A new federal report discusses an unexpected theory for why murders are rising in U.S. cities
The Washington Post: More people were murdered in large U.S. cities last year than in 2014 — the first substantial increase in… More
Violent Crime
Registration for Prague Summer Schools 2016 Opens
Schola Empirica, in cooperation with the Institute for European and National Strategies (InStrategy), is pleased to announce the forthcoming Prague… More
Psychosis and Violence Aren’t Strongly Linked
Imagine the prototypical violent criminal, like the one who appears on the news after committing a horrible act. It’s a… More
The Science and the Injustice of the Central Park Jogger Case
In 1989, a 28-year-old, female jogger in New York City’s Central Park was brutally attacked and raped. Trisha Meili nearly… More
Remembering a Crime That You Didn’t Commit
The New Yorker: In 1906, Hugo Münsterberg, the chair of the psychology laboratory at Harvard University and the president of… More
Framed by forensics
Aeon: In 1992, Juan Rivera was arrested for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Waukegan, Illinois. On… More