Crime

On November 7th, 2018, a police officer lets a member of the public out of a crime scene near "Billy Fury Way," where a teenager was stabbed the previous evening in London, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The 94-year-old former SS guard faces trial, charged with complicity in the mass murders at the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof during World War II.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

White Americans hold many negative stereotypes about undocumented workers.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new report from The Hamilton Project refutes claims that immigrants are ruining native-born Americans' job prospects and driving up crime rates.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Manila, Philippines: In 2016, police investigate an alley where a 37-year-old man was killed by two unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Conservatives see Mollie Tibbetts' murder as proof of a need for more stringent immigration policies. Here's why they're wrong.

• By Emily Moon

Researchers find that those who have a mental illness are more likely to be the victim of a violent crime.

• By Jared Keller

The Victims of Immigration Crime (VOICE) office's quarterly report offers case studies, but it does not include statistics on crime rates.

• By Francie Diep

Police respond to a shooting on June 28th, 2018, in Annapolis, Maryland.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a conversation with John Holdren on President Donald Trump's approach to science to a feature on innovative tracking devices and technological solutions to prevent the trafficking of polar bear pelts in Canada.

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The research the attorney general drew his conclusions from had some serious flaws.

• By Ashley Hackett

In colonial Virginia, authorities could hang settlers for a crime as small as stealing grapes or killing a neighbor's chicken. The penal code in America's first colony was, in fact, so harsh its governor eventually reduced the number of capital offenses out of fear that settlers would refuse to live there. Since then, the number and severity of crimes punishable by death in the United States have fluctuated; today, the death penalty is still legal in 31 states. Here are some of the critical turning points in the history of capital punishment in America.

• By Morgan Baskin

A new study suggests it also decreases other types of drug use, including binge drinking.

• By Tom Jacobs

Until we find more certainty regarding how cybersecurity statistics are reported, we won't be to able to fully understand the scope of the problem.

• By Josephine Wolff

The chief counsel for ICE's Seattle field office faces charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research links air pollution to higher levels of crime and other unethical acts.

• By Tom Jacobs

Candles and flowers are displayed outside a grocery store on January 2nd, 2018, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in the western German town of Kandel.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

In Alaska, a point-based system will replace cash for determining who the state will release on bail.

• By Morgan Baskin

New research raises the possibility that the more time we spend on Facebook and Twitter, the less safe we feel.

• By Tom Jacobs

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, pled guilty to a crime with a controversial history.

• By Austin Sarat

The Central Asian nation has a far greater number of female prisoners jailed for murder of a male family member than other countries in the region.

• By Nina Teggarty

In a new study, use of psychedelic drugs is linked to lower rates of criminal behavior.

• By Tom Jacobs

The extent to which Washington is cooperating with Beijing remains unclear.

• By Massoud Hayoun