Crime Research
Crime research articles exploring the scientific research into crime, criminal behaviour and the criminal justice system making research studies published in academic journals accessible and highlighting the discussion points they generate around criminality, justice and punishment.
Research from the University of Missouri suggests that genetic explanations for criminal behavior have no mitigating effect on a jury. Environmental explanations they say, show an...
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Extensive research suggests that exposure to violence can affect children’s health and well-being for years into the future. It also can desensitize them, leading them to see violence as...
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Christopher J. Ferguson, Professor of Psychology at Stetson University states that there is no evidence to support claims that violent video games and real-world violence are...
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Juror empathy towards a defendant on trial for the murder of their father, known as patricide, can signiciantly impact their final verdict. Stacey Lannert, Jacob Ind,...
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A comparative analysis of how different societies and cultures in Britain and Norway respond to two cases of child on child murders, the murder of 2-year-old...
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New research examines how men’s physical appearance might influence whether they are perceived to be threatening and the types of punishment they receive.
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A new research study has explored stalking behaviours and how they can lead to the murder of a victim highlighting the prevalence of obsession and fixation.
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The odds of signing a false confession are 4.5 times higher for people awake for 24 hours than for those who had slept eight hours the...
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New research examining the psychopathic brain and links to violence refocuses attention from lack of emotion to decision-making and reward networks.
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A new intervention reduces criminal convictions, jail time, and hospitalizations by roughly 50 percent among people with severe mental illness.
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A violent injury makes you more vulnerable to future mental health problems, and repeated exposure to violence increases the risk of PTSD.
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Violent acts such as the mass shooting carried out by Norwegian Anders Breivik are not always the result of insanity, but of extreme overvalued belief.
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