Tag: crime
Online romance scams: Research reveals scammers’ tactics – and how to...
Fangzhou Wang, University of Texas at Arlington
In the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” victims exposed notorious con artist...
40 years ago, the US started sending more and more kids...
Julie Ellen McConnell, University of Richmond
A South Carolina judge heard arguments in late May 2023 to reconsider the...
Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank...
In January 2020, Debi Gamber studied a computer screen filled with information on scores of check deposits. As...
Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with...
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are...
Why are there prisons? An expert explains the history of using...
Joshua Long, UMass Lowell
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Insurance fraud costs $309 billion a year – nearly $1,000 for...
Michael Skiba, Colorado State University Global
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What would you do with an extra...
Bandits are losing interest in robbing banks, as some crimes no...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Bank robbery is a high-profile crime that fascinates many people.
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50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court’s ruling continues...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. 25, 2022, for the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
