WHO INSPIRE Framework to Ending Violence Against Pregnant Women and Unborn Children: A Case Study in Vietnam, published in Violence Against Women. (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 1. Here's why:
Canadian Indigenous women often experience severe partner violence and child abuse, but few studies holistically examine risk and protective factors and evidence of resilience that affect their well-being.