I’m putting UC on hiatus until late September to ease my transition back into being an MA candidate for the final push. Thanks for your attention and support! See you in a month!
Understanding Crime will be back in late September
11 criminologists in the news
This one is a few days late….
Canada
- U of T criminologist Anthony Doob talks to the Toronto Star about the Canadian government’s plan to incarcerate more people for more time.
- Criminologists Darryl Plecas and Eugene Oscapella, from the University of the Fraser Valley and the University of Ottawa, are quoted in the Vancouver Sun on (more…)
Psychiatric patients with a history of domestic assault appear to fall in same 3 personality categories, regardless of gender
New research examining perpetrators of intimate partner violence who are psychiatric patients suggests that female offenders fall into similar personality types as male perpetrators, according to new research covered on sify news.
The researchers used data on 567 psychiatric patients from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study. Less than half of these patients had histories of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Most prior research in this vein has focused on male offenders with mental illness, finding that they tend to consistently fall into three categories. (more…)
6 criminologists in the news
This is the second installment of our new weekly series noting appearances of criminologists in news.
- University of the Fraser Valley criminologist John Martin discusses statistics and the Canadian crime rate (more…)
So-called “bystander effect” may be less than it’s cracked up to be
Bystanders stepped in to help in more than half the violent incidents captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance, according to a recent report by the BBC.
The research that found this is by Lancaster University psychologist Mark Levine. To the best of my knowledge, it has not yet (more…)
Teens with time on their hands are bad news
It may not seem like a bad idea to give teenagers space to socialize with each other, especially when the neighbourhood is a “good one.” However, new research covered by United Press International suggests it may not be such a great idea after all. At least in Chicago.
Researchers used data gathered from 842 young people from a long-term research project called the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighbourhoods.
Perhaps unsurprisingsly, they found that different kinds of neighbourhoods had different levels of violence. But regardless of the type of neighbourhood or overall level of violence, (more…)
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Civic Holiday in Canada.
7 criminologists in the news
This is the first in a weekly series where I will link to news stories and whatnot that feature criminologists or mention criminology. Criminologists are frequently tapped for secondary commentary on crime issues, so I’ll link to the pieces I find interesting (more…)
The Internet appears to make partner harassment easier
New research examining college student perceptions of the aggressive use of technology in intimate relationships suggests that “cyber harassment” differs from traditional harassment and domestic violence in a number of ways.
According to a report in The Seattle Times, information was collected from several focus groups of college students about (more…)
31 articles about Canadian police-reported crime rates last year
Crime rates are released every year in Canada in late July. This year, StatsCan released police-reported crime statistics for 2009 last week, on July 20. I’ll share links to 31 different articles on the release in a moment, but first I need to note (more…)
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