The study says differences in children's brains, which affect their sensitivity to pressure and rewards, and differences in the way they process information, make it more likely they will admit to crimes they didn't commit when incentivized to do so.
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Louisville has initiated planning for a community-centered alternative response model for 911 calls best served by mental health and social services professionals rather than traditional police engagement.
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Findings show that concealed information tests relying on electrical activity of the brain are ineffective in older adults because of changes to recognition-related brain activity that occurs with aging.
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Part of collecting evidence in a car wreck is collecting a map of the incident to provide crush and collision data. For years, detectives like Cummings Smith have used Google Maps to create 2D images of incidents. Now, new technology is making that 3D. ?
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has established a new Bureau tasked with assisting the homeless population and those with mental health disorders through a robust program that includes proactive engagement, case management and resource distribution.
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The team’s findings could have implications for criminology in general, but also for law enforcement practices today.
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Kowalske was the lead CSI Detective on a Roswell murder case, in which he was able to provide a reconstruction of the shooting death from the ballistic and bloodstain evidence which led to the understanding of the events that transpired.
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Creating a multi-agency Metro Safe Streets Task Force came after much negotiation and a guarantee for set boundaries on Portland officers’ participation.
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This collaborative effort aims to identify better ways to measure the prevalence of trafficking while crafting real-world solutions to best equip nongovernmental organizations and policymakers with the tools and information they need to combat trafficking.
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The chief medical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide testified Friday that the way police held him down and compressed his neck “was just more than Mr. Floyd could take,” given the condition of his heart.
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