This article originally appeared on Undark. Nearly 2 million people, most of them Black or Latino men, are locked up in the United States. In October 2021, the National Institute of Justice, the ...

Twenty years ago, when brain imaging made it possible for researchers to study the minds of violent criminals and compare them to the brain imaging of "normal" people, a whole new field of research — ...

Criminologist and former investigator Jillian Peterson answers the internet's thrilling questions about true crime. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Constantine Economides Editor: ...

A criminologist finds that solitary confinement does not deter inmates from committing further violence in prison. The prisoners in the study who received solitary confinement were no more -- or less ...

A criminologist has revealed the main reason people kill in the UK - and which groups are most likely to be targeted by serial killers. Professor David Wilson, who lectures at Birmingham City ...

When a rapist and a violent offender met in San Luis Obispo Men’s Colony Prison, a deadly bond was forged. Lawrence Bittaker was serving time for stabbing a store clerk who accused him of shoplifting ...

David Pyrooz, assistant professor of sociology at CU Boulder, has won the 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. The award recognizes outstanding ...

I think social media, again, draws people together and in some ways allows people with very extreme viewpoints to come together more quickly," said Norwich University criminologist Dr. Elizabeth ...

The fallout within the University of Cincinnati Police Department continued Thursday as two officers were placed on administrative leave in the wake of the fatal shooting of motorist Sam DuBose.

Best Career Options: Those who specialize in crime investigation and crime prevention are called criminologists. Criminologists have job options in both government and private institutions, and the ...

A longtime New Orleans criminologist died over the weekend, according to LSU Health New Orleans.Dr. Peter Scharf died on Sunday at the age of 78. Scharf was a professor at Tulane University and LSU ...

This interview originally aired on April 30, 2013. Twenty years ago, when brain imaging made it possible for researchers to study the minds of violent criminals and compare them to the brain imaging ...