The study of criminal behavior in both the individual and within a given society.
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Was Princess Diana murdered?
Was there foul play involved with the fatal car crash that killed Princess Diana?
It seems that the best conclusion was that their BMW was speeding on that night to try and escape from aggressive paparazzi.
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Will 1 out 4 women be a victim of domestic violence?
In their newest video the "FCKH8" company claim that:
1 out of 4 women will be the victim of domestic violence
Is this indeed the case for women in the US?
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Is the intentional homicide rate in China extremely low?
I've found some sources that show China has a relatively low intentional homicide rate. For example:
Wikipedia's List of countries by intentional homicide rate cites the UN Office on Drugs and crime to say that China's intentional homicide rate is…
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Is the claim that a serial killer is targeting the LGBTQIA+ community in Manchester credible?
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There have been claims that a serial killer has been active in Manchester dating back to the late 2000s. They center on the idea that there have been an unusually high number of drownings of (predominantly) young males in the city's…
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What are the actual current total count and per capita count of interracial rape?
There are many pictures floating over the internet which says Black on White rape is so much more than White on Black rape. How true is this? Is this true even now?
Source: https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus08.pdf
Source: Table 42…
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Is poverty the strongest cause of crime?
TLDR: Is crime the most important cause of crime?
A common claim, as far as I have seen never sourced in any meaningful way, is that poverty constitutes the strongest or in other ways most relevant criminogenic factor.
Recently came across a video…
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"White people" crime?
In US popular culture, it's often asserted that white people are more prone to commit certain types of crime that are "crazy", such as serial murder, child abduction, mass shooting, etc.
This is often portrayed in movies, the most recent example…
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Has there ever been a burglary or assault from someone keeping an old key and using it on new owners?
It's "common knowledge" that you should change keys on move-in. Usually this is suggested to avoid burglary (or for Googlers and more casual conversation, "robbery"). But has anyone actually used an old key to break in somewhere? You'd think with…
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Are there millions of cases of girls raped by Muslim men in Europe which resulted in only 222 convictions?
Recently I saw a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLT9JOE64WQ) where the first minute of the video seems to show a British man talking in Parliament where he says that since 2005 there were millions of rapes of female children (he says…
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Is availability of video pornography a main reason of sexual crimes in developing and under-developing countries?
I think it is easiest to google search for a porn video than any other thing. What I notice is that whenever a sexual criminal is caught and when Police search for his belongings, almost every time Police find a pen drive of very high storage full…
