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Posted January 25, 2012:

• Genes Influence Criminal Behavior, Research Suggests

Posted January 5, 2012:

• Bird Smuggler Busted in Indonesia

Posted January 3, 2012:

• New Forms of Torture Leave 'Invisible Scars,' Say Researchers

Posted December 14, 2011:

• New Test Could Help Track Down and Prosecute Terrorists Who Use Nerve Gas and Other Agents

Posted December 9, 2011:

• Pharmacists Crucial in Plan for Terrorist Chemical Weapons

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Catching Terrorists: Backpacks, Not the Bombs Inside, Key to Finding DNA

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Genetic Markers Help Feds Enforce Seafood Regulations

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Research Shows the Power of Hand Gestures in Police Interviews

Posted November 16, 2011:

• False Confessions May Lead to More Errors in Evidence, Study Shows

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Secluding Aggressive Young Offenders Is Always the Last Resort, Four-Country Study Finds

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Fighting Violent Gang Crime With Math

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Social Media Study Reveals Unreported Truths on the Nature of Street Protests, Experts Say

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Computer Vision Experts Develop 'Questionable Observer Detector'
• Some Youth Too Immature to Stand Trial, Experts Say

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Race Disparity Found in Post-Hospital Arrival Homicide Deaths at Trauma Centers

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Examining Motherly Fears

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Romance Scams Online Hit Hundreds of Thousands of Victims, UK Study Finds

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Public Image of Chemistry: Breaking Chemistry's Bad Rap

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Health-Based Approach May Help ID Groups at Risk of Genocide

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Juvenile Delinquency Linked to Higher Suicide Risk

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Sustainability Scientists Suggest How Countries Can Cooperate on Climate

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Groundbreaking DNA Tests Could Trap Deer Poachers

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Liquor Store Density Linked to Youth Homicides, U.S. Studies Find

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Studies Question Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws

Posted August 28, 2011:

• Hollywood Screenwriters and Scientists: More Than an Artistic Collaboration

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Source of Haitian Cholera Outbreak Uncovered

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Happiness Can Deter Crime, a New Study Finds

Posted August 20, 2011:

• Race and Poverty Often Unjustifiably Tied to School Security Measures

Posted August 18, 2011:

• Research Examines the Black-and-White Issues Surrounding Executions in the South

Posted August 15, 2011:

• Jailhouse Phone Calls Reveal Why Domestic Violence Victims Recant

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Tracking Crime in Real Time

Posted August 5, 2011:

• Right to Remain Silent Not Understood by Many Suspects; Confusion About Constitutional Rights Can Lead to Self-Incrimination, Psychologist Reports

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Pioneering Fingermark Technology Uses Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Provide Crime Scene Investigators With Key Extra Details

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Organized Crime Is Wiping out Wildlife, Report Finds

Posted July 26, 2011:

• Corporal Punishment May Have Long-Term Negative Effects on Children's Intelligence

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Test for Classifying Force Used in Bottle Stabbings: New Study Aids Understanding of Force Required for Creating Injury
• Killing of Bin Laden Worsened Americans' Views of U.S. Muslims, Survey Finds

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Active Self-Defense Strategy Best Deterrent Against Cyber-Attacks

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Scientists Accurately Predict Age With Saliva Sample

Posted June 15, 2011:

• UK First Use of 3-D Imaging Derived from Post-Mortem Computed Tomography Imaging in UK Trial

Posted June 14, 2011:

• Forensics: Lamps and Spectrometers Used to Age Bruises Precisely

Posted June 13, 2011:

• Tool Developed to Predict Violence and Aggression in Children and Teens

Posted June 9, 2011:

• Physician Participation in Lethal Injection Executions Should Not Be Banned, Argue Ethicists

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Saving Wildlife With Forensic Genetics

Posted May 27, 2011:

• Changes in Brain Circuitry Play Role in Moral Sensitivity as People Grow Up

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Too Easy to Steal Cargo from Transport Networks: Research Points to Solutions
• New Way to Analyze a Bloody Crime Scene: Chicken Wing Sauce and Trigonometry Brought to Bear on CSI Enigma

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Digital Forensic Examiners Face Stress, Role-Conflict

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