| 单词 | criminologist |
| 例句 | That doesn’t mean, of course, that the police are causing the crime, just as it doesn’t mean, as some criminologists have argued, that crime will fall if criminals are released from prison. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The criminologist James Alan Fox explained that his warning of a “bloodbath” was in fact an intentional overstatement. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This is an astonishing development, especially given that as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Devised by French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon, the system required police to make a precise survey of the dimensions and physical peculiarities of suspects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Here, for example, are excerpts of interviews that the University of Missouri criminologist David Klinger did with police officers for his fascinating book Into the Kill Zone. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Influential criminologists predicted a coming wave of "superpredators" with whom the juvenile justice system would be unable to cope. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Devised by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon in 1879, it was the first scientific method for identifying repeat criminals. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Logical as this may sound, some criminologists have fought the logic. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Although the rise of this crime wave long predated crack, the trend was so exacerbated by crack that criminologists got downright apocalyptic in their predictions. of youth violence. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In 1894, the French criminologist Bertillon had helped to wrongfully convict Alfred Dreyfus of treason, having presented a wildly incorrect handwriting analysis. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Broken Windows was the brainchild of the criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The most compelling new idea that Bratton brought to life stemmed from the broken window theory, which was conceived by the criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z After all, if none of the criminologists, police officials, economists, politicians, or others who traffic in such matters had foreseen the crime decline, how could they suddenly identify its causes? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Cable TV’s focus on rural crime doesn’t reflect a change in crime rates, University of Pennsylvania criminologist Emily Owens said. Cable-crime shows explore rural America’s underbelly 2014-02-27T21:15:33Z Priapic letters, addressed to a licentious countess, inflamed scholarly minds until Polish criminologists debunked them as fabrications. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z In 1993, the criminologist William Spelman published a paper showing that, in Austin, “crime rates on blocks with open abandoned buildings were twice as high as rates on matched blocks without open buildings.” The Other Side of “Broken Windows” 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Another contributing factor for the rise in homicides was the unseasonably warm weather this past winter, according to criminologists, but Chicago police Superintendent scoffed at that explanation earlier this year. Chicago homicides soar in first quarter 2012-04-12T03:30:00Z Now that the human genome has been sequenced, and scientists are studying the genetics of areas as varied as alcoholism and party affiliation, criminologists are cautiously returning to the subject. Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look 2011-06-19T22:33:19Z He will have special insight, like when a movie brings in a real forensic criminologist to be a consultant. David Spade: This is why Eddie Murphy hated me, wouldn’t come back to “Saturday Night Live” 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z An elite team of Nobel Prize-winning philosophers, Oxford scholars and criminologists worked round the clock for six years compiling the 7,000-plus images and 10 million words of text that you are about to read. Sex! Drugs! Violence! Great moments in exploitation cinema 2010-10-09T00:20:00Z To illustrate this reasonable point, Gladwell cites an article published in 1988 by two criminologists about the link between carbon monoxide in domestic gas and suicide in England and Wales. Malcolm Gladwell’s Advice When ‘Talking to Strangers’: Be Careful 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z From a Swedish crime writer/criminologist; a thriller based on real-life events. Local books: a novel of horse-racing, a history of Bumble Bee Seafoods 2012-04-09T21:32:04Z “My work follows people who have been locked away in prison,” says Miller, 46, a University of Chicago sociologist and criminologist. Meet the new MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z A 2016 study by criminologists at the University of California at Irvine found that participants were more likely to perceive rap as threatening and literal compared with genres such as country. California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z As white-collar criminologist Bill Black put it, “his standard commencement speech while Fed Chairman was an ode to reputation as the characteristic that made possible trust and free markets.” 7 most loathsome commencement speeches 2013-05-31T14:00:00Z As well as licensed exorcists, theologians, psychologists, medical doctors, criminologists, and Church historians will also address the course participants. Exorcism by cellphone: Beating the devil in the 21st century 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The tainted history of using biology to explain criminal behavior has pushed criminologists to reject or ignore genetics and concentrate on social causes: miserable poverty, corrosive addictions, guns. Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look 2011-06-19T22:33:19Z Snyder also talks to the criminologists, public health workers, domestic abuse advocates, police and lawyers who are fighting to stop the harm – working in an arena that has its own unique frustrations and challenges. Rachel Louise Snyder: ‘Domestic abuse is as common as rain' 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z I brought all these responses to David Weisburd, a criminologist at George Mason University. The Trouble with Crime Statistics 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Later in the century, the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon laid the groundwork for today’s police identification system. Review: ‘Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play’ Is a Rogues’ Gallery 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z She was a radical-feminist criminologist who spent her career as a teacher and a researcher at Simon Fraser University, in Canada. Keeping Faith with the Manson Women 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z "I'm not a criminologist or a sociologist," he said. Juvenile In Justice: Jailed youths photo exhibit 2012-11-08T21:25:09Z According to one criminologist, that would be a welcome but somewhat ironic development, since mass school shootings seldom provide compelling evidence in favor of more restrictions on weapons. Mass shootings are actually bad for gun control advocates 2012-12-17T18:14:00Z Kennedy is a criminologist, but also an activist, and there are parts of his book that read as a polemic. 'Don't Shoot': Saving young lives in a long gang war 2011-09-28T23:47:03Z He also notes that $1.2 billion dollars was spent on the "this is your brain on drugs" campaign, though criminologists found the effort not only failed to deter drug use, it made the problem worse. 'Don't Shoot': Saving young lives in a long gang war 2011-09-28T23:47:03Z Prof David Wilson is a criminologist with a special interest in serial killers. Freed to kill again – and again: Theodore Johnson and the truth about domestic violence 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The University of Glasgow criminologist said it would be too simplistic to suggest that soccer caused domestic violence. Domestic abuse linked to soccer match days: Scottish study 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z For reasons that don’t need to make sense, the case is given to Deaver’s brilliant but eccentric criminologist, Lincoln Rhyme, and his team. Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Sampson thinks that criminologists should spend less time trying to figure out what causes crime—in many cases, it’s an impossible task—and turn, instead, to investigating the effects of law-enforcement policies. The Trouble with Crime Statistics 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But the execution here is particularly redeemed by the interruptions of Casey Jordan, a criminologist who comments uninsightfully on the cases. Television Review: ‘Killer Karaoke’ and ‘Wives With Knives’ on Cable 2012-11-21T15:00:00Z Soon, Ambyr and Jones, who’s twice her age, begin a romance and we see that, for all his intellectual heft, the celebrated criminologist is clueless in matters of the heart. Caleb Carr’s ‘Surrender, New York’ echoes ‘The Alienist’ in theme if not setting 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z We know this from Darwin and Freud, and from primatologists, developmental psychologists, criminologists, and feminist scholars. What We Know About Art and the Mind 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z This may not make him a criminologist, but he understands the genre intimately. Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z James Densley, a criminologist and professor at Metro State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, said Trump's message is reckless. Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z As with the causes of crime itself, the disconnect between statistics and public perception has long been studied and debated by criminologists and others. Crime is down, but fear is up: Why is L.A. still perceived as dangerous? 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Bruce Jacobs, a criminologist at the University of Texas at Dallas, said the closure of schools gave many teens more free time. Carjackings plague every part of D.C. as city smashes record set in 2022 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z She said a criminologist could not say that Clegg’s gun was the one used to fire the shots. Gun evidence is focus at the trial of a man accused of killing New Hampshire couple on hiking trail 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Hot spot policing was pioneered by criminologists nearly three decades ago when researchers found that crime wasn’t concentrated in just the “bad parts of town,” but often to a few select blocks in a city. Police say ‘hot spot’ strategy can bullseye crime without throwing a dragnet over an entire neighbor 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z "I haven't seen any numbers that speak to how many are out there," said Howard Henderson, a criminologist based at Texas Southern University in Houston. Robot police dogs are on patrol, but who’s holding the leash? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Professor David Wilson, a criminologist with an interest in healthcare serial killers, told me Letby was facing a "crucial decision" about whether to give evidence at the trial - or not. What I learned about Lucy Letby after 10 months in court 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z But criminologists often warn that it’s unlikely a prosecutor’s policies would affect crime rates so directly in just a few years. Flash mobs invade luxury L.A. retailers with brute force, overwhelming numbers 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z In addition, says Edge Hill University criminologist Nicholas Longpré, “you don’t believe that this person is dangerous because you love that person. So you might accept more risks, more behaviors until you really act.” Psychologists Struggle to Explain the Mind of the Stalker 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z David Weisburd, a renowned criminologist at George Mason University who helped develop the practice of hot spot policing, said training police in “procedural justice” also has a deterrent effect on crime. Police say ‘hot spot’ strategy can bullseye crime without throwing a dragnet over an entire neighbor 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z While the Los Angeles Police Department will be required to issue quarterly reports on the Boston Dynamics robot's usage, that policy could go further, said Henderson, the criminologist. Robot police dogs are on patrol, but who’s holding the leash? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z And, said Scott Bonn, a criminologist and researcher, “It’s not unusual for the wives and families of serial killers to be completely unaware about their darker compulsions.” In Long Island slayings, a wife nearby but apparently unknowing 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z When she left home one day in late June with her two kids to run errands, she saw men waiting outside in a gray truck criminologists later identified as one used by government security forces. Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador’s President Bukele turns to sports 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z A former judge, state lawmaker and criminologist filed initiative petitions on Wednesday that would amend Missouri’s Constitution to allow St. Louis and other local governments to adopt their own gun policies. Missouri locals sidestep pro-gun lawmakers to put limits on firearms 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z According to Georgia State University criminologist David Maimon, most college aid scammers target institutions in California, Florida, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania — all states that traditionally have more organized crime. Federal college aid scams soaring, officials warn 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z It was a “particularly violent weekend” across the U.S., said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Gun violence rocks nation over holiday weekend, with multi-victim shootings in at least 7 states 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Numerous explications of this remarkable document are available from many different media sources; criminologist and Trump expert Gregg Barak supplied an analysis for Salon over the weekend. Trump's "peril is extreme": Former federal prosecutor on the historic Mar-a-Lago indictment 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z But as criminologists, we know these claims are without merit. Criminologists: Baseless anti-trans claims are fueling adoption of harmful laws 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In 1970, he returned to weekly television, playing a criminologist in “The Most Deadly Game,” but the show lasted only one season. George Maharis, star of TV’s ‘Route 66’ in the 1960s, dies at 94 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z "Anger is an aspect of pain," explained Nena Messina, a criminologist who researches crime, mental health and substance use. Incarcerated men and women are learning to address their own trauma 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z “We shouldn’t necessarily expect that this — one mass killing every less than seven days — will continue,” said Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox, who oversees the database. Frequent shootings put U.S. mass killings on a record pace 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z “We shouldn’t necessarily expect that this — one mass killing every less than seven days — will continue,” said Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox. Once-a-week nightmare: US mass killings on a record pace 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “What they did was very impressive,” says William Sabol, a criminologist at Georgia State University who was not involved in the study. Pandemic may have been a setback for racial makeup of U.S. prisons 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The city’s turnaround has been studied by criminologists across the country for decades as a success story. G.O.P. Attacks Bragg on Crime at a Hearing in New York 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z And the D.C. auditor has contracted with a Michigan criminologist to conduct a comprehensive study on staffing that might help identify more efficiencies. Opinion | D.C. needs hundreds more police officers. Here’s how to do it right. 