criminology

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.

Total number charged rises to 11 after protests that broke out following sentencing of man for murder of 18-year-old Six more people have been charged with violent disorder in Southampton after riots broke out following the sentencing of a man for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak. It brings the total number of people charged after disorder in the city to 11. Kevin Reeves, 31, of Portswood Ro…

Dr. Gitu Singh, Xavier Law School, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata ABSTRACT Crime is a part of society, so are criminals. Finding an exact and all applicable reason for the cause of crime and criminal behavior has been and will remain a difficult task. Yet one may agree that society and social ecology plays a major role in determining the reasons behind crime and criminal behavior. Social factor…

State department warns of ‘ideological conditioning’ in message of condolence to family of murdered student The US state department has criticised “two-tiered policing” in Britain in a message of condolence to the family of the murder victim Henry Nowak in a thinly veiled rebuke of the UK government. The 18-year-old student’s murder has been claimed by some as evidence of two-tier policing in the…

Families have been left in despair after 39 pupils and seven teachers were kidnapped from classrooms in Oyo state, a part of the country previously considered relatively peaceful Sitting on a wooden bench under the tree near her home, Aduke Balogun’s gaze is fixed on the road. Her eyes are red from crying and a lack of sleep. Last month her daughter, Kehinde Kasosara, was forcefully abducted from…

Campaign wants to transport people back to weekend of her disappearance when England drew 1-1 with Switzerland in Euro 96 match The family of Melanie Hall, who was murdered after vanishing from a Bath nightclub 30 years ago, have said they still hope her killer may be found – but felt time was running out – as police launched a fresh appeal for information. Melanie’s father, Steve Hall, said: “Yo…

Zulkernain Ahmed was in pursuit of a group on bikes when he hit Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb, who was walking on pavement Two brothers have been jailed for killing a 16-year-old boy who was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was hit while walking by a car being deliberately driven at a group on bikes. Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb, who had come to the UK “in search of safety and a be…

Hampshire force whose officers responded to the murder of 18-year-old has a higher than average racial disparity The police force accused of anti-white racism after officers’ response to the murder of Henry Nowak is over five times more likely to subject black people to a stop and search than white people, according to the latest figures . The racial disparity in the Hampshire force is higher tha…

Interior minister announces review into handling of the cases after body reportedly found in search for 11-year-old Outrage has erupted in France after it emerged the main suspect in the case of an 11-year-old girl missing since last week had been repeatedly accused of sexually abusing children with no action taken. A body was discovered on Thursday and formal identification was under way, an inf…

A man has been charged with assaulting five women at UCLA, four of them students, according to authorities.

When Dave Grimstead left the police after more than 30 years, he knew just what he wanted to do: solve some of its most intractable mysteries. The founder of Locate International explains why the country needs him and his volunteers When it comes to cold cases, crime dramas get a lot wrong. “In reality, you’d never reach the end in nine neat episodes, all wrapped up, with a timeline that moved ni…

A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks.

Gabriela Kirk-Werner will spend the spring of 2027 in residence at the foundation’s New York City headquarters to co-author a book on how the criminal justice system shapes the lives of people under court supervision. The post Maxwell Sociologist Named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation appeared first on Syracuse University Today .

Gill discusses the intersection of research, policy, and community insight in modern criminology.

Fatally restrained by security guards outside a Dublin department store, Congolese-born Sakila’s demise raises serious questions about accountability • Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. On a Dublin street two weeks ago, Yves Sakila died. The 35-year-old, who was of Congolese origin, was pinned down by security guards for almost five …

Avon and Somerset police’s contact with Jo Shaw and ex-partner to be scrutinised after pair died in explosion on 3 May The death of a woman killed after her former partner forced his way into a house in Bristol with explosives is to be investigated by the police watchdog. Jo Shaw, 35, sustained fatal injuries in the blast in the Frenchay area of the city on 3 May. Her former partner Ryan Kelly, 4…

As Daniela Klette is jailed after three decades in hiding, it’s clear that good strategy, and principally democracy, beat the terror, bombs and guns In 1972, the great German novelist Heinrich Böll described the campaign of violence launched by the Red Army Faction (RAF) since its foundation two years earlier as a war of “six against 60 million”. The writer was vilified for the phrase, accused of…