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SLEEPINESS IN TEENS LINKED TO ADULT VIOLENT CRIME
Whle tired and grumpy teenagers must be present in every household across the country with adolescent age children, new research from the University of Pennsylvania has found a link between mid-day sleepiness in teens who also exhibit antisocial behaviour and their likelihood to commit violent crimes as adults. In fact, their research suggests these teens are 4 and a half times more likely to commit crimes over a decade later when they are adults.
Whle tired and grumpy teenagers must be present in every household across the country with adolescent age children, new research from the University of Pennsylvania has found a link between mid-day sleepiness in teens who also exhibit antisocial behaviour and their likelihood to commit violent crimes as adults. In fact, their research suggests these teens are 4 and a half times more likely to commit crimes over a decade later when they are adults.
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SLOW MOTION FOOTAGE OF CRIMES ENCOURAGES JURIES TO CONVICT
Research from the University of Chicago has revealed that when juries are shown CCTV footage of a crime taking place in slow motion, they are three times more likely to convict of murder than if the footage was shown at real-time speed. The reason it seems is all to do with the perceived intent of the offender.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/04/slow-motion-footage-crimes-encourages-juries-convict/
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Research from the University of Chicago has revealed that when juries are shown CCTV footage of a crime taking place in slow motion, they are three times more likely to convict of murder than if the footage was shown at real-time speed. The reason it seems is all to do with the perceived intent of the offender.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/04/slow-motion-footage-crimes-encourages-juries-convict/
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WOMEN WHO KILL THEIR BABIES
Despite over 30 years of feminist research that has drawn attention to the moral judgements made about women who break the law, they are still being judged by who they are, rather than what they do. As most women in these cases plead guilty to the charges against them, the evidence of their alleged criminal conduct is never tested. At sentencing, the courts focus on evidence of their moral character as women, such as their sexual history or whether they demonstrate motherly behaviour, rather than on the nature of their criminal conduct and the degree of their criminal culpability.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/women-who-kill-their-babies-moral-judgement/
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Despite over 30 years of feminist research that has drawn attention to the moral judgements made about women who break the law, they are still being judged by who they are, rather than what they do. As most women in these cases plead guilty to the charges against them, the evidence of their alleged criminal conduct is never tested. At sentencing, the courts focus on evidence of their moral character as women, such as their sexual history or whether they demonstrate motherly behaviour, rather than on the nature of their criminal conduct and the degree of their criminal culpability.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/women-who-kill-their-babies-moral-judgement/
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CRIMINAL VICTIMISATION IN THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
For a person with mental illness, experiencing criminal victimisation through verbal abuse or physical violence can exacerbate their symptoms and push them to require further support from mental health services. Researchers from the Netherlands have studied the self-reports of victims who had experienced abuse and victimisation because of their mental illness. They wanted to compare the levels of violent and non-violent criminal victimisation among mental health sufferers with a range of diagnoses, with the levels seen in the general population.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/criminal-victimisation-risks-mental-health-outpatients/
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For a person with mental illness, experiencing criminal victimisation through verbal abuse or physical violence can exacerbate their symptoms and push them to require further support from mental health services. Researchers from the Netherlands have studied the self-reports of victims who had experienced abuse and victimisation because of their mental illness. They wanted to compare the levels of violent and non-violent criminal victimisation among mental health sufferers with a range of diagnoses, with the levels seen in the general population.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/criminal-victimisation-risks-mental-health-outpatients/
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THE HORROR OF FAMILY MURDER
Familicide is a crime that has invoked horror and fascination in equal measures. For those with an interest in why such horrific crimes take place and how an individual can murder their own family, such cases are explored in detail. Familicide is characterised by multiple victims of homicide within the same family and where the perpetrator is also a member of that family. Furthermore, many familicide cases, although not all, involve the murder of children within that family.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/familicide-multiple-victim-homicide-within-one-family/
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Familicide is a crime that has invoked horror and fascination in equal measures. For those with an interest in why such horrific crimes take place and how an individual can murder their own family, such cases are explored in detail. Familicide is characterised by multiple victims of homicide within the same family and where the perpetrator is also a member of that family. Furthermore, many familicide cases, although not all, involve the murder of children within that family.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/familicide-multiple-victim-homicide-within-one-family/
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SIBLICIDE: THE MURDER OF YOUR OWN SIBLING