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z But criminologists, police officials and other experts caution that the causes of the 2020 and 2021 spikes may never be fully understood. Younger Angelenos have far more negative view of police than elders, poll finds 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri and the lead author of the council’s report, said the social media phenomenon was only part of the problem. Teens Are Stealing More Cars. They Learn How on Social Media. 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Many South Koreans believe that bullies have damaged victims’ lives in an irreversible way, said Jihoon Kim, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who has studied bullying in South Korea. The Attention a Celebrity Doesn’t Want: Bullying Accusations 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z But criminologists caution that more data is needed to understand what is driving the rise. Fatal police shootings are still going up, and nobody knows why 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z “We are in a moment of struggle between the advances of feminism and a reactionary response,” said Carla Vall, a criminal lawyer and criminologist, adding that the legislation was a milestone for women’s rights. ‘Machismo Kills’: A Surge in Murders of Women Alarms Spain 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Broken windows policing has long been debunked by many criminologists who find that it fails to achieve its objectives, at the detriment of communities. Expert: Police traffic stops can alienate communities and lead to violent deaths like Tyre Nichols’ 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Indeed, the use of biology has long divided criminologists. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Louis criminologist David Klinger said decisions on whether to intervene in a police colleague’s actions are not always cut and dried. Tyre Nichols case shows officers still fail to intervene 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Many criminologists argued that this was in part because of the closures of businesses, mass layoffs and other disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic — and that murders would decrease as life returned to normal. Opinion | The police killing in Memphis is a reminder we must change policing 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama, said, referring to the older man believed to have been the gunman in Monterey Park. ‘Tragedy Upon Tragedy’: January Brings Dozens of Mass Shootings So Far 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “Similar issues have arisen across many, many different jurisdictions,” says criminologist William Thompson, professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, and a co-author of the RSS report. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z In the 19th and early 20th centuries, criminologists measured the skulls of imprisoned people and analyzed their bone structure. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “There are students who killed teachers, more typically high school students,” said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston’s Northeastern University. Age of Virginia class shooter presents rarity, legal hurdle 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “It was the largest recorded increase in homicides in United States history,” one criminologist said, about how the social dislocation of the pandemic had triggered an abrupt rise in violence back in 2020. Seattle’s pandemic crime fever may finally be breaking 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z But subsequent work suggests that the governing factor may be easy access to guns, not ownership of them, said Mr. Lankford, the University of Alabama criminologist, who wrote the 2015 study. ‘Tragedy Upon Tragedy’: January Brings Dozens of Mass Shootings So Far 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z But criminologists, police officials and other experts also caution that any single year can be an aberration, and the causes of the 2020 and 2021 spikes may never be fully understood. Hope emerges in 2022 as homicides dip in Los Angeles 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z A close review of the relevant literature shows that some biosocial criminologists have drawn on discredited ideas that describe Black people as inherently predisposed to crime. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z There’s no comprehensive data on the age of perpetrators, but criminologists say victims and perpetrators tend to be the same age. Gun ownership went up. Killings went down. Brazil debates why. 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z A separate study by noted criminologist Richard Rosenfeld found inflation had a significant impact on homicide, robbery and burglary rates in European and U.S. cities. Violent crime soars in 2022 with blame pinned on too few cops, lax prosecutors, more brutal society 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Many cities saw a significant increase in 2020 that was partly pandemic related, followed by a gradual decline over the past several months, criminologists said. Baltimore homicides stubbornly high despite new initiatives 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The absence of a third of law enforcement agencies — including some of the nation’s largest cities — makes it tricky for criminologists, policymakers and historians to draw meaningful conclusions about national hate crime trends. FBI's latest hate crimes report missing crucial data from California, New York and Florida 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z By the late 20th century, that legacy had left many criminologists hesitant to engage with biology. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Some departments balk at reporting fatal shootings by police alongside homicides by civilians because most officers’ killings are ruled justified, criminologists said. As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported “At the municipal level of police and the interaction between police governance, police and the municipal government, there was infighting, incompetence and lack of preparedness,” said Michael Kempa, a criminologist at the University of Ottawa. Trudeau defends using emergency powers against trucker protests 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Prof Jane Monckton Smith, a criminologist at the University of Gloucestershire, has been working with police to use new ways of measuring risk. Stalking: Victims say new ways needed to tackle crime 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “More people are stealing and stealing more,” said Read Hayes, a criminologist at the University of Florida and director of the Loss Prevention Research Council, an industry research group studying retail theft. Noticing lots of security locks at drugstores? These L.A. stores lock up the most 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Starting in the late 1990s, a growing number of criminologists turned to biology, aiming to integrate genetics, neuroscience, and sociology to produce more robust theories of crime. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “It’s been a long-running discussion,” said Michael C. Walker, a criminologist and former police chief in New Jersey. As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported “What we imported was the rhetoric,” said Prof. Tim Newburn, a criminologist at the London School of Economics who studies crime in Britain and the United States. U.K. Doubles Down on a Tactic Disproportionately Targeting Black People 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Instead, it clusters in small areas that criminologists and police departments often refer to as "hot spots." Criminology expert takes a sledgehammer to GOP claims “blaming Democrats for an increase in crime” 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Reuben Jonathan Miller, 46, Chicago, sociologist, criminologist and social worker who examines the consequences of incarceration, incorporating his personal experiences as a chaplain and relative of imprisoned people. Who are the 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows? 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Biosocial criminologists, he wrote, "will have to show how the new paradigm rejects its repressive heritage." Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z A high rate of police shootings relative to other departments of a similar size could be a sign that an agency’s officers need additional training, said Jacob Kaplan, a criminologist at Princeton University. As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported Reporters checked their calculations with leading data and crime experts in Britain, including Gavin Hales, an associate researcher at the Police Foundation U.K., and Tim Newburn, a criminologist at the London School of Economics. U.K. Doubles Down on a Tactic Disproportionately Targeting Black People 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z “Police and criminologists are working, looking for Russian bodies and collecting them in the streets and forests. There are very many of them because the occupiers didn’t bring them with them,” Ignatchenko said. Ukrainian authorities take stock of ruins in liberated Lyman 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z “Juries don’t understand them, then when you want to communicate that idea to a larger audience, the public doesn’t really understand,” said Jeffrey Ian Ross, a criminologist at the University of Baltimore. EXPLAINER: Rare sedition charge at center of Jan. 6 trial 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, biosocial criminologists have sometimes used new techniques to circle back to an old conclusion: that biology can help explain why the criminal justice system locks up so many people of color. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Bowling Green State University criminologist Philip Stinson called what is shown on the footage of Worcester’s arrest “completely unwarranted.” Experts: Police appear excessive in Arkansas beating video 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z According to criminologists, gun violence has got worse. South Africa gun crime: 'Every night there are bullets' 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The drop surprises criminologists, who say clearance rates are usually much higher at the beginning of a year before slowly dropping. Uptick in unsolved homicides vex police who blame liberal ‘criminal justice reform’ 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z A group of criminologists and former police officers spoke with WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta, after two of the city’s suburban school districts adopted a clear backpacks policy last week. Dallas schools to require clear backpacks in response to Uvalde shooting 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In 2015, six criminologists, several teaching at large public universities, published a sweeping "unified crime theory" in Aggression and Violent Behavior, a peer-reviewed criminology journal put out by scientific publisher Elsevier. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “It’s going to come down to what would a reasonable police officer have perceived in that moment,” said Bowling Green State University criminologist Philip Stinson. Uvalde video raises more calls for police accountability 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Posited by influential criminologists and spread by journalists, dire predictions were made of a superpredator youth crime wave that never materialized. Opinion | Montgomery County’s demonization of youths won’t solve any problems 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z “You put all that into a pressure cooker,” said Alex Piquero, a criminologist at the University of Miami, “and you let the pressure cooker blow up.” The staggering scope of U.S. gun deaths goes far beyond mass shootings There continues to be debate among criminologists and public health specialists about whether suicides should be counted as part of gun violence. Analysis | Biden’s startling statistic on school-age gun deaths 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It's only when Black, Brown, and poor White people are involved, Duster and other scholars suggest, that criminologists start to turn to biology to understand what might have gone wrong. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Taking away her gun seems partisan and premature, said George Kirkham, a criminologist at Florida State University and consultant to more than 50 law enforcement agencies. A California police officer was accused of domestic violence. He still rose to be chief 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Cook’s husband, James Cook, a criminologist who was a major with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Tampa, died in 2004. Ann Turner Cook Dies at 95; Her Face Sold Baby Food by the Billions 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z Despite their notoriety, mass shootings — as defined by criminologists — generally do not happen often enough for detailed data analysis. Analysis | What research shows on the effectiveness of gun-control laws 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z But you are a criminologist: Am I exaggerating? Donald Trump, criminal mastermind: Scholar Gregg Barak on the supreme con artist of our time 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Some biosocial criminologists say those sorts of concerns have pushed them to reconsider elements of their work. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z An alarming number have involved teens who turned to violence to resolve spur-of-the-moment conflicts, said David Riedman, a criminologist who co-founded the database at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. For lockdown generation school shootings are their ‘reality’ 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z We are criminologists who study the life histories of public mass shooters in the U.S. What We Know about Mass School Shootings—and Shooters—in the U.S. 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z We are criminologists who study the life histories of public mass shooters in the United States. More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% of shooters are motivated by racial hatred 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z As a criminologist, what do you see when you look at Donald Trump? Donald Trump, criminal mastermind: Scholar Gregg Barak on the supreme con artist of our time 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Law enforcement officials and criminologists pointed not just to the pandemic, but also to the divisive presidential election in 2020, as gun buying tends to increase at times of deep political polarization. Number of gun deaths hit record levels in 2020, CDC finds 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Bill Sanders, a criminologist at Cal State LA, said he wanted to see more evidence the shooting was gang-related, a term police often use to drum up support. Police: Sacramento shooting was gunfight among gang rivals 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Smith, the criminologist guiding Dallas’s plan, said the crime reduction program is working. A policing strategy abandoned after Breonna Taylor’s death spreads to other cities A 2016 study by criminologists at the University of California, Irvine, asked two groups of participants to read the same set of violent lyrics. Opinion | This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The toll of online harassment is often too easily dismissed, says criminologist Matthew Williams of Cardiff University. ‘Overwhelmed by hate’: COVID-19 scientists face an avalanche of abuse, survey shows 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z "Once it got to the point that the protest bedded in ... officers might think, 'We were put in this by bad management,'" said University of Ottawa criminologist Michael Kempa, who studies policing. Ottawa police misjudged protesters who besieged Canada's capital - testimony 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The long-time criminologist shocked the Atlanta community last year when he himself was shot while he was out buying mulch in an area of the city that had been seeing a recent uptick in crime. Homicides, rapes in Atlanta soar despite other decreasing violent crime: 'Feels like "Groundhog Day"' 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z But the criminologists stressed that over-policing would have the opposite effect and that violence prevention programs are a necessary part of the equation. