Being attractive can open a few more doors for you in life, but according to a new study, it’s the ugly folks that may get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to crime. According to research published in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, ugly individuals may be given the benefit of the doubt in some […]
How Does Your City Score On The Minnesota Crime Report?
Is your suburb really as safe as you think it is? Is that neighboring town safer than the city you call home? In an effort to understand which cities across Minnesota are the safest, Niche.com used a variety of data to give cities a grade for their crime safety. They analyzed FBI crime rates, CDC […]
Woman Impersonates Prosecutor To Drop Charges Against Herself
The saying “fake it ’til you make it” almost worked for one New Hampshire woman who attempted to impersonate a prosecutor in order to get charges against her dropped. The surprising thing is that she almost got away with it to, if not for a pesky forensic examiner. Lisa Landon, 33, faces one charge of […]
St. Paul Exploring Juvenile Crime Prevention Algorithm
In the wake of school shootings across the country, many people have been left wondering if there was anything we could have done to prevent the tragedies. Oftentimes things come out after the fact that people say were red flags and should have been a warning sign that the teen needed help. Learning about these […]
Crime – Is It In Your Genes?
Parents pass down a number of traits to their children, and not all of them are strictly physical in nature. According to new research at the University of California, parents may pass down a predisposition for criminal behavior. For their research, Sytske Besemer and colleagues reviewed previous studies on intergenerational criminal behavior involving more than […]
