Denver, Colorado, is coping with a violent crime wave that is threatening to overtake 1981, when Denver clocked 100 homicides, as the bloodiest year on record. In a bid to curb crime, city leaders ...

There's good news on crime prevention. Community programs in high-risk neighborhoods can plummet crime rates—without resorting to increased incarceration.

Criminal profiling, the technique of deciphering the psychological makeup of offenders, is a crucial part of solving true crime mysteries. By examining patterns, motives and psychological triggers, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. CHARLES, Mo. – There are patterns ...

The ability to predict criminal behavior empowers law enforcement investigators to stop crimes before they occur and assists investigators solve crimes after their commission. Fellow FBI Behavioral ...

There is a significant link between moral emotions and offending behavior in young people. Moral emotions are learnt—and more attention needs to be given to the teaching of morals in childhood to ...

One of the most fascinating things about crime is that we don’t actually know what’s behind the spikes and declines in criminal behavior across time. We have a lot of theories about the root causes of ...

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American social media is normalizing crime, especially low-level offenses such as shoplifting. Millions, for example, have viewed posts of digital content creator “Boonk Gang” stealing shoes, not ...

An attorney has broken down the body cam footage of the moment police encounter Alex Murdaugh at the crime scene where his wife and son were found shot dead. Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and ...

New York. Los Angeles. Chicago. Omaha, Nebraska. It doesn’t matter. Ask a law enforcement officer in almost any major city how it’s going, and he’ll tell you the same thing: Crime is skyrocketing, and ...