Il New York Times d? notizia di un netto calo della violenza nella metropoliVincente la "tolleranza zero" di Rudolph Giuliani e la teoria dei "vetri rotti"New York, "solo" 492 omicidiAnno record: -80% dal 1990New York, "solo" 492 omicidiAnno record: -...
NIHIL SUB SOLE NOVI# .Nel corso del 2007, ho raccolto nel mio blog Zibaldone medico- legale (http://giustogiusti.blogspot.com) 276 post di interesse medico- legale. Beninteso non posso avere la pretesa di avere completato la raccolta, neppure nei...
The National Institute of Justice is inviting research proposals [pdf]. Up to $4 million may be available. They say:
We’re looking for innovative, precedent-setting ideas in what we call our “open” solicitation for social and behavioral research and evaluation on criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice. As always, the questions your research answers should have clear implications for criminal justice policy and practice. Other NIJ solicitations and awards can help you focus on targeted topics of interest.
Deadline: March 5, 2008
There are a couple of other research solicitations open at the moment:
* Terrorism (due: February 5, 2008)
* Abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elders (due: February 5, 2008) (Source: Psychology and Crime News)
I recently got a little funding for my honeynet and bought some new hardware for it. The major additions was some 3ware equipment, new processor and motherboard and lots of hard drives. I put 8 500GB sata II seagate ES drives in the box and a 3ware 9...
Mi sa tanto che questo ? un lavoro per Franco Paribello.30 dic 19:44Nuoro: trovati resti donna, forse rapita nel 1995NUORO - I resti del corpo di una donna sono stati trovati oggi dai carabinieri nelle campagne di Orani, in provincia di Nuoro. Le ossa...
Rogo Thyssen, morto il settimo operaioNon ce l'ha fatta Giuseppe Demasi, 26 anni. Il decesso al CTO di TorinoNOTIZIE CORRELATETorino, incendio in acciaieriaI funerali degli operai - Foto Rogo in acciaieria, morto il quinto operaioIncendio Thyssen, mort...
December was a busy month since we moved to near the sea from Amsterdam. It is more fresh air, and the view is beautiful. Also some casework had to be finished, however now I finished all casework I had to do this year.As always many new plans for 2008...
An APA summit on violence and abuse in relationships will be held February 28 - 29, 2008 in Bethesda, MD. According to the announcement:
Topics include Intimate Partner Violence, Child Maltreatment, Children Exposed to Violence and Abuse, Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Issues, Ethnic Minority, Cultural Issues, Substance Abuse, and related themes. The focus will be on What We Know, What We Need to Know, and Where Do We Need to Go with respect to Research, Intervention, and Prevention. The program will consist of a number of plenary speakers and break-out groups to discuss relevant topics. (Source: Psychology and Crime News)
An interesting article in the latest issue of Psychiatric Services discusses police decision making when faced with people with mental illness. Here’s the abstract:
The criminalization hypothesis assumes that deinstitutionalization coupled with inadequate police training has led to the increased arrest of people with mental illness. Arrest is viewed as a means to manage the troublesome behavior that often results from mental illness. Supporting research has emphasized the contributing role that illness plays in the arrest decision. This assumption largely ignores an extant criminal justice literature on the factors that influence arrest. On the basis of a review of this criminal justice literature, beginning with Bittner’s 1967 seminal work, a framework is proposed that incorporates three contexts—manipulative, temporal, and scenic—surrounding the police encounter and the relationship of these contexts to mental illness. These three “horizons” incorporate the characteristics of the community, the offender, and the incident, all of which are recognized as influential in shaping police discretion. The scenic horizon is indicative of the features of the community. The temporal horizon includes police knowledge that stretches beyond the specific incident and officer characteristics. The manipulative horizon involves the current incident from the standpoint of the officer and includes considerations of safety for the community as well as the immediate concerns of the officer. Implications of this framework are then explored with respect to both police and mental health service mandates.
Reference:
Melissa Schaefer Morabito (2007). Horizons of Context: Understanding the Police Decision to Arrest People With Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services 58:1582-1587 (Source: Psychology and Crime News)