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z “Mayors and police chiefs are between a rock and a hard place,” said Jeffrey Ian Ross, a University of Baltimore criminologist. Fight crime or reform policing? As homicides spike, mayors nationwide insist they can do both. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Ottawa Police lost their enforcement opportunity when the convoy first rolled into town at the end of January, said Carleton University criminologist Jeffrey Monaghan, adding they now have no good options. Canada protests enter third week as 'sophisticated' demonstrators dig in 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z His story embodies what criminologists told Fox News: packing culture and a drive to retaliate, rather than turn to law enforcement, has driven homicides in the nation’s capital. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The country’s homicide rate, the crime metric most closely tracked by criminologists and police officials, rose 30% from 2019 to 2020, the highest one-year increase in modern history, according to federal statistics. 'The answer is not to defund the police': Biden embraces New York’s mayor and his approach to crime 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Nearly a dozen criminologists, local officials and other experts largely agreed on the strategies needed to combat homicide, though there wasn’t entirely consensus on which should be emhpasized. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z FBI agent and around 20 historians, criminologists and data specialists identified Arnold van den Bergh, a relatively unknown figure, as a leading suspect in revealing the hideout. Dutch publisher halts Anne Frank book amid questions on research 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z "Serial killers are driven by fantasy," Dr. Scott Bonn, criminologist and author of the book "Why We Love Serial Killers," told Salon. Why serial killers are drawn to politics 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z High-crime communities became more reliant on illegal guns for protection as they and the rest of the nation lost faith that the police could effectively keep them safe, criminologists told Fox News. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Killers – and victims – are frequently involved in gangs or criminal activity, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the murder is gang-related, criminologists told Fox News. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Additionally, solving more non-fatal shootings would help improve homicide clearance rates and decrease homicides, criminologists said. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and around 20 historians, criminologists and data specialists last week identified a relatively unknown figure, Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh, as a leading suspect in revealing the hideout. Head of fund created by Anne Frank's father criticises cold-case probe -paper 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z She generally found richer material on television, starring as a criminologist in “The Most Deadly Game,” a short-lived series from producer Aaron Spelling, and as a thriving department-store executive in “Berrenger’s,” an NBC soap opera. Yvette Mimieux, radiant actress who starred in ‘The Time Machine,’ dies at 80 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Packing culture, even before May 2020, was already a driving factor behind homicides, according to criminologists. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Such skills aren’t taught in communities with high rates of violence, which results in rash killings over petty disputes, according to local officials and criminologists. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Additionally, shooters and victims alike are frequently involved in future incidents, criminologists said. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The main reason so few murder suspects were arrested is because of how far trust in the police dropped in the fallout after an officer killed George Floyd in May 2020, the criminologists said. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The landscape was further complicated by the pandemic, said Aaron Chalfin, a criminologist at the University of Pennsylvania. The White DA, the Black ex-mayor and a harsh debate on crime 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z As police trust fell even further following Floyd’s death, packing on the premise of self-defense became even more common in dangerous neighborhoods, criminologists and local experts told Fox News. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Murders in the nation’s capital most frequently stem from a petty dispute or insult, according to criminologists and local officials. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Cities should instead determine what services they expect from a police department and adjust the budget accordingly, the criminologists said. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The lower the trust, the more likely the police are to fail at making an arrest, which further decreases a community’s faith in law enforcement, the criminologists told Fox News Digital. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Eric Grommer, a criminologist at Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis, said that despite some preliminary indications that the programs had an impact, there was not enough data to conclude they were effective. To Stem a Homicide Surge, Indianapolis Invests $45 Million in Grass-Roots Programs 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z The criminologists stressed that there’s no clear, definitive cause for the ongoing homicide surge. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z While rivalries between gangs or crews may drive killings, the underlying disputes frequently stem from petty insults, criminologists and local officials told Fox News. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z But most importantly, police departments need to take steps to improve their relationships with the public, particularly violent communities, according to the criminologists. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Regardless, damaged police trust nationwide ultimately impeded criminal justice, the criminologists said, though several noted that some criticism of law enforcement was justified. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Three criminologists say the 1961 film ‘West Side Story’ popularized fictions about gangs — and wrongly influenced public opinion and public policy. 'West Side Story' can never be authentic, Spielberg or not 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z The flood of illegal guns has helped perpetuate cycles of retaliation, leading to even more murders, according to criminologists. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z A major reason disputes have devolved to murder is because killers were never taught the social skills needed to resolve conflicts without violence, according to criminologists. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Policing is only one part of the solution, criminologists and local officials and experts stressed. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Cooperation from homicide witnesses, which criminologists said is crucial to murder investigations, is less likely if they don’t trust law enforcement. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Yet, for criminologists like us, “West Side Story” is better known for its romanticized and racialized depictions of youth gangs. Op-Ed: The real cultural significance of 'West Side Story'? It spread powerful myths about gangs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Rather than going to the police, a shooting victim or their friend or relative will seek revenge, the criminologists said. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The relationship between law enforcement and police, which was typically already poor, likely sunk even further, according to criminologists. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z If the various efforts work in concert, they could lead to what one criminologist called "a virtuous circle," where each success helps lead to the next. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Low police trust harms other critical criminal justice elements in addition to witness cooperation, and other factors besides law enforcement confidence has likely played into homicide surges and declining clearance rates, according to the criminologists. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z A criminologist told The Times that the act of exaggerating the danger of stops compounded racial bias: “Police think ‘vehicle stops are dangerous’ and ‘Black people are dangerous,’ and the combination is volatile,” he said. Opinion | Train the Police to Keep the Peace, Not Turn a Profit 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z The preference to retaliate, rather than cooperate, became even more prevalent as police trust fell, according to criminologists. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Members of communities with low police trust – regardless of whether that’s due to law enforcement misconduct or otherwise – are less likely to turn to the police and more likely to carry firearms illegally, criminologists said. 'Unfathomable': Washington DC murder victims often killed over petty insults, experts say 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z More shooters would be arrested if there was a bigger investment in police departments’ investigative units, the criminologists said. There's a way out of the homicide surge – but it's a long, uphill battle 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Decreased confidence in the police has led to more illegal guns being carried and used, according to the criminologists. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Aaron Chalfin, a University of Pennsylvania criminologist who has studied four decades of police budgets in major cities, says 54% of the times that cities hired more officers, homicide numbers decreased. Portland among US cities looking to ‘refund’ police 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z A cooperative witness is an investigator’s best chance at arresting a murder suspect, according to criminologists. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z “Police think ‘vehicle stops are dangerous’ and ‘Black people are dangerous,’ and the combination is volatile,” you quote the criminologist Kalfani Ture saying. Opinion | Unarmed Drivers Killed by Police in Traffic Stops 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z "It is like terrorism, but it's not terrorism," says another criminologist who doesn't want his name used. What the 'Joker attack' revealed about Japanese society 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Additionally, the types of homicides that have increased in D.C. and nationwide – conflicts between rivaling crews, often started over a petty dispute and sometimes spanning generations – are particularly difficult to solve, the criminologists said. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z History shows that homicides fell after more officers were hired 54% of the time, according to Aaron Chalfin, a criminologist at the University of Pennsylvania who has studied ways of driving down crime. ‘Re-Fund the Police’? Why It Might Not Reduce Crime. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Xanthe Mallett, a criminologist at Australia’s Newcastle University, said finding a victim of stranger abduction alive after more than two weeks was rare. Suspect in Australian girl’s abduction to be charged soon 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But some police chiefs and criminologists said that alarmist training about vehicle stops has made officers too quick to shoot at times, resulting in needless killings. Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The theory has been called into question by a number of criminologists and others, who say it naturally leads to discriminatory overpolicing. Republican Candidate for Manhattan D.A. Sees a City on the Brink 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The pandemic, especially early on, also made homicide investigations more difficult, according to the criminologists. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Many legal scholars and criminologists now agree that whatever prisons are supposed to accomplish — whether it’s incapacitation, accountability, rehabilitation or deterrence — it can be achieved within two decades. Opinion | Let the Punishment Fit the Crime 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z To Dudley and to Jackson, the Johns Hopkins criminologist, de-escalation training for police isn’t enough. Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “Of all people who face challenges in the labor market, those with records are at the end of the queue,” said Shawn Bushway, an economist based in Albany, N.Y., and criminologist at Rand Corp. Once shunned, people convicted of felonies find more employers open to hiring them 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Betsy Stanko, a criminologist and visiting professor at University College London, described the moment as “an explosion of anger” across the country that became “indicative of the whole way women felt devalued.” London police officer falsely arrested Sarah Everard before murdering her, prosecutor says 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The criminologists did, however, offer several strategies that, over time, could help decrease murder rates. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z “What is really striking is that this was a universal increase from the big cities to the smaller communities,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Rise in California homicides echoes the nation, but state fares better in violent crime, FBI stats show 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Nix, the criminologist, said when it comes to the FBI’s data, “I’m kind of worried about the future because I think we’re about to have a real blind spot for the next few years.” FBI: Killings soared nearly 30 percent in 2020, with more slayings committed with guns 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston, said he considered 2020 a “unique situation” and not part of any sort of long-term trend. FBI: 2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Experts and criminologists have previously cited societal changes caused by the pandemic and mental stress as many were forced to stay together indoors for longer periods of time amid financial uncertainly as lockdowns began. FBI data shows large increase in murders in 2020 nationwide 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of women of color, and especially immigrants, this happens to all the time, and we never hear about it,” said Alex Piquero, a criminologist at the University of Miami. Gabby Petito story boosted by social media, true-crime craze 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “You’ve got this beautiful young couple, supposedly in love, making this romantic adventure across the country, and then something goes very bad,” said Scott Bonn, a criminologist who studies why certain crimes become cultural touchstones. A throng of internet sleuths are on the Gabby Petito case. Why has it sparked so much interest? 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z "The evidence that proactive policing works is pretty solid," Justin Nix, a University of Nebraska Omaha criminologist, said. Minneapolis officers 'hands off' since George Floyd death, as judge weighs ballot measure to replace police 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Homicides have remained higher than the normal rate throughout the first half of 2021, bucking a decades-long trend of decreasing homicide rates, according to criminologists. ‘Defund the police’ unpopular in Senate, spending to hire cops wins huge bipartisan support 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Israel Ticas, a criminologist in charge of the investigation, was sanctioned by the government for suggesting to the media there could be at least 40 victims - information that Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado dismissed as unproven. El Salvador 'House of Horrors' killings shock nation numbed to violence 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Homicide rates in large U.S. cities last year were up by more than 30 percent on average, according to criminologists. 