The wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that threatens biodiversity. Exploiting wildlife by selling it, their parts or their products is one of the most…
Study Shows Domestic Violence Reports on the Rise As COVID-19 Keeps People at Home UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows…
People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new…
No nationwide program to recover these banned weapons; only state to do so is California. Around 100,000 convicted felons across the US still likely own…
Does the common stereotype for “organized crime” hold up for organizations of hackers? Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify…
Reducing the number of businesses in Baltimore that sell alcohol in urban residential areas may lower the homicide rate, according to new research. As cities…
Password meters are frequently made available to help users secure their personal data against the threats posed by cyber criminals. However, the ‘inconsistent and misleading’…
The emergence of smart cars has opened the door to limitless possibilities for technology and innovation – but also to threats beyond the car itself….
In 2014, Colorado began selling recreational cannabis to people older than 21, becoming the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. A new study evaluated the…
New analytical tool could aid human rights, public safety workers. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that can accurately locate a shooter…
Published today in Scientific Reports scientists hope their method will provide a blueprint to create credible fakes that could eventually flood a market that has…
For years news outlets have tied major sporting events to an increase in sex trafficking, but researchers have now revealed that assumption is a myth…
NYU researchers test whether ‘lunar hypothesis’ is founded on superstition or empirical data. Just in time for Halloween, the BetaGov team at NYU’s Marron Institute…
Model from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory identifies “serial hijackers” of internet IP addresses. Hijacking IP addresses is an increasingly popular form of…
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds. Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also…
Eleven states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana. A new study funded by a grant from the National Institute of Justice sought to…
Prior research has shown that immigrants have lower rates of offending, arrest, and incarceration than nonimmigrants. However, that work hasn’t examined whether this holds true…
Determining whether horticultural programs can stem repeat offenses. A study out of Texas State University attempted to determine the number of available horticultural community service…