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Genomics: sequencing of the giant genome of the Australian lungfish shed a new light on the land conquest by vertebrates
Genomics: sequencing of the giant genome of the Australian lungfish shed a new light on the land conquest by vertebrates
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Designer DNA Therapeutic Wipes Out Cancer Stem Cells, Treats Multiple Myeloma in Mice
Designer DNA Therapeutic Wipes Out Cancer Stem Cells, Treats Multiple Myeloma in Mice
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Ethnic minorities at much higher risk of homicide in England and Wales
Calculations now familiar from coronavirus coverage - cases per 100,000 people - applied to ethnicity and homicide victimisation in the UK for the first time. We need more data analysis of this nature to inform police resource allocation, and promote a more fact-informed dialogue with communities across the country Lawrence Sherman New research analysing racial disparities among murder victims across most of Britain over the last two decades shows that people of Asian ethnicity are on average twice as likely as White British people to be killed.
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Homicide victims from Black and Hispanic neighborhoods devalued
Social scientists found that homicide victims killed in Chicago's predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods received less news coverage than those killed in mostly white neighborhoods.
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Administration - Criminology / Forensics - 12.08.2020 
Yale aligns procedures for addressing sexual misconduct with new U.S. rules
To comply with new regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education, Yale has updated its procedures for addressing sexual misconduct.
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Why Confederate monuments are coming down now
As Confederate monuments and memorials are toppled across the United States, Stanford historian James T. Campbell says it is important to think historically not only about the past but also about our own time and what future generations might say about us.
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A secure, decentralized search engine for journalists
An EPFL laboratory has developed DataShare Network, a decentralized search engine paired with a secure messaging system that allows investigative journalists to exchange information securely and anonymously.
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Race and mass criminalization in the U.S
Stanford sociologist discusses how race and class inequalities are embedded in the American criminal legal system.
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Lockdown ’helps fuel rise in cybercrime’
Take extra care before buying face masks or testing kits online, or responding to texts apparently sent to you by the UK government or the NHS.
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Crime Scene: Internet
Freie Universität Researchers Contribute to EU Study on Cybercrime, Bullying, and Extremism on the Internet No 010/2021 from Jan 19, 2021 Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of
Freie Universität Researchers Contribute to EU Study on Cybercrime, Bullying, and Extremism on the Internet No 010/2021 from Jan 19, 2021 Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of
Opinion: Now is the moment for Berlin to show Russia some backbone
Germany's praiseworthy decision to take in Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was poisoned means it has a moral obligation to do right by him, argues Honorary Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).
Germany's praiseworthy decision to take in Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was poisoned means it has a moral obligation to do right by him, argues Honorary Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).
How has the Covid-19 pandemic altered sex offender behaviour?
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are investigating how sex offenders have changed their behaviour in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are investigating how sex offenders have changed their behaviour in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Opinion: Can actions of undercover police who had relationships with targets ever be justified?
An inquiry into undercover police who had sexual relationships with their targets is finally underway, but Dr Paul McFarlane (UCL Security & Crime Science) asks: can their actions ever be justified?
An inquiry into undercover police who had sexual relationships with their targets is finally underway, but Dr Paul McFarlane (UCL Security & Crime Science) asks: can their actions ever be justified?
CMU Expands Campus Safety Measures
Patrol officers wearing body cameras; security camera coverage increasing Carnegie Mellon prioritizes the safety and security of the campus community.
Patrol officers wearing body cameras; security camera coverage increasing Carnegie Mellon prioritizes the safety and security of the campus community.
Can we "repair" criminal justice?
Passing a law, committing a crime, inflicting a sanction. These are the main the stages of criminal justice at the heart of modern legal systems.
Passing a law, committing a crime, inflicting a sanction. These are the main the stages of criminal justice at the heart of modern legal systems.
London’s most deprived neighbourhoods see more stop and searches
Half of stop and searches in London between July and September occurred in 9% of neighbourhoods, with 69% of searches being in neighbourhoods more deprived than average, according to new analysis by UCL researchers.
Half of stop and searches in London between July and September occurred in 9% of neighbourhoods, with 69% of searches being in neighbourhoods more deprived than average, according to new analysis by UCL researchers.
Documentarian hopes film on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is wake-up call
Eric Stover peers into Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a mass grave was discovered this fall in the search for the remains of Black residents killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Eric Stover peers into Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a mass grave was discovered this fall in the search for the remains of Black residents killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Calculations now familiar from coronavirus coverage - cases per 100,000 people - applied to ethnicity and homicide victimisation in the UK for the first time. We need more data analysis of this nature to inform police resource allocation, and promote a more fact-informed dialogue with communities across the country Lawrence Sherman New research analysing racial disparities among murder victims across most of Britain over the last two decades shows that people of Asian ethnicity are on average twice as likely as White British people to be killed.
Social scientists found that homicide victims killed in Chicago's predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods received less news coverage than those killed in mostly white neighborhoods.
Analysis: How are police line-ups created?
Dr Julia Shaw (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) explores how the 'cross-race effect' has potentially damaging consequences for innocent people of colour and in episode 5 of the podcast Bad Peo
Dr Julia Shaw (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) explores how the 'cross-race effect' has potentially damaging consequences for innocent people of colour and in episode 5 of the podcast Bad Peo
To comply with new regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education, Yale has updated its procedures for addressing sexual misconduct.
