Nov. 13, 2023 — Researchers have examined 1.2 million criminal incidents and developed an innovative method to identify patterns in criminal ...
Aug. 1, 2023 — An evaluation of 17 previously published studies suggests that exposure to lead in the womb or in childhood is associated with an increased risk of engaging in criminal behavior in adulthood -- but ...
Oct. 31, 2022 — The researchers suggest that mass school shootings are different from other forms of mass murder, and that they should be looked at as a distinct phenomenon. Factors other than severe mental illness ...
Oct. 12, 2022 — Maintaining green parks and gardens in cities has the potential to lower the risk of crime, research suggests. More green space in a city is linked with lower risk of crime against property -- such ...
Oct. 7, 2022 — Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to new ...
Sep. 21, 2022 — Forensic dramas on TV make it seem easy to determine when fingerprints were left at the scene of a crime. In reality, the oils in fingerprints degrade over time, and it's difficult to figure out ...
Sep. 20, 2022 — A new study has found that the average rate of assaults with firearms increased an average of 9.5 percent relative to forecasted trends in the first 10 years after 34 states relaxed restrictions on ...
July 14, 2022 — A new study of data from Chicago found that the neighborhoods where violent crime fell the most, cardiovascular disease mortality fell sharply, ...
July 5, 2022 — In a recent study, researchers found that neighborhoods with more dogs had lower rates of homicide, robbery and, to a lesser extent, aggravated assaults compared to areas with fewer dogs, at least ...
June 30, 2022 — A new computer model uses publicly available data to predict crime accurately in eight U.S. cities, while revealing increased police response in wealthy neighborhoods at the expense of less ...
June 8, 2022 — As cities test different approaches to handling 911 calls, a new study shows dispatching mental health specialists for nonviolent emergencies can be beneficial. In Denver, it reduced reports of less ...
May 19, 2022 — In February 2020, a group of musicians from around the world living in China recorded their cover of a song by Michael Jackson on video to express their support to the families affected by the ...
Apr. 12, 2022 — New research is helping law enforcement agents, forensic scientists and historians uncover attempts to hide ...
Apr. 4, 2022 — Teens who are stopped by the police are more likely to report greater disengagement from school the next day, and racial and ethnic minority youth reported more invasive police encounters than white ...
Mar. 31, 2022 — Skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data shows that some groups of people have higher variability in their cell deposits. The South Australian forensic science researchers ...
Feb. 16, 2022 — A new study among young Danish men confirms the assumption that risk-tolerant, impatient and self-centered people are more likely to commit crimes than risk averse, patient and altruistic people ...
Feb. 14, 2022 — Scientists have used genetic testing of ivory shipments seized by law enforcement to uncover the international criminal networks behind ivory trafficking out of Africa. The genetic connections across ...
Feb. 1, 2022 — Exposure to lead in drinking water from private wells during early childhood is associated with an increased risk of being reported for delinquency during teenage years, according to a new study. ...
Dec. 10, 2021 — A study showed that -- within an appropriate framework -- gait recognition could be a viable technique for protecting individuals and their data from potential ...
Nov. 15, 2021 — Researchers have trained computers to predict the next designer drugs before they are even on the market, technology that could save lives. Identifying these so-called 'legal highs' within ...
