How Five Democracies Are Clashing Over Facial Recognition in Policing
A new comparative study finds that the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, and France regulate facial recognition technology in criminal ...
Tag: criminal justice
District attorney elections drove a 3% rise in prison admissions, study finds
A Northwestern study of more than 4,200 district attorneys found that prison admissions rose about 3 percent in election years ...
Autism Training Shifts Police Officers’ Attitudes, But Not Always in Expected Ways
A study of 438 law enforcement officers found that autism training significantly reduced stigma and increased neurodiversity-affirming attitudes, though item-level ...
The Science of Why People Don’t Commit Crimes When They Could
A new theoretical framework proposes that non-offending during real criminal opportunities can be explained by five distinct categories of restraint ...
Mass Shooters Often Reveal Their Plans First, New Study of 483 Attacks Finds
A comprehensive analysis of all 483 deadly U.S. mass shootings from 2000 to 2023 finds that 41 percent were preceded ...
Why Harsher Punishments Fail: The Criminological Case Against Penal Populism
A new theoretical review argues that penal populism's claims of effectiveness, moral desert, and democratic support collapse under scrutiny from ...
Homicide Charges for Fatal Overdoses Depend Heavily on Where You Live
A statewide study of North Carolina court data finds that death by distribution prosecutions depend heavily on geography rather than ...
White and Black Americans Read ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Differently, National Survey Finds
A national survey of 1,193 jury-eligible adults finds that White and Black Americans interpret standards of proof differently and hold ...
Suburban Arrests Surged After COVID, With Sharp Racial Disparities
A new analysis of six years of arrest records in a Rochester, New York suburb finds that arrests tripled after ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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