’Deepfakes’ ranked as most serious AI crime threat
Fake audio or video content has been ranked by experts as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism, according to a new UCL report. The study, published in Crime Science and funded by the Dawes Centre for Future Crime at UCL (and available as a policy briefing), identified 20 ways AI could be used to facilitate crime over the next 15 years.
Fake audio or video content has been ranked by experts as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism, according to a new UCL report. The study, published in Crime Science and funded by the Dawes Centre for Future Crime at UCL (and available as a policy briefing), identified 20 ways AI could be used to facilitate crime over the next 15 years.
Berkeley Conversations: Race & the criminal justice system
As America reckons with how racial inequities permeate its core institutions, one such institution stands above - or below - the rest: the criminal justice system.
As America reckons with how racial inequities permeate its core institutions, one such institution stands above - or below - the rest: the criminal justice system.
Opinion: Genocide or not, the Uighurs need urgent international support
In an op-ed, Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) explains why the focus on the word 'genocide' skews our responses to other acts of mass atrocity.
In an op-ed, Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) explains why the focus on the word 'genocide' skews our responses to other acts of mass atrocity.
Opinion: The UK must urgently adapt to Russia’s ’dark power’ tactics
Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) discusses the ways Russia seeks to divide and destabilise Western democracies like the UK, arguing that we must learn how to adapt and respond to their methods.
Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) discusses the ways Russia seeks to divide and destabilise Western democracies like the UK, arguing that we must learn how to adapt and respond to their methods.
As Confederate monuments and memorials are toppled across the United States, Stanford historian James T. Campbell says it is important to think historically not only about the past but also about our own time and what future generations might say about us.
An EPFL laboratory has developed DataShare Network, a decentralized search engine paired with a secure messaging system that allows investigative journalists to exchange information securely and anonymously.
Students’ expertise helps map 11 days, 125 acts of U.S. police violence
A recent report by Amnesty International tracked, with UC Berkeley students' help, dozens of cases across the country of police violence against protesters, from May 26 - the day after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis while in police custody - to June 5.
A recent report by Amnesty International tracked, with UC Berkeley students' help, dozens of cases across the country of police violence against protesters, from May 26 - the day after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis while in police custody - to June 5.
Stanford sociologist discusses how race and class inequalities are embedded in the American criminal legal system.
Alumna’s skills assist New York Times’ alarming George Floyd video
Haley Willis, a 2019 UC Berkeley graduate with degrees in sociology and media studies, is now a visual investigations reporter and video producer at the New York Times .
Haley Willis, a 2019 UC Berkeley graduate with degrees in sociology and media studies, is now a visual investigations reporter and video producer at the New York Times .
Take extra care before buying face masks or testing kits online, or responding to texts apparently sent to you by the UK government or the NHS.
Director of Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing joins West Mids PCC academic advisory board
A University of Birmingham researcher has been invited by the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner to join his new Academic Advisory Board.
A University of Birmingham researcher has been invited by the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner to join his new Academic Advisory Board.
Corona Crisis: Requirements for Everyday Police Work
The exceptional situation posed by the corona pandemic puts special demands on the work and crisis management of the police force.
The exceptional situation posed by the corona pandemic puts special demands on the work and crisis management of the police force.
11 books that examine the history of racism in America
For those searching for answers following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police and the resulting unrest across the nation, it's important to understand the history and context of racism in the United States.
For those searching for answers following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police and the resulting unrest across the nation, it's important to understand the history and context of racism in the United States.
Project aims to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with anaemia
Crime and memory experts at the University of Birmingham are working with partners in Africa who are developing a mobile phone app that could help to reduce sexual violence in poorer countries and bring its perpetrators to justice.
Crime and memory experts at the University of Birmingham are working with partners in Africa who are developing a mobile phone app that could help to reduce sexual violence in poorer countries and bring its perpetrators to justice.
Novel mobile app could help to reduce sexual violence in Kenya
Crime and memory experts at the University of Birmingham are working with partners in Africa who are developing a mobile phone app that could help to reduce sexual violence in poorer countries and bring its perpetrators to justice.
Crime and memory experts at the University of Birmingham are working with partners in Africa who are developing a mobile phone app that could help to reduce sexual violence in poorer countries and bring its perpetrators to justice.
Seven Questions with Julian Laufs
This week we meet Julian Laufs, a PhD candidate who talks us through his role as a student quality reviewer where he worked in partnership with staff to improve teaching at UCL.
This week we meet Julian Laufs, a PhD candidate who talks us through his role as a student quality reviewer where he worked in partnership with staff to improve teaching at UCL.
News in Brief
Life Sciences - Jan 21
Genomics: sequencing of the giant genome of the Australian lungfish shed a new light on the land conquest by vertebrates
Genomics: sequencing of the giant genome of the Australian lungfish shed a new light on the land conquest by vertebrates
Health - Jan 20
Designer DNA Therapeutic Wipes Out Cancer Stem Cells, Treats Multiple Myeloma in Mice
Designer DNA Therapeutic Wipes Out Cancer Stem Cells, Treats Multiple Myeloma in Mice