6-Year-Old Girl in Washington Is Fatally Shot While Riding Scooter 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z We should not be relishing in this and enjoying this, we should feel sorry for these people and just let it play out privately,'” said Bonn, the criminologist. A throng of internet sleuths are on the Gabby Petito case. Why has it sparked so much interest? 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Betsy Stanko, a criminologist who has worked in American and British universities as well as for the Metropolitan Police, is the research lead on the project. Most rapists in Britain walk free. Survivors describe what needs to change. 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Sentences for police officers convicted of killing people while on duty vary widely, according to data tracked by Philip M. Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University. Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22½ years in prison for the murder of George Floyd 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Homicide rates in large cities were up more than 30 percent on average last year, and up another 24 percent for the beginning of this year, according to criminologists. As Battle Against Virus Ends, Mayors Confront a New Villain: Criminals 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z “It’s worrisome,” said James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Northeastern University. Rash of mass shootings stirs US fears heading into summer 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Boston’s Northeastern University, said small changes to a police budget, or the party affiliation of a particular mayor, aren’t likely to play a big role. Homicides are up, but GOP misleads with claims about blame 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z This is partly because of what criminologists refer to as the “seasonal effect,” the habitual rise in crime during the warm months in northern cities, starting with Memorial Day. With Homicides Rising, Cities Brace for a Violent Summer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, said the focus on the sheer number of guns was misplaced. An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up. 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Those factors are not likely to subside soon, criminologists warn, and the spike may persist even as virus cases plummet. The Spike in Shootings During the Pandemic May Outlast the Virus 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Vermont’s response to the coronavirus has been both praised and criticized, and it is likely to be studied widely by criminologists, psychologists and public health experts. In Vermont, Isolating Inmates Kept Covid at Bay, but at a Price 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “The defense was boxed in, in many ways, and had to make the case his conduct was reasonable,” said Philip M. Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University who studies arrests of police officers. How Derek Chauvin became the rare police officer convicted of murder 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z In the aftermath, some criminologists attributed the spike in homicides to hesitancy among residents to turn to the police for help. With Homicides Rising, Cities Brace for a Violent Summer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Louis criminologist Rick Rosenfeld believes police may be open to some changes. Reform-minded leaders now at the helm in St. Louis 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z “I think you hear criminologists blame the pandemic because there is not a willingness to acknowledge by those who pushed to defund the police that the police do have a crime prevention role,” he said. Cities that slashed police funding inundated by spike in homicides 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who researches mass shootings, said mimicking shooters will also “dress like them . . . every form of copying and imitation — we’ve seen it.” After three deadly gun rampages, survivors and experts fear what comes next 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z Cities all across America last year faced a surge in violence, fueled in part by the economic despair and alienation brought on by the pandemic, criminologists said. Ten Months After George Floyd’s Death, Minneapolis Residents Are at War Over Policing 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Given the high numbers in 2020, no rapid decrease should be anticipated this year — the hangover from any significant crime wave continues after the peak is reached, the police and criminologists said. With Homicides Rising, Cities Brace for a Violent Summer 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The Conversation asked Matthew Valasik, a sociologist at Louisiana State University, and Shannon E. Reid, a criminologist at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, to explain what right-wing extremist groups in the U.S. are doing. After the insurrection, America’s far-right groups get more extreme 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Louis criminologist and one of the study’s lead authors, said officers around the country were forced off the streets and into quarantine due to either contracting COVID-19 or to avoid being exposed by colleagues. Study: Killings surge in 2020; pandemic, protests play roles 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Ron Martinelli, a forensic criminologist and retired police officer, said it was too soon to come to a conclusion about the shooting, but it appeared “problematic.” Ashli Babbitt was shot during chaotic moments in the Capitol 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Northeastern University, said he hopes the lull will help break the cycle of the past few years and help tamp down on mass shootings. In a year of pain, one silver lining: fewer mass shootings 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Nearly forty years ago, political scientist James Q. Wilson and criminologist George Kelling observed that a broken window left unattended in a community signals that no one cares if windows are broken there. Robert Reich on Trump’s vilest legacy 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But the surge in cybercrime spurred by the pandemic goes far wider than profiteering, says Benoît Dupont, a criminologist at the University of Montreal, Canada. The great opportunity: how Covid transformed global crime 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z The calculation suggests that their findings are “not due to nuances of data or estimation,” says Bianca Bersani, a criminologist at the University of Maryland, who was not involved in the research. Undocumented Immigrants Are Half as Likely to Be Arrested for Violent Crimes as U.S.-Born Citizens 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “There’s not just one pattern that’s really leading to divergent trends in cities,” said Patrick Sharkey, a Princeton University professor and criminologist. Crime rose unevenly when stay-at-home orders lifted. The racial disparity is the widest in years. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z David Squier Jones, a criminologist with the Minneapolis-based Center for Homicide Research, said the group violence model Minneapolis follows is typically highly effective. Virus, Floyd killing hamper crime fighting in Minneapolis 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Now a team of experts, including a Welsh university criminologist, hope to focus their efforts on discovering who the individual was, where he was from and why he died. Ring inscription sole clue in 41-year-old mystery 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Authorities and criminologists offer a variety of explanations for the increase, including pandemic closures that keep people trapped in their neighborhoods, rising unemployment and increased stress. With a truce brokered over Zoom, one D.C. neighborhood goes nearly 100 days without a shooting 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Johns, a retired criminologist in Brunswick, Ga., found the first two nights of the Democratic National Convention “very disappointing, a kind of People magazine personal interest story,” she said Wednesday. The convention touts unity, but Democratic voters wonder: Are we the anti-Trumps? Is there one Democratic vision for America? 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The pandemic is an exceptionally rare instance of entire societies being simultaneously shuttered, a scenario with little precedent for criminologists to study. Crime rose unevenly when stay-at-home orders lifted. The racial disparity is the widest in years. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Some criminologists are questioning whether the harsher enforcement will help. What Lockdown 2.0 Looks Like: Harsher Rules, Deeper Confusion 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The police department’s own history acknowledges that the “Klan-dominated police union” wasn’t officially abolished until 1947, though historians and criminologists say connections with white supremacy lasted even longer. A black man accused of rape, a white officer in the Klan, and a 1936 lynching that went unpunished 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z “The condition of the pandemic and the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd are ingredients that activate underlying, persistent conditions,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. With a truce brokered over Zoom, one D.C. neighborhood goes nearly 100 days without a shooting 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z But she had always dreamed of returning to school, of becoming a criminologist like those powerful women on television. In Latin America, the Pandemic Threatens Equality Like Never Before 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z This stands in sharp contrast to an analysis by the Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox that there were more than 2,200 intimate partner murders nationwide in 2017. It’s Been ‘Such a Weird Year.’ That’s Also Reflected in Crime Statistics. 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z A low rate in solving murders — it hovers around 20 percent — and the lack of protection for witnesses both play into the continued high murder rate, criminologists said. Chicago Gun Violence Spikes and Increasingly Finds the Youngest Victims 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z “These are things that are just inexcusable in 2020,” said Geoff Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina who has studied how police recall critical incidents in subsequent interviews. Park Police did not record their radio transmissions during Lafayette Square operation on June 1 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said most serial killers do not have dual personalities or inner voices, though movies often portray them that way. Golden State Killer admits murders, rapes for life in prison 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Some criminologists said there is a precedent for crime rising after unrest over police killings. Gun Violence Spikes in N.Y.C., Intensifying Debate Over Policing 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z A big reason is the “contagion” effect, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who, along with The Associated Press and USA Today, has been tracking mass killings back to 2006. Spate of shootings raises fears of a violent summer 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Franklin Zimring, a criminologist at the University of California at Berkeley, adds that the value of predictive-policing tools is unproven and that the software can lead to feedback loops. Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Lawrence Sherman, a criminologist from the University of Cambridge, said that this oversight body can, effectively, defund the police by withholding roughly half of the police budget. Defund the police? Other countries have narrowed their role and boosted other services. 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z David Klinger, a former officer who is now a criminologist at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, said many officers are experiencing “bewilderment” at the wave of anger they’re facing. Beleaguered and besieged, police try to come to grips with a nation’s anger 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Even when officers are prosecuted, convictions are difficult to obtain, according to Philip M. Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio who tracks such cases. Protests spread over police shootings. Police promised reforms. Every year, they still shoot and kill nearly 1,000 people. 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z As Eastern Kentucky University criminologist Gary Potter explains, officers were expected to control a "dangerous underclass" that included African Americans, immigrants and the poor. George Floyd’s death reflects the racist roots of American policing 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Much of the culture and training for police officers is a source of the problem, say criminologists. Canada police under scrutiny after two women die after encounters with officers 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “There is a limit to how long you can extend it,” said Mr. Kinney, the criminologist. City curfews enable police action, peaceful protests 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Early warning systems are considered a key part of righting troubled departments, criminologists say. Thousands of Complaints Do Little to Change Police Ways 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z A close, if uncomfortable, examination of racism’s prevalence might be more fruitful, said Brian Levin, a criminologist who directs the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino. Public outrage, legislation follow calls to police about black people 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Young men, considered the most violent demographic, have adopted a certain swagger in many places, police officers and criminologists said. A Pandemic Bright Spot: In Many Places, Less Crime 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Bowling Green State University criminologist Philip Stinson said it appears investigators started with an assumption of justified shooting. Law enforcement ties, long delay complicate Arbery case 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z University of California, Irvine, criminologist Keramet Reiter said downsizing prisons makes sense, particularly since California’s are among the nation’s most expensive per inmate and historically have done a poor job of rehabilitation. California governor: Shrink prisons to help cut budget 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z A criminologist joins a hoodlum’s gang, becomes its mastermind and stands trial for murder. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, May 10, 2020 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Two radio detectives prove a criminologist is The Cobra. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 5, 2020 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “I think this is a very interesting and important paper,” says Alex Piquero, a criminologist at University of Texas at Dallas who was not involved in the research. Crime did not surge when California became a ‘sanctuary state’ 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z A self-taught forensic criminologist, he locates and digs up the bodies of victims of gang killings, and in so doing, he documents the crimes of the country’s notorious maras, or gangs. How the US helped create El Salvador’s bloody gang war 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z For most of the twentieth century, Mounk writes, criminologists looked at crime from a structural perspective: they urged politicians to fight it by reducing poverty—its root cause. The Equality Conundrum 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Police, lawyers and judges being less protective toward women is another reason criminologists believe the gender gap is shrinking. Female fugitives: why is 'pink collar crime' on the rise? