Tag: crime
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...
D.B. Cooper, the changing nature of hijackings and the foundation for...
Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton
Though many Americans may associate airport security with 9/11, it was a wave of...
More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% of...
Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University
An apparently racially motivated attack at a supermarket in...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
