White mass shooters receive sympathetic media treatment
White mass shooters receive much more sympathetic treatment in the media than black shooters, according to a new study that analyzed coverage of 219 attacks.
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2018
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News tagged with gang
Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members
(AP) -- When a gang member was released from jail soon after his arrest for selling methamphetamine, friends and associates assumed he had cut a deal with authorities and become a police informant.
Internet
Feb 2, 2010
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Treat illegal wildlife trade as serious crime: CITES
Illegal trade in wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn must be treated as a serious crime in order to end the devastating poaching of protected species, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES said Thursday.
Ecology
Jan 25, 2013
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Half-tonne of smuggled ivory seized in Saudi
Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they have seized half a tonne of ivory being smuggled from Africa to east Asia.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2014
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Crawling social media to understand outlaw motorcycle gang dynamics
Understanding and isolating the factors in the recruitment to organised crime and terrorist networks is the ambitious mission of the PROTON project. The first step in this three-year-long venture is, of course, to investigate ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2018
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Research finds street gang activity is a predictor of homicide in LA neighborhoods
Neighborhoods saddled with gangs fighting over the same turf suffer higher homicide rates and greater instability than areas where the gangs are scarce, according to a recent study by researchers at Charles Drew University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009
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Study: Homicide spreads like infectious disease
Homicide moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give police a new tool in tracking and ultimately preventing murders.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2012
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Iraq 'green belt' neglected in faltering climate fight
Envisioned as a lush fortress against worsening desertification and sand storms, the "green belt" of Iraq's Karbala stands as a wilted failure.
Environment
Apr 19, 2022
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To fight wildlife crime, experts say 'follow the money'
In most cases, the conviction of a Thai man trafficking rhino horns through a bizarre scheme that involved hiring prostitutes to pose as trophy hunters would have marked the end of the story.
Ecology
Sep 16, 2017
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Cyberwar is reality world must fight: UN official
The international community must wake up to the reality of cyberwar and strive to find ways to stem it, the head of the UN's telecommunications agency said Monday.
Internet
Jul 15, 2013
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