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Fluctuations in crime statistics are expected, criminologist David Kennedy said, and this year’s increase in New York’s homicide total shouldn’t be seen as evidence of a trend. NYC surpasses 300 killings 3 years after modern-era low 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z “What fuels contagion is fear,” explained James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern. 2019 saw most mass killings on record, US database reveals 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z He and James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Northeastern University, also expressed worries about the “contagion effect,” the focus on mass killings fueling other mass killings. US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z The criminologists weren’t repudiating their prior insights about poverty, Mounk says; they were just looking at crime from a different perspective. The Equality Conundrum 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The idea that feminism might be making our mean streets safer may sound absurd to a beat cop, but the theory is being hotly debated among criminologists and gender studies scholars at liberal arts colleges. Female fugitives: why is 'pink collar crime' on the rise? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “Let’s not assume simply that by putting more officers, this is going to lead to greater closure of cases or will be a deterrent,” Jeffrey Ian Ross, a criminologist at the University of Baltimore. Nonstop violence as Baltimore nears record homicide rate 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Alex Piquero, a criminologist at the University of Texas at Dallas, said he gives the Temple department the benefit of the doubt. Experts: Silence after Texas police shooting risks mistrust 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In 1988, the UK criminologist David Downes contrasted a relatively humane Dutch prison system favourably against those in England and Wales. Why are there so few prisoners in the Netherlands? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Levin, a criminologist, counts hate crimes that are reported to authorities — such as the police or college campus officials — and later are shown to be deliberately falsified. Are hate crime hoaxes on the rise along with real hate crimes? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z All these numbers add up to what criminologists call the “gender gap”. Female fugitives: why is 'pink collar crime' on the rise? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “They wanted prisoners and criminologists to sit together in the classroom and learn together.” Usman Khan was freed. Then he went on a killing spree. How did this happen? 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z “With any one small city, people say, ‘It’s just one small city,’ ” said Lawrence Sherman, a criminologist at the University of Maryland. Accused of harassment and assault, these police officers moved to new jobs with clean records 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “There are elements of The Wire that were real. There were those neighborhoods and individuals that were corrupt in the police department, judiciary and political landscape,” University of Baltimore criminologist Jeffrey Ian Ross said. Why three men spent 36 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z For criminologist Amir Rostami the only relevant comparison is Mexico, plagued by gang violence. Hundred explosions in Sweden: What's going on? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Just try finding a criminologist who doesn’t own a dog-eared copy. Female fugitives: why is 'pink collar crime' on the rise? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Shoenfeld says immunologists declined to review the book, but the authors he selected, both criminologists, were “very knowledgeable on vaccines.” Top Israeli immunologist accused of promoting antivaccine views 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z An elderly criminologist devises a unique scheme to unmask the killer behind a series of gruesome murders. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z One police commander told a criminologist at Hebrew University that Arab residents sometimes actively thwart investigators, according to a review of his research in the daily Haaretz. As violent crime spikes in Israeli Arab towns, so does anger over a double standard in policing 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But criminologists said the lower contraband hit rates for blacks and Latinos raise serious questions about the law enforcement justification for searching them more often than whites. In response to Times analysis, community groups call on LAPD to cut back on traffic stops 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z But the lower contraband hit rates for blacks and Latinos raise serious questions about the law enforcement justification for searching them more often than whites, criminologists said. LAPD searches blacks and Latinos more. But they’re less likely to have contraband than whites 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z She also expressed irritation at the report from the criminologist, which was submitted by Stephen Semprevivo, another Los Angeles businessman. Parents Paid to Open College Doors. Now They’re Spending to Limit Prison Time. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Sheila Balkan, a criminologist who submitted a letter to the court for Semprevivo, said the businessman fell prey to a corrupt admissions consultant who knew the insecurities of affluent parents. Father of ex-Georgetown student sentenced to four months in admissions scandal 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z To bolster his claim, he attached a report from a criminologist Semprevivo’s defense team hired. In college admissions scam, a parent's 'victim' claim fails. Stephen Semprevivo gets 4 months in prison 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A legislative committee in Florida on Monday convened criminologists, law enforcement and mental health experts to help frame a debate that will stretch into next year. Florida lawmakers open latest debate over mass killings 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Terry Goldsworthy, a criminologist at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, highlights one potential explanation for the difference: a stark contrast in the attitude towards and availability of guns. What the data say about police shootings 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z A survey of criminologists found that just 5 percent believed the death penalty was a deterrent while 88 percent believed the opposite. Bill Barr wants to combat mass shootings with death penalty; Trump drops background checks 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, cautioned that the data reporting changes made it difficult to render a judgment about violent crime overall during Mr. Buttigieg’s time in office. Pete Buttigieg Was Rising. Then Came South Bend’s Policing Crisis. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The senior criminologist said that under the current system the victim was considered to be a witness and did not have access to their own lawyer in the way the accused does. Rape victims 'let down' says justice secretary 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The circumstances of Tony Martin's crime formed a "perfect storm" to split a nation over the rights of homeowners to defend themselves, said a leading criminologist - but did not change the law. Tony Martin 'knows case still divides opinion' 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z An amateur criminologist finds himself in hot water with the police, a murderer and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Aug. 4-10, 2019 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z One criminologist says that in some East and West Baltimore neighborhoods, gun violence will kill one in 10 black men, most before age 35. Years before Trump’s attacks, Freddie Gray’s death sparked a huge effort to heal Baltimore. It wasn’t enough. 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z A 2008 survey of leading criminologists found that only 5 percent believed the death penalty was an effective deterrent, compared to 88 percent who believe the opposite to be the case. Bill Barr brings back federal death penalty after 16 years, orders five executions 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z In his study on police crimes, criminologist Philip Stinson found that despite police killing about 1,100 people annually, prosecutors charge on average seven cops a year with murder or manslaughter. The killer cop who took Eric Garner's life walks free. How do we secure justice? | Derecka Purnell 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z And, at the very least, someone who is in prison cannot commit a crime in the community, an effect criminologists call “incapacitation.” Do Prisons Make Us Safer? 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Louis criminologist who analyzed the data for the attorney general’s office. Report: Black Missouri drivers 91% more likely to be stopped 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z However, criminologists who study gun violence caution that the number of workplace shootings is too small to draw reliable conclusions. Mass shootings in the workplace are rare and puzzling 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z That means that “police misconduct spreads… like a contagion,” writes Ojmarrh Mitchell, a criminologist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, in an accompanying editorial. Police misconduct may spread like a contagion, new study suggests 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z That special also looks at the case with former prosecutor Loni Coombs, crime journalist Billy Jensen and forensic criminologist Paul Holes, known for his work involving the Golden State Killer in California. California woman’s shocking mansion death wasn’t a suicide, family claims in doc: ‘We just want the truth’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Jones lived in the area at the time of the killings, and a 2018 investigation led by criminologist Prof David Wilson, named him as the prime suspect. Who killed 'Little Red Riding Hood'? 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z According to data compiled by Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox, who has been researching gun violence for decades, school shootings were more frequent in the 1990s than today. Some research shows school shootings dropped after Columbine 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Research, carried out alongside University of Cambridge criminologists, found that during 2016-17 the Metropolitan Police recorded 3,506 assaults with a knife where the location of the attack had been identified. Detective 'predicts' fatal stabbing areas 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z But the public's stereotypes of such "lone wolves" risk obscuring the fact that many are not nearly as solitary as they might seem, criminologists say. Mosque shootings renew fears of terror by lone attackers 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z But criminologists say the public’s stereotypes of such “lone wolves” risk obscuring the fact that many are not nearly as solitary as they might seem. Mosque shootings renew fears of terror by lone attackers 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Another reason for the mob’s decline is the decreasing Italian American population in New York, said Bratton and Jay Albanese, a criminologist and organized crime expert at Virginia Commonwealth University. New York Mafia still active, but flashy ‘mob hits’ decline as witnesses flip and law hits harder 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Kleiman, a criminologist at New York University, told me a single container is enough to supply the entire country with heroin for a year. Opinion | Forget Trump’s sideshows. Here are my solutions to 6 real crises. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “Their faces are covered because they want impunity,” said Luis Izquiel, a criminologist in Caracas who teaches at the Central University of Venezuela. Facing an Uncertain Future, Maduro Turns to Special Police Force to Crush Dissent 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The District’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s analysis informed the policy discussion and confirmed some of the concerns raised by advocates and criminologists about a number of The Post’s assertions. Opinion | Youth rehabilitation in D.C.: From controversy to progress 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “Eyewitness testimony is the least reliable evidence you can have,” said Lori Brown, a criminologist at Meredith College. Arrest in Jazmine Barnes’s Killing Allays Hate-Crime Fears 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z According to Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, Chicago has shown the biggest drop in homicide numbers for the year with nearly 100 fewer. Homicides spike in District as shootings become more lethal, police say 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Franklin E. Zimring, a law professor and criminologist at the University of California, Berkeley, said the city may find it hard to reduce violent crime much further. Reports of Rapes and Hate Crimes Rise in 2018, but New York Remains Safest Big City 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Izquiel, the criminologist, said that officers leave after only six months training that is largely conducted by ideologically driven professors who preach allegiance to Mr. Maduro’s government. Facing an Uncertain Future, Maduro Turns to Special Police Force to Crush Dissent 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z However, criminologist Simon Harding explained the true reasons behind each death were not always plain to see. How a bloody night became a deadly year 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Local criminologists and activists say that the surge in violence and the police department’s low success rate in solving homicides is directly linked to the deep distrust both highlighted and stoked by Gray’s death. As police struggle to solve homicides, Baltimore residents see an ‘open season for killing’ 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z “Don’t turn these people into celebrities,” said Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who studies mass shootings. Newly Released Documents Detail Sandy Hook Shooter’s Troubled State of Mind 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z As criminologists, our research is based on the rationale that “alt-right” groups are no different from conventional street gangs. White nationalist groups are really street gangs, and law enforcement needs to treat them that way 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Northeastern University criminologist James Fox says that actually makes sense because more people outside means more opportunity for foul play. Whale songs and war: The less talked-about climate impacts 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z “Some criminologists think it’s a complete illusion to talk about organised crime,” says Levi. Organised crime in the UK is bigger than ever before. Can the police catch up? 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z We are a sociologist and criminologist who in 2015 conducted a national study of religious congregations’ experiences with, fears of and preparations for crime. How safe is your place of worship? 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The panel held a public hearing in April 2015 that included testimony from activists, police officials and criminologists. Federal civil rights group urges Trump administration to increase scrutiny of local police 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z From 2007 through 2016, 44 children aged 10 or younger were believed to be responsible for homicides in the U.S., according to data compiled by Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox. Court fight likely in 10-year-old girl’s homicide case 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z A criminologist offered a suggestion that it was “nuts for the victim to refuse”. When newsrooms are dominated by white people, they miss crucial facts 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “The best criminologists were sent to Ruse, let’s not press them,” Mr. Borisov said. Bulgarian Journalist, Host of Anticorruption TV Show, Is Raped and Killed 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z There remain arguments among criminologists over whether stop-and-frisk is an effective strategy. Trump says Chicago police should use ‘stop and frisk’ tactics to curb shootings 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The Bulgarian prime minister, Boyko Borisov, said: “The best criminologists were sent to Ruse, let’s not press them. A large amount of DNA had been obtained.” European commission urges Bulgaria to find journalist's killers 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Regardless of the motivations, criminologists say acts of sabotage are done with intent. Why would someone hide a needle in fruit? