The Bureau of Justice Statistics released findings from the 2020 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) that show a 22% decline in the total violent victimization rate from 2019 to 2020.
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A new study examined the impact changes to background checks and licensing policies has made on different types of violent crime in Massachusetts.
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New drone-mounted remote sensing technologies could complement conventional ground-based laser scanning in efficiently recreating crime scenes for forensic analysis.
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A vehicle located last week was linked to a missing persons cold case from 1998.
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A UCLA psychologist and undergraduate analyze Maurice Caldwell’s unjust incarceration and its profound long-term effects.
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Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.
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The unit will now have three full time detectives—instead of one—and their work will expand to include both unsolved homicide and sexual assaults.
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This unit will aid and support law enforcement agencies across the state in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cases, including homicides, missing persons, and other matters centered around human identification and forensic genealogy.
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An attorney for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed has told a judge that new evidence suggests the 19-year-old woman his client was convicted of killing may instead have been strangled by her jealous boyfriend.
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These findings have renewed calls for the need of separation between law enforcement and coroners/forensic medical professionals.
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