Your First Five Crime Studies of September 18

Today’s new research includes work on gang governance, officer displays of doubt in rape cases, and predicting risk of fatal overdose

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Take a look at these new criminology & criminal justice studies from the journals I monitor.

1. Now You See It, Now You Don’t: A Simulation and Illustration of the Importance of Treating Incomplete Data in Estimating Race Effects in Sentencing, published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

2. Crime and Features of the Built Environment Predicting Risk of Fatal Overdose: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Ohio Counties with Risk Terrain Modeling, published in American Journal of Criminal Justice.

3. Differential Associations Between Posttraumatic Cognitions, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, and Race Among Black and White Veterans Seeking Treatment for Assaultive Military Sexual Trauma, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

4. “That is Not Behavior Consistent With a Rape Victim”: The Effects of Officer Displays of Doubt on Sexual Assault Case Processing and Victim Participation, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

5. The long arm of the gang: Disengagement under gang governance in Central America, published in Criminology.