Can Your Genes Make You Kill?
Health Science's search for the roots of violence Is there a genetic link between Ted Bundy and Adam Lanza? Can your genes make you kill?
View ArticleChina's New Security Dalek Is A Bad Idea
Technology Equipped with "electrically charged riot control tool" Lunacy…
View ArticleBritish Jurors Can Now Visit Crime Scenes In Virtual Reality
Gadgets Have you reached a VRdict? A UK program is bringing VR to the court to aid the legal system in recreating the crime scene for jurors. Using VR headsets and green screens, the idea is to recreate…
View ArticleCard Readers Allow Oklahoma Highway Patrol To Seize Suspects’ Money
Technology Police began using ERAD technology last month State police in Oklahoma have begun using a device that can seize money on prepaid cards.
View ArticleMan Conspired To Export American Fighter Jet Engines To China
Military And military drones, too Man tried to export drone and plane engines to China.
View ArticlePerson Dies In Car Crash After Police Pursue Suspected Drone Pilots
Aviation Drone activity around UK prisons continues to rise Drone crash…
View ArticleTaser With Built-In Heart Monitor Could Save Lives Of Those In Police Custody
Health Nonlethal weapon 2 Though research has shown tasers are remarkably safe, dozens die in police custody each year after being tasered. To make them safer, researchers have developed a taser…
View ArticleThe Man Who Lit The Dark Web
Technology Data-mining tools are helping cops bust open online human trafficking Chris white went from Harvard science to military intelligence. Now his tools are helping bust sex-trafficking rings…
View ArticleThe Man Who Lit The Dark Web
Technology Data-mining tools are helping cops bust open online human trafficking Chris white went from Harvard science to military intelligence. Now his tools are helping bust sex-trafficking rings…
View ArticleOne day the gunk on your phone might help put you in jail
Technology It's like a gross chemical selfie It’s not just your cell phone that contains tons of information about you, but the grime of daily life that coats the phone as well.
View ArticleA mystery with a shocking twist: Death by indoor lightning
Science An illuminating study on a very strange demise Recently, in an undisclosed place and time, police wandered onto a grisly and unusual scene.
View ArticleMichigan health director charged with involuntary manslaughter due to Flint...
Health Courts allege he concealed info on a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak. Courts allege that Nick Lyon, Michigan health director, concealed information about Legionnaires' outbreak that lead to the...
View ArticleYour memories are less accurate than you think
Science How do police extract eyewitness accounts they can trust? If you question someone the right way, you can extract memories of events that took place years ago. Yet our memories can also be...
View ArticleCourts use algorithms to help determine sentencing, but random people get the...
Science Numbers aren’t always as impartial as they appear. There's lots of things you shouldn't leave up to people's best guesses, and determining which criminals are likely to reoffend is one of them.
View ArticleSuper-recognizers help fight crime, but their powers remain mysterious
Science And how AI could help them do it even better. Our ability to place faces exists on a spectrum. Some super-recognizers, whose abilities far exceed the average, have taken an outsize role in...
View ArticleDNA evidence could soon tell cops your age, whether you smoke, and what you...
Health Epigenetic markers on DNA can reveal far more intricate details about someone than current techniques. Forensic scientists and law enforcement agencies around the world think leveraging...
View ArticleThe surprising link between balmy winters and violent crime
Nexus Media News As temperatures rise, so does criminal activity. Warm winter weather pulls more people outside when they're normally not. This, researchers say, increases crime rates in certain regions.
View ArticleThe science of serial killers is changing
Science In-depth analysis of murderers might help the rest of us, too. Despite our fascination with serial killers, little is actually known about how they think and why they develop the way they do....
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