Posts Tagged ‘criminal justice’
Impartial experts not so impartial
U. VIRGINIA (US) — Researchers find that many “impartial” expert witnesses lose sight of objectivity and tend to come to conclusions that align with those who pay for their services. Continue…
Monday, April 29, 2013 17:01 - 4 Comments
Society & Culture - Jan 30, 2013 11:58 - 2 Comments
Teen’s criminal career can start by age 5
IOWA STATE (US) — By the time a juvenile is arrested, or referred to the juvenile court system, chances are he or she has already displayed a pattern of antisocial behavior. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 22, 2013 12:51 - 3 Comments
Report: Prohibition fails in Mexico’s drug war
RICE (US) — Aggressive efforts to control violent drug cartels have clearly failed in Mexico’s war on drugs, according to an analysis by a public policy expert. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 11, 2013 13:55 - 1 Comment
DNA profiling catches repeat criminals
U. VIRGINIA (US) — Violent criminals whose DNA is stored in a database are 23.4 percent more likely to be convicted of another crime within three years than their unprofiled counterparts. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 26, 2012 16:21 - 0 Comments
Teen offenders: Get a job or go to school?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Juvenile offenders who work more than 20 hours weekly, but do not attend school regularly, display more antisocial behaviors than other teens. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 30, 2012 11:54 - 4 Comments
Homicide spreads like the flu
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Homicide moves through a community like an infectious disease, a finding that may help police track and even prevent murders. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 12:37 - 2 Comments
Is zero tolerance too hard on students?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Zero-tolerance policies that rely heavily on suspensions and expulsions hinder teens who have been arrested from completing high school or pursuing a college degree. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 17, 2012 11:35 - 0 Comments
Most active terrorists linked to al-Qaida
U. MARYLAND (US) — Only one of the 5,000 terrorist attacks in 2011 is attributed to al-Qaida Central, but more than half of the top 20 most active perpetrator groups in 2011 are linked to al-Qaida, new data shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 8, 2012 12:40 - 2 Comments
Youth struggle with alcohol, drugs after detention
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Five years after leaving juvenile detention more than 45 percent of males and nearly 30 percent of females have one or more psychiatric disorders, a recent study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 2, 2012 14:50 - 3 Comments
Is safety ‘trade-off’ of stun guns justified?
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — While stun guns give police officers better protection than other restraint methods, they also significantly increase the chance a citizen will be injured, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 19, 2012 11:31 - 1 Comment
Brain ‘cascade’ in third party punishment
VANDERBILT (US) — Scientists have proposed the first neurobiological model for third-party punishment, a key component of human society and cooperation. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 18, 2012 15:27 - 3 Comments
With all-white jury pools, verdict disparity
DUKE (US) — Juries formed from all-white jury pools in Florida convicted black defendants 16 percent more often than white defendants. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 20, 2012 12:24 - 0 Comments
‘Triple-threat’ shield protects computer
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Having a triple-threat combination of protective software on your computer greatly reduces your chances of identity theft. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 24, 2012 11:01 - 12 Comments
Death penalty may not impact murder rate
NYU (US) — Use of the death penalty does not affect subsequent murder rates, says a study of over 50 years of crime statistics in Trinidad and Tobago. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 21, 2012 18:55 - 6 Comments
Military death sentences higher for minorities
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Skin color plays a role in deciding whether to execute military criminals, according to new research that finds minorities in the military are twice as likely as whites to be sentenced to death. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 2, 2012 12:02 - 2 Comments
Rural hot spots point to terrorism threats
U. MARYLAND (US) — Nearly a third of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2008 occurred in just five metropolitan U.S. counties, but rural areas were hit, too, a new report says. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 21, 2011 11:57 - 0 Comments
In India, reported crimes against women surge
U. WARWICK (UK) — An increase in female representation in local politics has caused a significant rise in documented crimes against women in India, a new report shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 8, 2011 11:40 - 0 Comments
Moral blind spot about passive harm
BROWN (US) — Individuals and courts deal more harshly with people who actively commit harm than with people who allow harm to occur. This moral distinction may be automatic, according to a new study based on brain scans. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 17, 2011 13:10 - 3 Comments
Trend: Prisons link US citizens to terror groups?
RICE (US) — Sixty percent of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities between January 2009 and April 2011 were American citizens, according to a new report. (more…)
