The study of criminal behavior in both the individual and within a given society.
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Is this document describing pedophile logos an authentic FBI document?
This WFTV report references an FBI document:
A symbol purportedly called the "GirlLover logo" found on FBI
documents from 2007 looks similar to the symbol O’Kelly found on the
toy she bought.
According to the documents, the logo symbolizes a…
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When they say "error rate" for identifying hand writing, do they mean false positives, false negatives, or both?
With regards to verifying a person's signature, this book states (page 429)
The error rate was 6.5 percent for the experts and 38.3 percent for
nonexperts.
What exactly does the error rate represent? If a subject where to claim 2 samples were…
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Can credit cards be cloned remotely with an RFID reader?
This news story from "13 Investigates" shows Walt Augustinowicz (an RFID expert, and seller of RFID proof pouches) who has a portable reader than picks up credit card details while they are still in people's wallets and purses.
He also demonstrates…
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Have crime rates climbed in US cities with "rogue" progressive District Attorneys?
In a 2020 article, the Heritage Foundation claims that "rogue prosecutors" (described in the article as prosecutors who are part of the "so-called progressive prosecutor movement") are partly responsible for increasing crime (my highlight):
There…
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Are children of incarcerated parents much more likely to become incarcerated?
This 2017 article from the journal of the US's National Institute of Justice states:
One statistic indicates that children of incarcerated parents are, on average, six times more likely to become incarcerated themselves.
It provides a citation to:…
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Did a victim of Weinstein testify in a letter that the acts performed were consensual?
The German newspaper FAZ reports:
Die Ankläger erreichte eine schriftliche Stellungnahme der früheren Nachwuchsschauspielerin Lucia Evans. Darin beschrieb Evans den Oralsex mit Weinstein in dessen Büro im New Yorker Viertel Tribeca als…
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Are John Podesta, a number of pizzerias, and DNC members involved in a child-sex ring?
Wikipedia explains that:
Pizzagate is a debunked conspiracy theory started by an alt-right Twitter account and spread by 4chan users and /r/The_Donald forum on Reddit, which alleged that John Podesta's emails, which were leaked by Wikileaks, tied a…
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Was Fred Hampton murdered?
Multiple films and books refer to the death of Blank Panther Party leader Fred Hampton as a murder or assassination. My understanding is that the police inquest into the raid that resulted in his death was ruled justifiable homicide but that the…
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Are mass murderers in the US mostly white?
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/06/are_most_mass_murderers_really_white.html
Before rushing to play pin the tale on the honkey, did anyone bother to check the history of mass killings?
Because I have — a comprehensive list dating from…
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How often do witnesses fail to report violent crimes as they are occuring?
Have there been any studies or exist any statistics on how often people fail to somehow intervene in the event of an emergency where violence is involved? I'm primarily interested in North America (and exclusively interested in developed nations).…
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Does the "chalk code" exist?
I came across this image recently, that claims the existence of a code known by criminals. The post does not mention the area where this code is supposedly used, but it can be inferred it pertains to unorganized burglars.
It's easy to think that…
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Was Elizabeth Báthory a serial killer?
I've read in countless magazines that Countess Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1640) was the most prolific serial killer and it is taken as accepted.
But it might also be possible that Bathory was framed!
While it is certain that some aspects of her…
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Is John Durham handling all referrals from the IG investigation?
Jerry Dunleavy said this on Wednesday in the Washington Examiner:
Durham’s investigation is separate from the one that was just finished by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. The DOJ watchdog investigated allegations of abuses of the Foreign…
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Are Americans besieged by high-crime immigrant communities?
President Trump's senior policy advisor Stephen Miller just said this in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:
The people that you don't connect with and understand, the people whose manufacturing have left, who've been besieged by high-crime…
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Can brain tests on toddlers predict future criminality?
A study reported in Nature Human Behaviour in 2016 generated a lot of media hype. Typical headlines asserted:
The disturbingly accurate brain science that identifies potential criminals while they’re still toddlers
or:
Future criminals revealed…
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