London police will start using facial recognition cameras to pick out suspects from street crowds in real time, in a major advance for the controversial technology that raises worries about automated surveillance and erosion of privacy rights. read more

Internet crimes are becoming more sophisticated and persistent in Florida and several of America’s other most populous states, including California, New York, Texas, Virginia and North Carolina. read more

Researchers have measured the extent to which mass shootings are committed by domestic violence perpetrators, suggesting how firearm restrictions may prevent these tragedies. read more

New research is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year. read more

Coming from a disadvantaged background, experiencing violence within the family, having a negative school environment or consuming violent media have little or no direct influence on potential criminal behavior among adolescents, but do result in young people regarding violent acts as harmless. read more

As the drug epidemic began to unfold in the United States, deaths classified as drug-related for 15- to 64-year-olds hit 9% in 2016, up from about 4% seven years prior. But new research suggests drug-associated mortality in this country is actually more than double that. read more

Just two days after Attorney General William Barr demanded help from Apple and other technology companies to access older model iPhones used by the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooter, Forbes uncovered a search warrant that strongly indicates the FBI already have access to a tool that can extract data from the latest and most secure iPhones. read more

The University of Kentucky recently received $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on General Medical Sciences to fund new opioid-related research in the criminal justice system. read more

According to a survey of nearly 3,000 gun owners, 40% reported having at least one firearm in their home that was not locked up. The presence of children in the home did not make a difference. read more

The Michigan State Police is aggressively investigating potential fraud committed by contract employees of Datamaster vendor, Intoximeters, and also moving to take all 203 Datamaster DMT evidential breath alcohol testing instruments out of service until MSP can inspect and verify each instrument to ensure it is properly calibrated. read more