The researchers analyzed 2,384 anonymous responses gathered from users of the dark web. Most respondents were young men aged 18–34 who sought child sexual abuse material involving girls.
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Research demonstrates that cities with higher immigrant populations tend to have lower crime rates. This is because immigrants create strong social networks and community cohesion, diminishing the likelihood of crime.
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Firearm injuries that sent victims to the hospital had gone down steadily over the five years before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but reversed course sharply over the next two years.
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The Boulder Police Department is honored to introduce the Blue Envelope Program as a new tool to help police interact and communicate more effectively with those needing additional accommodations or awareness.
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In recent years, the landscape of policing has undergone significant scrutiny and transformation, driven by calls for reform in the interests of greater accountability, transparency, and trustworthiness among police officers, analysts, and academic researchers to address pressing questions that have an impact on policing strategies and community relations.
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From strengthening compensation laws to limiting the misuse of technology by law enforcement, these reforms represent steps toward a more equitable legal system for everyone.
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has unlocked a cell phone that was used to capture video of a June 2021 incident in Minneapolis during which Winston Smith was fatally shot by law enforcement.
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Investigators in Amsterdam have deployed a unique campaign to try to generate leads in the 2009 murder of 19-year-old Bernadett “Betty” Szabó: a hologram of Szabó sits behind a window and asks for help.
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Forensic artist Joe Mullins, an adjunct professor in both the forensic science program and the School of Art at George Mason University, has created a clay facial reconstruction bust of an unidentified female homicide victim in one of Loudoun County's oldest unsolved cases.
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The aerosol cans contained DNA that was deemed "uninterpretable," and, astonishingly, a lab technician’s DNA was discovered on the paper towel tube they claimed I had used to ignite the fire. The truth, as it turns out, lay buried under layers of forensic misconduct.
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