Why Fewer Murder Cases Get Solved These Days
A new study by three FBI officials suggests that cooperation — whether by witnesses or even other departments — is the key to closing more murder cases.
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Re-Mapping Forensic Science’s Future
A critical report from the National Academy of Sciences calls for national standards in forensics science, validation of new technology and crime lab ethics.
The Real Crime Fighters: Conservatives or Liberals?
A new study finds that both more police officers and more community building are essential in reducing crime.
The Rational Ruffian: Why Crime Pays
A Miller-McCune.com interview with the authors of the new book Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations
Succor. Succor in the Court.
There's a problem with problem-solving courts: Taxpayers don't understand how well they work.
GIS: Cops Favor New Kind of Plotting
Spatial representation provides genuine clues to crime prevention for urban police forces.
Assessing Spirituality Behind Bars
A documentary about a meditation program among convicted murderers sparks discussion about the benefits religion and spirituality offer inmates and officials.
Creating Superfelons at the Supermaxes
Inmate calls type of prison facility 'the ultimate whetstone of human behavior, sharpening those who survive its rigors and deprivations to a keen edge.'
‘Missing Missing’ and Serial Killers
The most common victims of serial killers may be much more numerous than experts generally believe.
Bullying: A Junior Hate Crime?
Serious research into juvenile bullying increasingly focuses on ways to curb what appears to many as an inevitable feature of the schoolyard.