Homicide

Since 2011 inmate-on-inmate homicides have risen 46 percent in county jails statewide compared with the seven years before.

New research finds several state-level statutes are linked to homicide rates, including universal background checks.

President Trump on Monday echoed arguments from his campaign, but his information seems outdated.

The CDC analysis recorded 14,415 gun-related homicides in 2016.

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

And how we might better prevent their deaths.

When her brother is sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit, one woman takes on the corrosive culture of capital punishment.

Laws prohibiting domestic abusers from possessing firearms are ineffective at reducing the rate of domestic-abuse-related homicides. Strong enforcement mechanisms are essential.

But a CDC database that began in 2003 may help solve that problem.

A new report examines data from more than 1,400 studies of programs such as broken windows policing, gun buybacks, therapy, and other attempts to curtail death and violence in American cities.

A distinct criminological profile emerges when researchers study the men and women who kill family members.

Yet another study finds areas with higher rates of gun ownership experience higher rates of homicide.

Research shows that “feeling safe” is highly subjective.

A new Supreme Court case could affect thousands of prisoners serving life sentences without parole for crimes they committed as teens.

A new analysis of crime stats suggests that economics trumps biology in causing violent behavior in teenagers.

Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Metzl and Kenneth MacLeish address our anxieties and correct our assumptions.

Local police departments should reflect the communities they serve, but fixing that alone won’t curb unnecessary violence.

Rennie Gibbs, a 16-year-old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is among a burgeoning number of cases in which women are prosecuted for allegedly endangering their unborn children.

Authorities credit seat belts and bullet-proof vests.

Some recent attempts to quantify the chaos.

Evil needs a face and it doesn't look like your neighbor—or your child. Evil must be inhuman, other. The familiar is innocent. We let our guard down. This is part of the diversity paradox.

In the 29 states that use the law, stand your ground increases the likelihood of a justified homicide ruling—but only when a white person is accused of killing a black person.

A majority of Americans continue to overestimate crime rates, even as crime levels drop across the country.

You are no less likely to be a victim of violent crime in a country with fewer guns.