criminology

A theft suspect died, and two San Francisco police officers suffered injuries after being run over by an SUV during an attempted arrest in Nob Hill.

Dmitriy Popov fatally stabbed O’Shae Sibley in Brooklyn in 2023 and was found guilty of manslaughter as a hate crime A New York City man who was recently convicted of a hate crime in the 2023 stabbing death of vogue dancer O’Shae Sibley is facing a prison sentence of between eight and 25 years. Sentencing for Dmitriy Popov, who was 17 at the time of Sibley’s slaying, was tentatively scheduled for…

Claims of two-tier policing and uncontrolled immigration may not be borne out by the facts, but that has not stopped them being played up for political ends As the people of Glengormley, on the northern edge of Belfast, tidied up and prepared for more violence in the midst of what has been described as a modern-day pogrom, a court 500 miles away in Southampton, on the south coast of England, star…

President says Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores killed in ‘swift and lethal’ military strike with help from Venezuela The US military has killed a leader in the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, with the help of Venezuela, Donald Trump announced on Friday. “At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to…

A man suspected for two California killings was captured in Laos after eight years on the run, officials said. He was returned to California to face charges.

Suspect detained under Mental Health Act, as police confirms counter-terrorism unit is leading investigation into attack A 14-year-old girl has been charged in connection with three stabbings at a school in North Manchester, police said. The girl was charged with three charges of attempted murder and two charges of possessing a bladed article on school premises over the incident on Tuesday. Conti…

Vance Boelter was charged with murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and with shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman.

Exclusive: PSNI repeatedly warned by monitoring group for eight months after a so-called hitlist of addresses began circulating in far-right networks A monitoring group repeatedly warned the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) over the past eight months that anti-immigration activists were circulating the addresses of properties that were targeted in this week’s Belfast riots. The Accountab…

Officer shot before 6am on Thursday while searching an apartment allegedly linked to March shooting in Toronto A Toronto police officer has been shot as police raided an apartment allegedly linked to the March attack on the US consulate. Toronto police confirmed an officer was shot before 6am while conducting a search warrant in the north-west of the city, and has been rushed to hospital. Continu…

Some claim arrival via Ireland is a ‘backdoor’ that should be closed. But what would that look like in practice? After footage of a stabbing attack in Belfast was widely circulated on social media, questions have been raised about how the suspect, Hadi Alodid, came to the UK, what his immigration status was and whether he was known to the authorities. One claim made in the aftermath of the attack…

Exclusive: Letters from inside the underground H Unit of Oklahoma state penitentiary allege beatings, vermin, degrading punishment and in many cases no access to a most basic necessity – natural light Oklahoma prison criticized for allegedly incarcerating people in squalid underground cells with no natural light “Down here in the tombs, there aren’t any windows,” writes Tremane Wood from inside h…

PM says he ‘will not tolerate’ rioting and says people were targeted ‘because of their background’ after widespread unrest following knife attack video Keir Starmer has issued a statement about the rioting in Belfast last night. He says people were targeted because of their background (he means race – but doesn’t say so explicitly), and says the government won’t tolerate this. He also condemns th…

Texas trial drew national attention due to race, as Karmelo Anthony is Black and Austin Metcalf was white Following a trial that lasted just one week from jury selection to verdict, a Collin county, Texas, jury found Karmelo Anthony, now 19, guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf last year. The closely watched trial drew national attention, with viral social media posts that hig…

The rapid spread of footage shows how social media is pivotal in enabling far-right agitators to mobilise internationally Filmed at about 10.30pm on Monday night on a Belfast street, bystanders captured the moment when a man, believed to be a Sudanese asylum seeker, wielded a knife over another man he had pinned to the ground. By Tuesday, the clip had become the latest transnational “trigger even…

Launchers that shoot ‘bullet-like missiles’, chemical irritants and stinger grenades: experts say these weapons can cause serious injury or even death. But they are deployed by police against crowds with little scrutiny Projectiles that release powder designed to burn the eyes and throat. Flashbang grenades. Teargas. Launchers that resemble semi-automatic rifles. In Victoria, police have refused …

Though the federal government’s prosecution fell apart, the Broadview Six of Illinois say their lives have been upended Michael Rabbitt was 4,000 miles (6,400km) away from home last October, celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary in Portugal, when a pair of messages from the FBI brought news that would upend his life. He was under federal indictment, and was ordered to surrender by the next day…

Authorities are hunting for suspects after a shooting near a busy street festival in Toledo, Ohio, that wounded at least 12 people Saturday.

Savitri Hensman and Sarmad Ahmad Anwar respond to articles on the circumstances surrounding the death of Nowak On the catastrophic mistreatment of Henry Nowak by police, important points are made in your editorial ( The Guardian view on Henry Nowak and the far right: sinister exploitation of a disturbing case, 3 June ) and in Jason Okundaye’s article ( Henry Nowak was failed in the last moments o…

Students enter their initials, battle through 5 timed arcade levels and revise theories of crime, class, gender, ethnicity, globalisation, green crime, state crime, media, surveillance, punishment, victims and the criminal justice system. Perfect for AQA A-level Sociology Paper 3 revision. This arcade-style revision quiz is designed for AQA A-level Sociology students studying Crime and Deviance […

A recent nationwide survey suggests that adults who strongly approve of the National Rifle Association are more likely to justify and express a willingness to participate in politically motivated violence.