New Scientific Methods for Analyzing Criminal Careersby Complexity Science Hub ViennaResearchers have examined 1.2 million criminal incidents and developed an innovative method to identify patterns
NewsRecent Research Analyzes Complex Criminal Networks with New Statistical Toolsby Bocconi UniversityNovel statistical models allow researchers to group together criminals with similar connectivity patterns
NewsStudy Finds Mass School Shootings Are Not Caused by Mental Illnessby Columbia University Irving Medical CenterData reveal psychosis and other serious psychiatric illness absent in the majority of perpetrators
NewsHow Old Is That Fingerprint?by American Chemical SocietyNew study discovers molecular markers that could be used to age fingerprints more accurately
NewsA New Way to See How People Feel about Artificial Intelligenceby Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseThe novel assessment found that people in different countries have different concerns regarding AI
NewsThreatening Faces and Beefy Bodies Do Not Bias Criminal Suspect Identificationby University of CambridgeStudy finds that suspects with highly muscled bodies are most accurately identified by eyewitnesses in line-ups
NewsFormer Partners-in-Crime Likely to Violently Turn On One Anotherby University of CambridgeStudy takes a network analysis approach to assessing patterns within organized crime gangs
NewsAutistic Defendants Are Being Failed by the Criminal Justice Systemby University of CambridgeThe study found that only half of autistic people were considered by the police to be vulnerable adults
NewsJust Because They’re Angry Doesn’t Make Them Guilty: New Researchby University of TorontoParticipants showed a consistent tendency to respond more angrily to allegations of wrongdoing when they were false
NewsInnocent Children Feeling Pressure to Admit Guilt to Avoid Prosecutionby University of ExeterChildren who have not committed a crime are likely to admit guilt and accept cautions to avoid prosecution
NewsDeviant Actions of Others Can Spur Individuals to Opt Out of Offendingby American Society of CriminologyNew study identifies opt-out thresholds for offending that differs based on the criminal situation