Siblicide is a type of family homicide where murder takes place within the family unit. Often also referred to as fratricide, it is one of the most rare forms of family homicide but can be one of the most difficult to understand. Taking a cursory look at reported incidents of siblicide involving children reveals some horrific examples. One of the most disturbing involved a 12 year old boy in Bristol who in 2000, stabbed his 6 month old baby brother 17 times while he lay in his cot and severed the child's hand. He then left the house and walked into a local police station to report what he had done advising he ‘just wanted to be with his mother’.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/siblicide-homicidal-violence-between-siblings/
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Siblicide is a type of family homicide where murder takes place within the family unit. Often also referred to as fratricide, it is one of the most rare forms of family homicide but can be one of the most difficult to understand. Taking a cursory look at reported incidents of siblicide involving children reveals some horrific examples. One of the most disturbing involved a 12 year old boy in Bristol who in 2000, stabbed his 6 month old baby brother 17 times while he lay in his cot and severed the child's hand. He then left the house and walked into a local police station to report what he had done advising he ‘just wanted to be with his mother’.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/siblicide-homicidal-violence-between-siblings/
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PARRICIDE
Parricide is a rare act of homicide however, it is an act which causes horror when the lives of parents are taken, often brutally, by their own offspring. The Federal Bureau of Investigation suggests there are around 200 to 300 parricides carried out in the United States each and every year. That is up to 300 murders where the person responsible was not only known to their victim but was their own child.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/parricide-psychology-when-children-kill-parents/
Parricide is a rare act of homicide however, it is an act which causes horror when the lives of parents are taken, often brutally, by their own offspring. The Federal Bureau of Investigation suggests there are around 200 to 300 parricides carried out in the United States each and every year. That is up to 300 murders where the person responsible was not only known to their victim but was their own child.
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/parricide-psychology-when-children-kill-parents/
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY & CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
In the hunt for why criminals engage in criminal behaviour and especially why some show such violence and aggression within their crimes, the prevalence of traumatic brain injury has not gone unnoticed. In fact, in a number of studies carried out with prison inmates, the rate of head injury has been seen up to seven to eight times higher than the rates found in the general population.
A new research study from Australian researchers was published in July 2015 in the research journal PLOS One, which aimed to investigate a possible link between traumatic brain injury and criminal behaviour. By studying the hospital records of almost 8000 patients alongside their first-time criminal convictions, an idea of how they may be related has emerged.
http://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/01/traumatic-brain-injury-criminal-behaviour/
In the hunt for why criminals engage in criminal behaviour and especially why some show such violence and aggression within their crimes, the prevalence of traumatic brain injury has not gone unnoticed. In fact, in a number of studies carried out with prison inmates, the rate of head injury has been seen up to seven to eight times higher than the rates found in the general population.
A new research study from Australian researchers was published in July 2015 in the research journal PLOS One, which aimed to investigate a possible link between traumatic brain injury and criminal behaviour. By studying the hospital records of almost 8000 patients alongside their first-time criminal convictions, an idea of how they may be related has emerged.
http://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/01/traumatic-brain-injury-criminal-behaviour/
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NEUROCRIMINOLOGY: A CRIMINAL DISORDER?
Biological and neurological explanations for criminal behaviour raise key questions for not only how the criminal justice system can incorporate the science of neurocriminology, but if they do, whether criminal punishment as we know it can continue in the same vein. If such evidence were to be incorporated, this suggests a label would emerge. A disorder or a condition which means an individual is predisposed to violent or aggressive behaviour.
http://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/01/neurocriminology/
Biological and neurological explanations for criminal behaviour raise key questions for not only how the criminal justice system can incorporate the science of neurocriminology, but if they do, whether criminal punishment as we know it can continue in the same vein. If such evidence were to be incorporated, this suggests a label would emerge. A disorder or a condition which means an individual is predisposed to violent or aggressive behaviour.
http://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/01/neurocriminology/
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POLICE RECORDING OF CRIME DATA
Crime recording has been a controversial issue particularly in light of data indicating sharp increases in criminal acts and especially violent crime across the country. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for crime in England and Wales for the year ending March 2016, show that police recorded 4.5 million offences, an annual rise of 8% compared to 2015. Furthermore, these latest survey figures show that an estimated 15% of adults aged 16 and over were a victim of at least one crime over 2015/16.
http://www.crimetraveller.org/2016/08/police-recorded-crime-information/
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Crime recording has been a controversial issue particularly in light of data indicating sharp increases in criminal acts and especially violent crime across the country. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for crime in England and Wales for the year ending March 2016, show that police recorded 4.5 million offences, an annual rise of 8% compared to 2015. Furthermore, these latest survey figures show that an estimated 15% of adults aged 16 and over were a victim of at least one crime over 2015/16.
http://www.crimetraveller.org/2016/08/police-recorded-crime-information/
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