A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age
05 Dec 2024Major 25-year study reveals a ‘dual pathway’ for when people start carrying.
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Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods
24 Oct 2024Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right across London, according to the most detailed study of its kind.
Making peace
08 Nov 2023Enterprising Mind João Costa has turned a philosophical idea into a practical tool for resolving real-world conflict.
Medieval Murder Maps: homicidal Oxford students in the 14th century
28 Sep 2023A project mapping medieval England’s known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London’s 14th century slayings.
US gun violence: half of people from Chicago witness a shooting by age 40, study suggests
09 May 2023Study following thousands of Chicagoans from across the city over a 25-year period found that 50% of the study participants had seen a shooting before middle age.
Co-offenders likely to violently turn on one another, UK crime gang study shows
12 Apr 2022Researchers use over a decade of data from Thames Valley Police to reveal 'mechanisms' that generate and sustain violence within networks of organised crime.
Urban crime fell by over a third around the world during COVID-19 shutdowns
02 Jun 2021Study finds crimes such as theft and robbery almost halved on average in major cities.
Young people who experience bullying are more likely to fantasise about committing acts of violence – study
28 Apr 2021Experiencing bullying and forms of aggression in late adolescence and early adulthood is linked to a marked increase in the likelihood of having daydreams or fantasies about hurting or killing people, according to a new study.
Ethnic minorities at much higher risk of homicide in England and Wales
17 Nov 2020Calculations now familiar from coronavirus coverage – cases per 100,000 people – applied to ethnicity and homicide victimisation in the UK for the first time.
Cannabis farms are a modern slavery 'blind spot' for UK police, study suggests
15 Sep 2020Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown in bulk are often victims of trafficking and 'debt bondage' – yet many are not recognised as such by police, according to a new study.
