Starting today, I’m providing summaries for research I might cover. As always, if any studies interest you, feel free to cover them yourself. (Please drop a link in the comments if you do!)
New scholarly journal articles
1. Partners in Criminology: Machine Learning and Network Science Reveal Missed Opportunities and Inequalities in the Study of Crime, published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology. [Queue: Other. Keywords: Criminology, machine learning, network science, scientometrics.]
They used machine learning to map 20 years of criminology and criminal justice scholarship, looking for patterns in collaboration, research topic, and location in producing knowledge about crime.
I plan to read this article and see if there’s a readily apparent research story or report in it.
2. Correctional officers and the use of force as an organizational behavior, published in Criminology. [Queue: General interest. Keywords: Canada, corrections, managerialism, use of force.]
Discusses the results of 131 interviews with Canadian correctional officers about how they “interpret and negotiate policies to justify using force to maintain order.”.
This research could be integrated into features, columns, and opinion pieces about audience-relevant use-of-force incidents.
3. Factors influencing burglary and home security measures in England and Wales, published in European Journal of Criminology. [Queue: General interest. Keywords: England and Wales, burglary, home security measures, fear.]
“Participants from lower socioeconomic status are more afraid of becoming victims of burglary and invest in cheaper home security measures to protect their homes, while wealthier participants do not feel the need to protect their homes since they are more likely to live in low-crime areas.”
4. Effects of campus intimate partner violence prevention programs on psychological and physical violence outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis, published in Journal of Experimental Criminology. [Queue: General interest. Keywords: United States, campus IPV, prevention programs, Campus SaVE Act.]
While prevention programs increased IPV knowledge, they didn’t prevent it.
5. Solitary confinement as state harm: Reimagining sentencing in light of dynamic censure and state blame, published in Punishment & Society. [Queue: No queue. Keywords: Solitary confinement, sentencing.]
6. Youth Exposure to Gun, Knife, and Physical Assaults: Assessing PTSD Symptoms Across Types of Assaults, Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Context, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. [Queue: General interest. Keywords: U.S., adolescents, young adults, violence, PTSD, victimization.]
Researchers examined violent victimization and PTSD among a diverse set of young adults and adolescents to learn who suffered the most PTSD symptoms in relation to their sociodemographic characteristics and victimization situations.