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.
Extreme Overvalued Belief and Anders Breivik: How Beliefs Can Be Mistaken For Psychosis
Violent acts such as the mass shooting carried out by Norwegian Anders Breivik are not always the result of insanity,...
Homicidal Thoughts May Be Key To Identifying Chronic Offenders
New research from Iowa State University is one of the first studies to explore offenders who display very real thoughts...
Color Verses Black and White Photographic Evidence In A Murder Trial
New research has indicated that jurors who see colour photographs of a crime scene are more likely to convict of...
Sleepy Teenagers 4.5 Times More Likely To Become Criminals
A new research study has found sleepy adolescents were more likely to be antisocial during adolescence and were 4.5 times...
Crime and Gender: Why Men May Commit More Crime
A lower resting heart rate partially explains why men commit more crime than women, according to a new study by...
How Slow Motion Footage of Crimes Encourages Juries To Convict
Research from the University of Chicago has revealed that when juries are shown CCTV footage of a crime taking place...
Juvenile Crime and The Age Of Criminal Responsibility
Juvenile crime, gangs and anti-social behaviour by youngsters has been debated almost daily with the age of criminal responsibility being...
The Risk Of Criminal Victimisation In Mental Health Outpatients
Research from the Netherlands studied the self-reports of victims who had experienced abuse and criminal victimisation because of their mental...
The Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Criminal Behaviour
In a number of studies carried out with prison inmates, the rate of head injury has been seen up to...
To What Extent Can Police-Recorded Crime Information Be Trusted?
Crime recording within police forces has dramatically changed over the last 30 years. With the development and implementation of computerized...
The Warrior Gene: Genetics and Criminology
Examining the research on the warrior gene and its impact in criminology regarding the origins of violence and aggression in...
FBI Crime Statistics Through The Guardian Crime Project
Meet Guardian Crime, an innovative project transforming FBI crime statistics into friendly graphics, accessible through a simple Twitter tweet.
