The study of criminal behavior in both the individual and within a given society.
Questions tagged [criminology]
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Do home alarm systems reduce burglaries?
Does installing an alarm system in your home have an effect on the number or results of burglaries?
I am about to buy a house with an alarm system installed, with a siren/flash light on the front wall. I hate it when I have to enter a house like…
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Are there 2400 bank robberies per year in the US?
At the beginning of the movie Den of Thieves it is stated that:
2400 TIMES A YEAR. 44 TIMES A WEEK. 9 TIMES A DAY. EVERY 48 MINUTES. A BANK IS ROBBED HERE.[sic]
Anyway, I don't know whether HERE refers to the entire US or just the city of Los…
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Is the novel "Sleepers" a true account?
Note: this question contains spoilers about the novel and movie.
Sleepers is a novel about four boys who are sexually abused at a school for boys, and later exact revenge on their tormentors. It was made into a film starring Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt,…
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Can better lawyers achieve better judgements for their clients?
This claim is frequently heard in news (and especially in TV and movies). Especially in connotation with big companies and rich individuals - "They'll get the best lawyers money can buy, and they'll get by with anything".
My feeling is that this is…
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Does USA imprison people of color at a higher rate than whites for the same crime convictions?
The Ben & Jerry's website says:
America locks people up at a higher rate than any other country, and bias is baked right in. If you’re a person of color or struggling to make ends meet, you’re more likely to be sent to prison than a white person…
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Did the Houston Police Department intentionally target the house on Harding Street?
In this video by News Now Houston an investigative reporter suggests that the Houston Police may have raided the wrong location and killed two innocent homeowners (Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas) merely trying to defend themselves and their…
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In USA the foreign-born are only a fifth as likely to be incarcerated as the native-born?
An article in the Economist from last year, arguing for open borders says:
If lots of people migrated from war-torn Syria, gangster-plagued Guatemala or chaotic Congo, would they bring mayhem with them? It is an understandable fear (and one that…
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Do American sanctuary cities breed crime?
Sean Spicer gave a press conference recently in which he gave the distinct impression that sanctuary cities have more crime than other cities because of their sanctuary status.
President Trump said it outright recently:
“Sanctuary cities, as you…
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Did Saddam Hussein have a secret torture chamber in New York City?
The NY Post reported this week that Saddam Hussein had a secret torture chamber in New York City between 1979 and 2003.
The sources the paper cites are two "anonymous officials". The paper does not note whom these anonymous officials allegedly told…
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Do private prisons have 49% more inmate-on-staff attacks than publically run prisons?
Peter Wagner writes in Section III: The Prison Economy:
Percent more inmate-on-staff assaults in privately run medium and minimum security prisons than in publicly run facilities: 49%
Is that data accurate? Is it based on a comparison of similar…
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Has Cologne's city council declared the town center a "no-go" zone for women?
According to Daily Mail, the Cologne town center has been declared a No-Go Zone for women.
Cologne town centre has been called a 'no-go area' by its own city council.
Are there any statements from the city council that substantiates this…
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Did a Michigan jewellery store keeper successfully scare off his attackers with a shotgun in 1995?
In an answer to another question, there is a reference to this 2012 Natural News article, which in turn cites this NRA-ILA article, which cites "The Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, 8/23/95":
Plans to slay everyone in the Muskegon, Michigan, store and…
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Are members of organized rape gangs in the UK mostly of Kashmir / Pakistani origin?
On BBC three's Free Speech, Does ‘rape culture’ exist in the UK?, James Delingpole, Executive Editor Breitbart London made a claim (4:10 mark) that was followed by boos from the audience and a charge of spreading lies from fellow panelist Nelufar…
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To what extent does the reported phenomenon of needle spiking in nightclubs and bars exist?
There have been widespread reports in the UK of "needle spiking," where a person, usually a woman, claims to have been jabbed with something in a bar.
This has received increasing attention, including from the police:
Northumbria Police area…
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Did the 1994 US crime bill "bring down crime"?
In 1994, the US federal government adopted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (signed into law Sept. 13, 1994).
Ben Shapiro, host of the 'Daily Wire' podcast on YouTube, referred to it recently, saying:
The 1994 crime bill... it…
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