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Criminology / Forensics - 13.10.2022
Phone snatching: How to avoid it
Phone snatching: How to avoid it
Moped and bike enabled crime occurs in all areas of London. Unfortunately, Bloomsbury remains an attractive area for thieves and we have seen a rise in these offences since lockdown.

Criminology / Forensics - 05.10.2022
Areas of the UK where more people voted remain saw smaller increases in hate crime following historic Brexit vote
Parts of the UK that were against Brexit experienced less of a spike in hate crimes after the vote compared to leave areas, research from Cardiff University shows. The paper, published in The British Journal of Criminology , provides the first Brexit-related race and religious hate crime comparison between England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 22.09.2022

Life Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 16.08.2022
Why people confess to crimes they didn't commit
Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit
When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition's Brain & Law event.

Criminology / Forensics - Social Sciences - 28.07.2022
Opinion: Why are strip-searches not a matter of public debate in the UK?
Opinion: Why are strip-searches not a matter of public debate in the UK?
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Matteo Tiratelli (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society) asks why, after several charges of misconduct against the police following strip searches, why isn't the practice itself receiving more public scrutiny?

Criminology / Forensics - Social Sciences - 13.07.2022
’We have urgent work to do’: New book by University of Toronto’s Kent Roach on why Canadian policing needs to change
Kent Roach has thought a lot about policing throughout his lifetime. He even aspired to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as a young boy.

Criminology / Forensics - 01.07.2022
'In some cases, legal foundations are lacking'
’In some cases, legal foundations are lacking’
Whether demonstrations against Corona measures or for climate protection - all citizens may peacefully assemble and publicly express their opinions.

Criminology / Forensics - Social Sciences - 15.06.2022
Science plans war crime
Humboldt-Universität presents publication on its dealings with the National Socialist "Generalplan Ost" The history of the Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, and later the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), is closely interwoven with times of new beginnings, freedom and innovation.

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 14.06.2022

Criminology / Forensics - Psychology - 04.05.2022
Campus management of the April 21st Shelter-In-Place
Today, May 4th, Chancellor Carol Christ, and Catherine Koshland, interim executive vice chancellor and provost, issued a Cal Message regarding the campus's response to the recent shelter-in-place , including a commitment to applying lessons learned from that event.

Criminology / Forensics - Health - 19.04.2022

Criminology / Forensics - 13.04.2022
Amassing evidence of war crimes in real time ’critically important,’ University of Toronto expert says
As war rages in Ukraine, investigators are compiling evidence to determine whether war crimes have been committed in cities like Bucha, where hundreds of civilians were found shot.

Criminology / Forensics - 12.04.2022
Exoneration registry tracks 10 years of data, but innocent defendants won't get day in court
Exoneration registry tracks 10 years of data, but innocent defendants won’t get day in court
FACULTY Q&A Since 1989, more than 3,000 inmates have been exonerated in the United States, which translates to nearly 27,000 lost years behind bars.

Criminology / Forensics - Social Sciences - 29.03.2022

Health - Criminology / Forensics - 18.03.2022
MHH emergency room now also contact point of the ProBeweis network
MHH emergency room now also contact point of the ProBeweis network
Confidential help: medical staff secure traces of domestic and sexual violence Every third woman in Germany experiences physical and/or sexual violence at least once in her life.

Criminology / Forensics - Law - 07.03.2022

Criminology / Forensics - Law - 28.02.2022

Campus - Criminology / Forensics - 10.02.2022

Criminology / Forensics - 02.02.2022
Journalists respond with anger, seek justice after four killed in Mexico
The country continues to be hazardous for members of the news media as the January murders are added to the death toll.

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 26.01.2022

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 25.01.2022
More homicides, fewer supports in Toronto’s predominantly Black neighbourhoods: University of Toronto research
Six homicides were recorded in Toronto during the first two weeks of 2022 - a statistic that led some to wonder if Canada's largest city, which typically experiences the highest number of annual homicides in the country, would see more violence than usual in the year ahead.

Law - Criminology / Forensics - 04.01.2022
Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol: U-M experts can discuss
EXPERTS ADVISORY University of Michigan experts are available to provide perspectives on a number of issues that have resulted in the year since the Jan.

Criminology / Forensics - 15.11.2021
Staying safe on nights out
Staying safe on nights out
UCL is very concerned about reports of spiking of drinks and by injection across the UK. Find out what UCL and Students' Union UCL are doing to help you stay safe when you're on a night out, and what support is available to you.

History / Archeology - Criminology / Forensics - 26.10.2021

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 20.10.2021

Criminology / Forensics - 19.10.2021
Client-side scanning is like bugs in our pockets
Client-side scanning is like bugs in our pockets
Encryption provides a solution to security risks, but its flipside is that it can hinder law enforcement investigations. A new technology called client-side scanning (CSS) would enable targeted information to be revealed through on-device analysis, without weakening encryption or providing decryption keys.

Career - Criminology / Forensics - 14.10.2021
Latino Michiganders: Key findings from U-M Poverty Solutions
As National Hispanic Heritage Month , which celebrates the culture and contributions of Latinos in the U.S., comes to a close, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan highlights key data from its research that relates to Latinos living in Michigan. The percentage of Latinos in Detroit who would feel more safe with an increased police presence in their neighborhood, according to a recent report by the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study on attitudes toward crime and policing.

Criminology / Forensics - Social Sciences - 20.09.2021
Majority of Detroiters want police reform, many also want increased police presence
Competing concerns about police brutality and high crime rates are reflected in Detroiters' attitudes toward the police, according to University of Michigan research.

Criminology / Forensics - 03.09.2021
PNG's private security industry could improve public safety
PNG’s private security industry could improve public safety
A new report from researchers at The Australian National University highlights the vital role private security plays in ensuring public security across Papua New Guinea.

Campus - Criminology / Forensics - 18.08.2021

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 20.07.2021
Childhood exposure to gun violence increases risk of violent behavior as adults
Witnessing gun violence in real life or in fiction can have a mental toll on children. The effects, including using guns themselves, sometimes are seen many years later, according to a new University of Michigan study that tracked individuals during a 10-year span.

Campus - Criminology / Forensics - 14.07.2021
STOPMTL.CA: First interactive map to self-report police stops in Montreal
In 2019, an independent report commissioned by the City of Montreal demonstrated racial and social profiling by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) targeting Black, Arab and Indigenous peoples, and young adults in particular.

Criminology / Forensics - Law - 11.06.2021

Criminology / Forensics - 10.06.2021
Freie Universität Strongly Refutes Baseless Allegations by Götz Aly
The university has responded to the human remains recovered through archaeological excavations on campus with dignity and transparency No 110/2021 from Jun 10, 2021 Following an article by Götz Aly i

Criminology / Forensics - Social Sciences - 02.06.2021
Urban crime decreased by 80% in Barcelona during lockdown
Urban crime decreased by 80% in Barcelona during lockdown
The lockdown policies that resulted from the COVID-19 epidemic involved an important decrease in urban crimes director of the Research Group on Children and Adolescent Victimization ( GReVIA ) of the UB.