15/12/2025 - Weekly Research Summary

Brennan, M. and Reimers, A. 2025. Problem solving night-time economy related serious violence in and around McDonalds restaurants within Leicester city centre. Leicester: Leicestershire Police.

Cahill, M. et al. 2025. Self-reported desistance and help-seeking approaches of child sexual offenders on the darknet. Samford Valley: Australian Academic Press.

Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing. 2025. An evaluation of the Thames Valley police 'Act Now' youth knife crime initiative. Cambridge: Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing.

Clark, L. and Whitehead, S. 2025. "To be listened to... and actually heard": Women's perspectives on effective substance use treatment and support. London: Centre for Justice Innovation.

House of Commons. 2025. The Angiolini Inquiry. Part 2 first report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public. London: Home Office.

Wright, M. 2025. Blue light thinking: Virtual volunteers and crowd-sourced solutions to crime. Expert analysis. London: Centre for Emerging Technology and Security.

Jones, M. and Jones, D. 2024. Inclusive Adult Education: Embedding Diversity and Supporting Alternative Learning Environments in UK Higher Education. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan

Dufour, G. K. et al. 2025. Public perceptions of Clare’s Law: Insights on the usability and perceived effectiveness of a domestic violence disclosure framework. Journal of Family Violence.

The goal of this study was to explore perceptions of Clare’s Law through the following research questions (1) What proportion of Canadians are aware of Clare’s Law Legislation? (2) What factors are associated with the belief that Clare’s Law can reduce violence? (3) What factors are associated with the likelihood of using Clare’s Law?

Gauthier, A & Garant, E. 2025. Developmental pathways to recidivism in men who have committed sexual aggression against women: a three-dimensional model. Journal of Sexual Aggression.

This study highlights the existence of multiple pathways leading to recidivism among men who have committed sexual aggression against women, while also revealing that the dimensions involved vary depending on the type of recidivism.

Janssen, J. 2025. The Dutch approach to honour-based violence: Navigating the complexities. International Journal of Law Crime and Justice.

The Dutch approach to honour-based violence (HBV) has evolved from isolated responses to a comprehensive strategy combining prevention, intervention, and prosecution.

Mancini, C. et al. 2025. The pursuit of gun safety in a new era: Exploring predictors of firearm storage practices among the public. Journal of Criminal Justice.

Given rising concerns about gun violence and the extent of parental liability, the authors examine firearm storage practices among the public.

Williams, K. 2025. "There are no limits!": AI undressing apps and the normalization of nonconsensual intimate deepfakes. Violence Against Women.

AI-powered “undressing” apps generate sexually explicit deepfakes from authentic images without consent, representing a profound escalation in image-based sexual abuse. This study analyzes 29 such apps, examining their technical affordances, marketing strategies, revenue models, and privacy policies.

Wojciechowski, T. 2025. Gender differences in violent offending in childhood and early adolescence: The mediating roles of dual systems imbalance and parental monitoring. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

This study addresses a gap in the literature by examining the dual systems model imbalance and parental monitoring as mediators of the gender-violent offending relationship.