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.
New research from Iowa State University is one of the first studies to explore offenders who display very real thoughts of murder.
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New research has indicated that jurors who see colour photographs of a crime scene are more likely to convict of murder than jurors who see black...
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A new research study has found sleepy adolescents were more likely to be antisocial during adolescence and were 4.5 times more likely to commit crime by...
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A lower resting heart rate partially explains why men commit more crime than women, according to a new study by the University of Pennsylvania.
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Research from the University of Chicago has revealed that when juries are shown CCTV footage of a crime taking place in slow motion, they are three...
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Juvenile crime, gangs and anti-social behaviour by youngsters has been debated almost daily with the age of criminal responsibility being at the center.
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Research from the Netherlands studied the self-reports of victims who had experienced abuse and criminal victimisation because of their mental illness.
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In a number of studies carried out with prison inmates, the rate of head injury has been seen up to seven to eight times higher than...
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Crime recording within police forces has dramatically changed over the last 30 years. With the development and implementation of computerized systems and intelligence recording programmes, vast...
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Examining the research on the warrior gene and its impact in criminology regarding the origins of violence and aggression in criminal behaviour.
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Meet Guardian Crime, an innovative project transforming FBI crime statistics into friendly graphics, accessible through a simple Twitter tweet.
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In death penalty cases, how trustworthy a person looks may play a part in a jury’s decision to condemn them to death.
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