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 […]
Legal Options For Campus Crimes
School is back in session, and that means students have flooded back to residence halls and campus apartments for another year. As you might have guessed, as the student population on campus increases, so does the area crime rate. According to the University of Minnesota Police Department, there was a noticeable uptick in certain crimes […]
Crime in Minnesota Hits Lowest Mark in 50 Years
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension released a report this morning that shows that violent crime rates are at their lowest levels in half a century. This is brilliant news as it will bring new business and people to the area. The low numbers will encourage people to move to the area because people who […]
Could Brain Scans Prevent Crime?
A neurocriminologist who has spent years studying brain development in criminals believes there exists a biological basis for criminal behavior. Adrian Raine has spent 25 years in the US studying cognitive development, and before that he spent years in Britain attempting to decipher why criminals committed the crimes they did. In 1994, Raine conducted a […]
Findings Highlight Gun Violence Disparity across Racial Groups in Minnesota
According to findings by the Minnesota Public Radio News and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans in Minnesota are 12 times more likely to be the victim of a homicide by firearm than Caucasians. The report also found that whites are much more likely to commit suicide with a gun than black […]
