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Screenshots from TV report on the original Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment that took place in 1987-88

Mandatory arrest in domestic violence call-outs causes early death in victims

03 Mar 2014

Cambridge criminologist follows up on landmark US domestic violence arrest experiment and finds that black victims who had partners arrested rather...

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Juvenile prison in Japan

Research in Japan suggests that a ‘relationship-based’ police interviewing style gets the best results

15 Feb 2014

Award-winning research into police interviewing techniques in Japan reveals that a ‘relationship-based’ style may be particularly effective in...

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Pub

Violence rates unaffected by 24-hour licensing laws

02 Dec 2013

Study finds no correlation between violent crime and flexible alcohol licensing following the 2003 Licensing Act, with researchers describing the...

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in the shadows

Investigating child abuse: how interview training really matters

05 Apr 2013

Gathering evidence from children about alleged sex abuse is problematic. Research shows that when interviewers are trained in a protocol that favours...

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Police.

The new police knowledge

28 May 2012

Professor Lawrence Sherman will be talking about the latest research into predicting, preventing and detecting crime as part of the Cambridge series...

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Justice is (NOT) blind

Diagnosing crime, dispensing justice

01 Sep 2007

Finding the best routes to predicting, preventing and atoning for crime is a thorny issue. Experimental criminologists such as Lawrence Sherman...

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