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr Khan has only put up £500,000 for the project in London, a figure described by criminologist Anthony Gunter as a "joke". The city curing violence like a disease 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z David Carter, a criminologist at Michigan State University and a former police officer, recommends that each detective handle no more than three cases a year. Buried under bodies: Even with murder rates falling, big-city detectives face daunting caseloads 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “Violence begets violence,” said University of Cape Town criminologist Guy Lamb. South Africa uses new tech to fight vicious gun violence 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z A string of high-profile crimes, including arsons, stoked the discussion even though overall crime figures remained flat or even improved, according to criminologists. Swedes give boost to far-right anti-immigration party, even as it falls short of goals 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z "People enjoy consuming stories like these… there does seem to be this insatiable appetite for real-life serial killers," says Elizabeth Yardley, a criminologist who is also a colleague of Prof Jackson at Birmingham City University. In search of Manchester's canal 'pusher' 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Domestic violence “deals with some significant behavioral issues, as opposed to situational issues,” said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University. A Long History of Attacking Women, Yet He Was Free to Kill Again 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “It must be objectively reasonable perception,” said Geoffrey Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina, “which requires dissecting the event to understand what the officer knew, and how and when he knew it.” Unarmed but on the attack: Body-camera video shows how man’s 3-minute encounter with police turned fatal 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In the mid-1990s, local police, clergy and criminologists collaborated to curb youth violence by identifying gang crime hot spots and focusing on the handful of offenders responsible for the crime. Killings of black people lead to arrests less often than when victims are white 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The criminologist leading the project, Glenn Pierce, said it ends this year and won’t be renewed by ICE. Colleges face petitions, protests to split with ICE 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Charles Wellford, a University of Maryland criminologist who for two decades has studied homicide closure rates, said some types of homicide — gang violence, drive-by shootings, stranger-on-stranger killings — can be especially challenging to solve. Where murders go unsolved: A Post investigation 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The criminologist coincidentally grew up in Parkland, where the shooting happened in February. The problem with mass shootings and the media 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z There are also other factors that may be driving the decline in crime, criminologists say. Can 30,000 Cameras Help Solve Chicago’s Crime Problem? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z "Many people will talk about psychopaths when we talk about this kind of murder," said the criminologist. The Bible pages murder still baffling police 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Statistically, it's exceedingly safe to go to church on Sunday morning, said Dallas Drake, a criminologist at the Center for Homicide Research in Minneapolis. At a church security seminar: Guns, God and 'get those heads up' when you pray 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Statistically, it’s exceedingly safe to go to church on Sunday morning, said Dallas Drake, a criminologist at the Center for Homicide Research in Minneapolis. At a church security seminar: Guns, God and 'get those heads up' when you pray 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Homicide dropped significantly from 2003 to 2014, a period when it was also declining across the developed world, including the United States, for reasons that criminologists say are unclear. Australia’s Worst Shooting Since 1996 Leaves Seven Dead 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z I am a conservative Republican and spent most of my professional life working as a criminologist for the lobbying arm of the NRA. Opinion | Jill and Andrew McCabe got an incredibly raw deal 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z “It really is this hole in the neighborhood policing model,” said Jeffrey Fagan, a professor and criminologist at Columbia Law School. Locals Knew He Was Mentally Ill. The Officers Who Shot Him Did Not. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z In the 1970s and ’80s, criminologists were the main researchers studying gun violence, and they were followed by a wave of public health experts in the ’90s. Tenacious new gun researchers are determined to break cycle of mass shootings 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z A criminologist at the University of Alabama said if a single perpetrator is behind the blasts, changing the means of delivery increases the bomber’s chance of getting caught. Authorities recover new clues after another Austin blast 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Ron Dudai, an Israeli criminologist who has closely studied the use of informers in Northern Ireland, describes it as “an open wound from the past” that continues to have a long-term effect. How many murders can a police informer get away with? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z “Healing Our Divided Society” includes worthy contributions from economists, criminologists, educators, journalists, nonprofit leaders and pollsters. Review | 50 years ago, a presidential commission called out America’s ‘white racism.’ It didn’t go over well. 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “I’m not a criminologist, but when they are off the substance, they have their lives back. It is like a demon; it enslaves them and has them on a chain, so to speak.” Durango home welcomes the convicted and downtrodden 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Some criminologists have questioned that reasoning, pointing out that some people who plan to commit mass shootings are prepared to die in the process. ‘We have to harden our schools’: Trump makes arming teachers his top safety goal 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The psychotic effects of narcotics also may be a factor, criminologists say. Trump sees ‘carnage’ from America’s drug boom. But major cities are getting safer. 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Whatever he did impressed the professor, and the world lost a budding criminologist, gaining a future sports broadcasting legend. Keith Jackson, folksy voice of college football, dies at 89 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z “The numbers indicate that this is not a trend, but a robust measure of these shootings,” said Geoff Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina who studies police use of force. Nationwide, police shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in 2017 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Similar initiatives in Los Angeles and Seattle have drawn praise from criminologists and treatment providers. Colorado pairing police officers with mental health experts 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Law enforcement officials and criminologists credit that dual approach with helping extend the decades-long reduction in crime in New York City and reducing gun violence in Chicago by 20 percent in 2017. High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z While there is little debate among academics, sociologists and criminologists that the presence of female officers enhances the quality of police work, there remains doubt in the overwhelmingly male ranks. Florida editorial roundup 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z But criminologists differ about the cause of the continued declines. Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z “This is the consequence of the enormous and uncontrolled circulation of military weapons on the territory of Ukraine after the beginning of hostilities,” said Anna Maliar, a criminologist. Taken From Ukraine’s War Zone, Grenades Are Used in Crimes, Too 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z “This study of a single mass shooting and a single type of gun violence amounts to little more than a statistical anecdote,” wrote Gary Kleck, a criminologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee, to Science. Accidental gun killings surged after Sandy Hook school shooting 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Law enforcement officials and criminologists credit that dual approach with helping extend the decades-long reduction in crime in New York City and reducing gun violence in Chicago by 20 percent in 2017. High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Jeffrey Ian Ross, a criminologist at the University of Baltimore, noted that crime rates ebb and flow due to complex dynamics. As Baltimore murders soar, mayor talks tough on crime 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z However, there was one unexpected dissent by preeminent criminologist James Q. Wilson. More Guns Mean More Violent Crime--or Less? A Researcher Aims at Scientific American 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z According to his daughter, his views began to shift with the emergence of the civil rights movement and because of a relationship with reform-minded criminologist Jeanne Wahl, whom he married in 1970. Charles Halleck, conservative D.C. judge turned progressive firebrand, dies at 88 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z He was able to create a setting similar to that of a battlefield, said James Allen Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist who researches mass killings. From the 32nd floor, Stephen Paddock became a killing machine, showing the power of a sniper 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z "Mass shooting is really a new name for a very old, familiar problem," says criminologist Grant Duwe, author of Mass Murder in the United States: A History. Las Vegas Was the Deadliest Shooting in Modern U.S. History. Here's Why 'Modern' Is So Important 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z That initial confusion is common during mass shootings, said James Allen Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist. From ‘shots fired’ to all clear: 72 minutes of terror in Las Vegas 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Buitrago found himself surrounded by paramedics, consultant criminologists, police officers and local journalists. The father who went undercover to find his son’s killers 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But criminologists warned the new numbers may not indicate the start of a long-term trend because violent crime remains well below rates seen in the 1980s and early 1990s. FBI: Violent crime up in Seattle and Washington in 2016, but murders specifically down 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z But criminologists cautioned the new numbers may not indicate the start of a long-term trend, noting that violent crime rates remain well below where they were a quarter-century ago. Violence in US rises for second straight year 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z But criminologists cautioned the new numbers may not show the start of a long term trend. Violence in US rises for second straight year 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z It doesn't mean that they have abused children, and in fact, psychiatrists and criminologists believe that not all child abusers are paedophiles. The young paedophiles who say they don’t abuse children - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Commissioned by the American bishops and conducted by criminologists and other academics, the papers — issued in 2004 and updated in 2011 — argued that most offenders attended seminaries in the 1940s and ’50s. A decade after settling sex abuse cases, the Diocese of San Diego still copes with the fallout 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The sea crossing is one of the fastest-growing black markets in the world, sparking fierce competition between smugglers whose business rests on their reputation, said Paolo Campana, a criminologist at the University of Cambridge. Facebook removes posts made by people smugglers aiming to lure migrants 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Prof Geoff Dean, a criminologist who specialises in policing and intelligence, voices similar sentiments. Australia terror probe: Does a surge in airport security help? - BBC News 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Dr Simon Harding, a criminologist and expert on gangs at Middlesex University, says acid is becoming "a weapon of first choice". Acid attacks: What has led to the rise and how can they be stopped? - BBC News 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Some highlighted a new study published by a University of California at Irvine criminologist that concluded that immigration levels do not have a meaningful effect on crime. House passes bills to crack down on ‘sanctuary cities’ and deported criminals who return to U.S. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z “If tomorrow the revolution loses the presidency, the colectivos will immediately change to urban guerrilla warfare,” the criminologist said. Armed Civilian Bands in Venezuela Prop Up Unpopular President 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Still, criminologists say there are small zones where shootings remain a stubborn problem, particularly in public housing complexes, where one in five New York City shootings happen. In the South Bronx, Lives Marred and Erased by Firearms 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z They argue that the kinds of changes demanded by the department actually hinder policing by hurting morale and making officers less aggressive, a claim that many criminologists dispute. Police Unions Hail Trump’s Easing of Scrutiny. Local Officials Worry. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Sessions has previously said a recent crime increase was indicative of a “dangerous permanent trend”, a contention criminologists have said has “no evidence” to support it. Jeff Sessions admits crime is near historic lows despite his past warnings 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Most criminologists argue that education and a public-health approach will make the greatest impact. Beyond the blade: the truth about knife crime in Britain 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Today, the groups control 10 percent of towns and cities in Venezuela, according to Fermín Mármol, a criminologist at the University of Santa María in Caracas. Armed Civilian Bands in Venezuela Prop Up Unpopular President 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z This is why criminologists do not make generalizations about crime trends based on short-term comparisons of rates, such as annual or monthly changes. Analysis | Fact-checking President Trump’s address to Congress 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Multiple criminologists in Sweden contacted by The Washington Post over the weekend said the notion that immigrants were responsible for a large proportion of crime in the country was highly exaggerated. Riots erupt in Sweden’s capital just days after Trump comments 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Crime trends can randomly fluctuate year to year, and criminologists consider the data over much longer periods of time — at least 10 to 15 years — to draw conclusions about trends. Analysis | Fact-checking President Trump’s news conference 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But criminologists said he had “no evidence” to support this contention. Experts dispute Jeff Sessions claim that crime rise is 'permanent trend' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z A paper by Richard Parent, a criminologist, and James Ellis, a scholar of terrorism, warned last year that Canada was ignoring “the domestic threat from lone-wolf right-wing terrorists”. The Quebec City attack exposes Canada’s dangerous right-wing fringe 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “It may be tempting for the police to concentrate on merely relabeling crimes rather than doing fresh detective work to solve them,” said Stephen Tomsen, a criminologist at Western Sydney University. Australia Revisits a Chapter When Gangs Killed Gay Men for Sport 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z They are cheap compared to the costs of hiring full-time analysts or criminologists; no pensions are necessary. Reform predictive policing 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z A criminologist currently leading one of the biggest studies of domestic homicide in the UK believes family killings are on the increase. This week's best parenting news - BBC News 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Police, politicians and criminologists have hotly debated the reasons behind the sharp drop in U.S. crime since the early 1990s, when New York City had more than 2,000 murders a year. New York City crime fell to historic low in 2016 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z One person who believes the boys' background influenced how police treated the case is Prof David Wilson, a criminologist at Birmingham City University. The mystery of the Milk Carton Kids - BBC News 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Geoffrey Alpert, a criminologist with the University of South Carolina, said Sterling may have been facing away from the officer, or his body may have quickly turned. Motorcyclist Terrence Sterling shot twice by police, in neck and back, lawsuit says 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Instead of studying the shared characteristics of criminals, criminologists began asking how the environment shapes crime. Reform predictive policing 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z For the past three years, we led a team of criminologists, lawyers, and statistical researchers to analyze criminal codes, convictions, and sentences to help pave a way forward. 39% of Prisoners Should Not Be in Prison 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z According to Michael Radelet, sociology professor and criminologist at the University of Colorado, it took an average of 19 years before those executed in the U.S. in 2016 were killed. ‘See What Racism Looks Like’: Charleston Families Brace for Dylann Roof’s Trial 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z But Laila refuses to believe that her father could be what criminologists call a “family annihilator” — someone who kills their partners and children before turning their weapon on themselves. The sole survivor of a family killing spree wonders: ‘Why am I the one who was left?’ 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Jason Warr, a criminologist at Lincoln University, worries that the murder of an officer is more likely. The parlous state of prisons in England and Wales has echoes of the past 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But Laila refuses to believe that her father could be what criminologists call a “family annihilator” - someone who kills their partners and children before turning their weapon on themself. Sole survivor of killing spree wonders why she was left 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Other criminologists have recommended we go back to the sentencing regime of the 1970s and 1990s, which would require us to cut average prison stays by almost 40%. 39% of Prisoners Should Not Be in Prison 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z However, the "excuse" that Wright was scarred by the family break up is not accepted by criminologist Colleen Moore. Ipswich sex worker killings 10 years on - BBC News 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z How video of the incident will play into the jury’s decision-making process is key, said Philip Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University. Officer who shot Samuel DuBose faces murder trial as city braces for protests 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Executive release is another option, says David Wilson, a former governor who is now a criminologist at Birmingham City University. The parlous state of prisons in England and Wales has echoes of the past 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z "They just don't want to second-guess officers in those life-or-death decisions," said Philip Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Cincinnati braces for racially charged police shooting trial 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Of course, the real treat was Tim Curry, who played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original film, narrating the film as the criminologist. 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' review: Fox has everyone doing the 'Time Warp' again 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Comey’s remarks have been disputed by police chiefs and criminologists, who say there is no reliable data that supports his premise. U.S. Murders Surged in 2015, F.B.I. Finds 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Capacity issues continue to plague law enforcement, criminologists and the community, and a jail tax extension from 2014 cannot be used for construction of new facilities. Locked down: Larimer County Jail reaching its limit 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z “The fascination with clowns is really the fact that they’re not real,” says Scott Bonn, a criminologist and professor of sociology at Drew University in New Jersey. Everything You Need to Know About the 'Clown Attack' Craze 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist and the study’s author, concluded that there might be some connection between protests over police violence and increases in murders in cities with large African American populations. How rising violence in just 10 cities drove up the US murder rate 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z CHICAGO—It took a posse of aspiring criminologists to help United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL 1.03 % track down the 10-ton jet bridges causing most of the damage to its arriving planes. United Taps Criminology Students to Uncover Patterns in Accident Data 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z And the total number of homicides last year was fewer than 20 years ago even as the country’s population increased, criminologists said. Whether Crime Is Up or Down Depends on Data Being Used 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Already a renowned criminologist when he took over the department in 1960, Wilson was a thoughtful man and, at least overtly, a steady racial moderate. Chicago's History With Stop-and-Frisk Laws Is a Warning 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “It’s too early to call this an end to the crime drop, but we are facing a one-year rise in murders that is quite substantial,” a criminologist said. Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z One year of data or even two is not enough to prove a crime trend, criminologists say. How rising violence in just 10 cities drove up the US murder rate 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Law enforcement officials and criminologists have differed on what may be causing the increase in homicides, saying that it could stem from gang violence or drug sales and addictions. Violent crime and murders both went up in 2015, FBI says 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Crime rates declined in New York City from its peak in the 1990s, but criminologists attribute that to a nationwide plunge in crime over two decades, not specifically to stop-and-frisk. Stop-and-frisk's effect on crime is hotly debated. Its disproportionate impact on minorities is not 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z “The attackers themselves act and feel like victims,” said Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama. Investigators said they killed for ISIS. But were they different from ‘regular’ mass killers? 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z But Gary Kleck, a Florida State University criminologist and firearms researcher, said the concentration of most guns in the hands of a relatively small proportion of gun owners was “old news”. 'More guns in fewer hands': US study charts rise of hardcore super owners 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, said he was skeptical of how significant the murder uptick in 2015 might be. FBI to reveal likely murder spike on same day as first presidential debate 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z This theory is known as the “Ferguson Effect,” and in a report released this summer, criminologist Richard Rosenfeld said he believes there is a connection between the crime levels and criticism of police. Violent crime and murders both went up in 2015, FBI says 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z If there were, such hires would not happen, criminologists and law enforcement officials say. Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z If there were, such hires would not happen, criminologists and law-enforcement officials say. With no national database, unfit police officers often wind up back in blue 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z FBI data contradict LePage’s assertion, and a criminologist called the governor’s data “laughable.” Paul LePage racial heroin dealing claims for Maine not even close: FBI data 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z FBI data contradict his assertion, and a criminologist called the governor’s data “laughable.” Stats on drug trafficking, race don’t back up Maine governor 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z And harm-indices may encourage police to devote less time to fixing broken windows and other minor complaints which, some criminologists believe, are the key to preventing more serious crimes. Bobbies on the spreadsheet 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Remy Cross, a criminologist at Webster University in St. Louis, said the officer's race probably does not matter to many people in the community. Police chief was surprised by violence after fatal shooting 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z A 2014 study led by a criminologist at the University of South Carlina showed that crime rates around Walmarts often remained constant even as they dropped in surrounding areas. Low Prices, High Crime: Inside Walmart's Plan to Crack Down on Shoplifting 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Pundits and criminologists can argue about theories — but neither side is entitled to its own facts on crime. Trump is right about violent crime: It’s on the rise in major cities. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Psychiatrists, neurologists and criminologists have been debating the meaning of this finding ever since. The loaded legacy of the UT Tower shooting 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z But the very criminologist who crunched the numbers Trump cited Thursday night rejected his conclusion that the nation is awash in violence. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z “By the end of the 1960s, a great fear gripped America,” writes criminologist Barry Latzer in his new book, “The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America.” Law and Order: 1968 and Today 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Fox, the criminologist from Northeastern University, said he is not surprised that the rise of video has so far had no impact on the number of fatal shootings. Fatal shootings by police are up in the first six months of 2016, Post analysis finds 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Gun violence in America, as criminologist Frank Zimring put it, is another regressive tax on the poor. America's gun problem is so much bigger than mass shootings 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Kennedy, a criminologist, was able to dramatically reduce the number of gun deaths in Boston by targeting the worst offenders and bringing together gang members, police and community leaders. What to read if you want to understand the politics of guns in America 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has tracked mass killings, said that beginning with Columbine there was a rash of school shootings that generated widespread media coverage. Are the media complicit in mass shootings? 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The deadly attack at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday is raising serious concerns among global security experts and criminologists about a convergence between terrorism and the American phenomenon of mass shootings. Orlando rampage reflects convergence of terrorism and mass shootings 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Police experts and criminologists said senior or veteran officers may be firing the fatal shots more often because of the types of job assignments they receive. Fatal shootings by police are up in the first six months of 2016, Post analysis finds 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Let me, as a criminologist, provide a short primer for the GOP: This is how our criminal-justice system works. The real reason Republicans are scared of ex-felons 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z According to Charlotte Barlow, a criminologist from the University of Birmingham "Prisoners corresponding with the public can be a useful rehabilitation tool, reduce re-offending and can enhance prisoners mental health and well-being." The jailed rapist looking for love online - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z That group once included Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, who was an early and influential critic. The Nationwide Crime Wave Is Building 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “There’s an absolute lack of confidence in the Mexican judicial system,” said Martin Barron Cruz, a criminologist at the National Institute of Penal Sciences, who has written about the drug war. Mexico approves extradition of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán to U.S. 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z There will be a “lag time” before there is a measurable drop in deaths, even among the departments that are earnestly embracing reforms, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston. Fatal shootings by police are up in the first six months of 2016, Post analysis finds 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But psychiatrists and criminologists who specialize in mass killings say these cumbersome and expensive efforts would have little effect in stopping mass shootings. Most mass shooters aren’t mentally ill. So why push better treatment as the answer? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The White House and some criminologists have disputed Mr. Comey’s assertion that less aggressive policing may be to blame for the increases, noting that there is no evidence to support the theory. Homicides, violent crimes spike in U.S. cities as police grasp for answers 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z A closer look at many of the statistics Mac Donald used to bolster her thesis showed that they did not provide sufficient evidence of a nationwide crime wave, criminologist Frank Zimring argued last year. Is the 'Ferguson effect' real? Researcher has second thoughts 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Still, criminologists have yet to determine whether the homicide spikes are short-term increases after decades of falling crime levels or if if this is the beginning of a new, larger trend. Murders in Major U.S. Cities Are Up Again This Year 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z And he said that the report he prepared, based on his review of testimony from the criminologists who conducted the analyses, includes inaccuracies because he was under pressure to meet court deadlines. Expert witnesses in Grim Sleeper trial spar over ballistics evidence 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z But criminologists and forensic psychiatrists say there is a critical flaw in that view: It doesn’t reflect reality. Most mass shooters aren’t mentally ill. So why push better treatment as the answer? