In this week’s episode, I explore how the DNA of a perpetrator can be transferred by and to our four legged friends.

The paper in this episode is called "Investigation of human DNA transfer during mock dog- napping: and was authored by Heidi Monkman, Roland A.H. van Oorschot, Volgin Luke and Mariya Goray. It was published in the journal Forensic Science International

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073825003688

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In this week’s episode, I explore one of criminology's central puzzles: How does an offender choose their target?

A recent US study approached this challenge by working with 160 incarcerated burglars using Virtual Reality. Researchers immersed participants in a virtual neighborhood, using a "think-aloud protocol" to capture their real-time thought processes.

The study in question is called How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities by William P. McClanahan, Daniel S. Nagin, Marco Otte, Peter Wozniak, and Jean-Louis van Gelder, published in the journal Criminology.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12401

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How did the term "incel" transform from a supportive blog in 1997 into a platform for violent, misogynistic extremism?

This week, we dive into the complex and troubling phenomenon of involuntary celibacy (incel) extremism and the real threat it poses to the UK by looking at new research by Jonathan Jackson, Katie Oxley, Daniel Sefton in The International Journal of Criminology and Policing Education

DOI: 10.70386/ijcpe.v1i1.17

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