A genetic analysis of almost 900 offenders in Finland has revealed two genes associated with violent crime. Those with the genes were 13 times more likely to have a history of repeated viole... Read more
Systems that allow users complete anonymity are being abused. Iowa State’s Yong Guan wants to add some accountability. The World Wide Web is, in many ways, still the Wild West. Though... Read more
It is getting easier to foresee wrongdoing and spot likely wrongdoers THE meanest streets of Kent are to be found in little pink boxes. Or at least they are if you look at them through the c... Read more
Perpetrators can suppress “crime memories,” study finds It sounds just like something out of a sci-fi police procedural show—and not necessarily a good one. In a darkened room, a scientist i... Read more
A new study conducted by The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, N.M., shows that neuroimaging data can predict the likelihood of whether a criminal will reoffend following release from pr... Read more
The standalone algorithm is heuristic in nature Computer scientists in India have developed a two-pronged algorithm that can detect the presence of a botnet on a computer network and block i... Read more
wow – think about this one . . . U.S. Publications Inc says that a study by the U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that sex offenders are four times more likely to re-offend than... Read more
And they’re better at it than anyone else. Convicts that are part of the Sustainable Prisons Project work with ecologists to perform tasks like raising endangered frogs. And they’re better a... Read more
One of the first cases of ‘predictive policing The police officers arrived at the parking garage in downtown Santa Cruz and spotted two women behaving suspiciously. No crime had been committ... Read more
CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by UK scientists. Researchers at Kingston University have created a system that uses artificial i... Read more