The first study to take a “network analysis” approach to patterns of violence within UK organized crime gangs (OCG) has shown that OCG members who previously offended together are likely to end up attacking one another.
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For the past 10 years, the news media has followed suit by reducing the number of times the name of a mass shooter is reported.
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Renowned fire science expert John Lentini, a leading expert in the field of arson investigation, provided an affidavit that the chain of custody procedures used by the state police officers in the case rendered the key evidence of arson unreliable.
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Drones have become increasingly popular tools for law enforcement departments across the country. Huntsville, Alabama is one such place, with a very successful drone program that was implemented with careful planning and support from city leaders.
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How an Arizona man who’s never held elected office has shaped one of America’s most punitive criminal justice systems.
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Several competing theories attempt to explain the rapid spike and decline in youth homicides, such as the 2015 consent agreement with the Chicago Police Department to reform “stop and frisk.”
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“She was convicted based on discredited forensics and the testimony of a medical examiner who didn’t follow protocol and put another innocent person in prison just two months after.”
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A 61-year-old woman was arrested in Oklahoma in the 1993 killing of a Northern California shop owner who was shot during a “robbery gone wrong."
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Over one in four women (or 27 percent) experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis.
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The contract will support initiatives in Auburn’s recently established, transdisciplinary Detection Canine Sciences, Innovation, Technology and Education (DCSITE) program.
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Hearts Alive Village has entered into a contract with Clark County to provide forensics veterinary medicine and care for animals who are suspected victims of abuse and neglect, the first non-profit to do so.
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Charles Morgan is a national security professor at the University of New Haven and an expert on the impact that stress and harsh interrogation techniques can have on human memory.
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Researchers used text mining of NamUs case entries to classify cases as violent or nonviolent based on designated keywords, and then they examined additional case information to compare specific characteristics of violent versus non-violent cases.
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Tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of objects and physical abuses deployed by human traffickers to control, torture, and brand their victims, and which are crucial to securing a conviction.
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A bill addressing law enforcements use of genetic genealogy DNA databases like GEDmatch and Ancestry failed to pass the Utah House of Representatives late last week amid concerns it was not specific enough to prevent police “fishing expeditions.”
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