How warped bonding traps sex-trafficked children

"In sex trafficking of children, captivity is followed by this previously unrecognized process now identified as 'trauma coercive bonding.'"

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
April 4, 2019 ~3 min

ISIS is recruiting in Europe’s criminal underworld

"We haven't previously seen this overlap between street gangs and politicized violence."

Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis • futurity
April 2, 2019 ~3 min


15% fewer homicides in states with universal background checks

Laws that focus on who has guns—rather than gun type—may do more to lower gun-related deaths.

Boston University • futurity
April 1, 2019 ~3 min

Animal abuse varies by people’s relationship to the pet

Owners, their partners, and neighbors tend to abuse animals in different ways, research finds.

Kristen Parker-Michigan State • futurity
March 18, 2019 ~4 min

With ‘dirty data,’ predictive policing can make bias worse

"Dirty data" can corrupt predictive policing systems and exacerbate discrimination against minority suspects, researchers say.

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
March 8, 2019 ~3 min

‘Periodic table’ of droplet motions could aid crime-solvers

Predicting how liquid droplets move and splatter could help investigators draw better clues from crime scenes.

Melanie Lefkowitz-Cornell • futurity
Feb. 27, 2019 ~3 min

‘Tags’ let your phone spot counterfeit stuff

A new system uses chemical tags and a phone to check if products, whether clothing or medications, are the real thing.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Feb. 21, 2019 ~4 min

More crime on the route to school ups absentee risk

When there's more crime on the path students take to school, the chance they'll skip the trip goes up.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Feb. 13, 2019 ~4 min


How some people resist the sway of a bribe

What drives people to accept bribery and how people can avoid its influence? Researchers have answers for both questions.

Jason Maderer-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Feb. 13, 2019 ~4 min

A little digital piracy boosts the bottom line

A little bit of piracy can actually help manufacturers, retailers, and consumers, even when the pirated product is a show like Game of Thrones.

George Vlahakis-Indiana • futurity
Feb. 5, 2019 ~4 min

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