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Dee Harper Wood Jr., a criminologist at Loyola University, doubted the ordinance would accomplish as much as those pushing it hope. New Orleans eyes new gun-control measures to stem violence 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In 2011 a group of criminologists studied New Orleans’s crime patterns and concluded “the citizens of New Orleans are right in identifying crime as a serious problem facing their city. “ Murder of football hero Will Smith leaves New Orleans aching for change 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z The city is on pace to have more than 500 killings this year — far below than the annual death toll recorded in the early 1990s, criminologists point out, but still higher than most recent years. After a blistering report, what’s next for the embattled Chicago police? 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Police criminologists testified that bullets from seven of the victims — six who were killed and the one who survived — were fired from the same weapon. Expert witnesses in Grim Sleeper trial spar over ballistics evidence 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z A few years ago, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund hired criminologist Ray Paternoster to study the impact of race on death penalty prosecutions in Harris County during the 1990s, when Mr. Buck’s trial occurred. Death Row’s Race Problem 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Virtual reality is proving beneficial far beyond the gaming industry, with programmes now designed for those with mobility problems and budding criminologists. Virtual reality programmes expanding beyond gaming - BBC News 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z History and statistics tell a more complex story, according to criminologists. Prison Rate Was Rising Years Before 1994 Law 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Psychologists and criminologists called the reluctance of witnesses to involve themselves the “bystander effect,” or the “Kitty Genovese syndrome.” Winston Moseley, 81, Killer of Kitty Genovese, Dies in Prison 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z But defense witness David LaMagna, a materials scientist who says he works as a forensic investigator, in his testimony dismissed the methods used by criminologists in the case as insufficient. Expert witnesses in Grim Sleeper trial spar over ballistics evidence 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Violent crime remains below the levels of two decades ago, and criminologists caution against finding trends in only a few months of data. Violence Surges in Chicago Even as Policing Debate Rages On 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z He added that the study is perhaps not as precise, in some respects, as the way working criminologists might use the method. Banksy lawyers delayed geographical profiling study - BBC News 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Dr Mark Benecke, a forensic criminologist in the German city of Cologne, told the Bild newspaper: “The way he is sitting seems to indicate that death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack.” Mummified body of German man found in yacht adrift off Philippines 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Without videotaped evidence to contradict police accounts, shootings are far less likely to galvanize the public and to result in disciplinary action against the officers involved, criminologists say. Lack of Videos Hampers Inquiries Into Houston Police Shootings 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He will wear a prison uniform, have two cellmates and spend his first day in jail busy with assessment sessions with a social worker, criminologist - to assess, officials say, whether he is suicidal. Former Israeli PM Olmert insists on innocence as jail term begins 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z "The Met represents all the problems the police have - on stilts," says the criminologist Roger Graef, an independent adviser to the force, who has made award-winning police documentaries. Press turns both barrels on the Met Police - BBC News 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z In December, criminologist Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, found that crimes against American Muslims and US mosques had risen sharply. Marco Rubio's comments about Muslims actually make a lot of sense 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Then a later test did, and the state changed the criminologist’s original notes about the shift. End to California execution moratorium raises controversial death penalty case 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z As a criminologist and college professor who also is a former network television executive, I spent several years conducting my own research on the allure of true crime. Why We Are Drawn to True Crime Shows 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z But all of us working on the bill itself … knew it couldn’t possibly save money,” said Joan Petrels, a Stanford criminologist and strong supporter of prison reform. California prison reforms have reduced inmate numbers, not costs 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z But the rise this year in criminal charges against officers has plenty of observers, including criminologists and police union representatives. Police shootings result in more charges for officers 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z “Good cops judge when they can hold back,” said Geoffrey Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina who has studied pursuits for three decades. Year of reckoning: Police kill nearly 1,000 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z We don’t even know how many times cops pull their triggers,” said Geoffrey Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina. For 55 officers involved in fatal shootings this year, it wasn’t their first time 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Last summer, to little public attention, the team at RTI, working on a contract with BJS, launched a pilot program to count what criminologists refer to as arrest-related deaths. US government database hopes to tell 'whole story' of police killings after year of Guardian count 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z “I suppose this was bound to happen at some point,” says Grant Duwe, a criminologist who wrote “Mass Murder in the United States: A History.” The haunting link between two mass shootings 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But criminologist James Alan Fox of Northeastern University in Boston, who studies mass killings, says the Mass Shooting Tracker totals are flawed. Has the U.S. had 4 mass shootings this year or 353? Estimates vary that much 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Although many experts support the change, a review by George Mason University criminologist Cynthia Lum of 33 studies of pursuit policies concluded that tightening the rules led to fewer police injuries — but also more crime. Year of reckoning: Police kill nearly 1,000 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z “Fear is running rampant,” criminologist James Alan Fox of Northeastern University said in an email. What makes a ‘mass shooting’ in America 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Loyola University criminologist Arthur Lurigio said Emanuel and McCarthy hardly bear the entire blame for the city’s troubled history or all episodes of violent, unprofessional or counterproductive police behavior. Charges against police officer in teen’s slaying don’t quell anger in Chicago 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Duwe, the criminologist, has studied more than 1,300 mass shootings, but he had never heard of the one in Wheaton. The haunting link between two mass shootings 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Dr Monica Franco, a forensic criminologist and gender violence expert, said that the murders were part of a broader context of violence against women. Series of femicides cast a dark shadow over Mexico's 'sunshine state' 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z “In the past, an officer’s word was not challenged,” said Philip M. Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University who studies arrests of officers. Year of reckoning: Police kill nearly 1,000 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Scharf, the criminologist, said crime is migrating to wealthier parts of town because criminals understand that the likelihood of being caught is low. In New Orleans, the number of police is down and crime is up 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z “A lot of people have the skills to build such a device,” said Christophe Naudin, a criminologist specializing in aviation terrorism. Spread of Bomb-Making Tips Online Fuels Security Fears 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Rosenfeld, a criminologist specializing in the causes of violent crime, said the FBI should release its Uniform Crime Report data monthly, instead of yearly, to allow a more up-to-date sample of data to analyze. Policing experts to examine whether 'Ferguson effect' crime theory exists 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But increasingly, criminologists and even some police chiefs argue that such tactics needlessly alienate law-abiding citizens and undermine trust in the police. The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Miller v Alabama, the ruling of 2012 currently under the microscope, marked the retreat of a theory that criminologists proclaimed in the 1990s. Parsing sentence 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In a collaborative effort with prosecutors, federal law enforcement agencies, University of Missouri-Kansas City criminologists and social workers, police identify the persons most likely to commit violent crimes as well as others in their “circles.” Recent Missouri Editorials 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z "I am still shaking from watching this video. I am literally stunned," said Charis Kubrin, a criminologist at the University of California at Irvine who teaches about police use of force. Video: California police officers ignored dying man's distress, suspected he was faking 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Some criminologists say the number may be significantly higher. Rampage Killings Get Attention, but Gun Violence Is Constant 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z They may also preempt criminal inquiries by effectively exonerating officers of wrongdoing and removing their actions from consideration, according to some criminologists. The Counted: are US police hiding behind 'suicide by cop' shootings? 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z And criminologists and ethicists worry that withholding names will make it harder to assess a mass killer’s motivations and spot trends that could help prevent future violence. More police refusing to name shooters for fear of copycats 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z And criminologists and ethicists worry that withholding names will make it harder to assess a mass killer's motivations and spot trends that could help prevent future violence. More police refusing to name mass shooters for fear of copycats, though research is limited 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Beyond the self-reporting of officers, criminologists often look to charges of “resisting arrest” as a proxy for the use of force by officers. New York Police Will Document Virtually All Instances of Force 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Remy Cross, a criminologist and sociologist at Webster University in suburban St. Louis, isn't optimistic that it will lead to significant change. Ferguson panel calls for merging police departments, other changes; governor backs suggestions 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Remy Cross, a criminologist and sociologist at Webster University in suburban St. Louis, isn’t optimistic that it will lead to significant change. Ferguson panel recommends merging police, other changes 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Unlike most perpetrators, who must interact with their victims to commit their crimes, burglars studiously avoid confrontation, criminologists say. Losing Wedding Ring, and Sense of Security, in a Brooklyn Burglary 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Alpert, the University of South Carolina criminologist, said Boston was a turning point. How police turn American drivers into moving targets 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z But some criminologists and experts say it is too early to generalize about what has been the cause of the recent increase in violent crime in the District and other big cities nationwide. Police say repeat offenders driving crime rise in District and elsewhere 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z “It’s very rare and exceedingly rare in Northern Virginia,” said Philip M. Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green. It took 2 years for charges in Geer’s death. That could be the easy part. 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Most shootings are found to be justified,” said Philip Stinson, the Bowling Green State criminologist who worked on the project. Former Fairfax police officer charged with murder of unarmed Springfield man 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z “I’ve been burglarized, and it generates a sense of vulnerability, of penetration of whatever bubble you put around yourself,” said Alfred Blumstein, a criminologist and professor of urban systems at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Losing Wedding Ring, and Sense of Security, in a Brooklyn Burglary 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Miller once told The Washington Post that he amassed “an awful lot of enemies around the country” in his career as a criminologist, government administrator and writer. Jerome Miller, revolutionized juvenile justice, dies 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Solitary confinement is increasingly being questioned — by mental health officials, criminologists and, most recently, President Obama. Locked in Solitary at 14: Adult Jails Isolate Youths Despite Risk 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Nonfatal shootings rose 23 percent last year, leading criminologists to argue that any decline in murders had more to do with advances in emergency medicine, not law enforcement. Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Many of their mutilated bodies were left displayed in public places – an act which criminologists and feminist scholars say is associated with gender hate crimes. Mexican state known for gender-based violence issues emergency alert 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z “We really can’t go around and lock up all the people who scare us,” said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University. Judge says she did not involuntarily commit theater gunman 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “When you get people that are spending years in there, that’s where you start raising your eyebrows,” said James F. Austin, a criminologist and researcher involved in the report. Critics of Solitary Confinement Buoyed as Obama Embraces Cause 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Board files may contain “observations of guards, counselors, and other corrections personnel. Even unsubstantiated rumors may appear,” criminologist Neil P. Cohen wrote in his authoritative reference book “The Law of Probation and Parole.” How parole boards keep prisoners in the dark and behind bars 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Charles Wellford, a criminologist at the University of Maryland, also notes that murders of police officers are nearly always solved, anywhere. Getting away with murder 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z But it also shows the fluctuations in crime data, which criminologists say is better analyzed over longer periods, such as a 12-month calendar year, than over a few weeks or months. June Crimes in New York City at Lowest Since ’94 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z |
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