Both, says Jill Portnoy, an assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies. Portnoy studies biological and social factors that interact to explain and predict aggressive, ...

Go figure: If you’re a birther or a 9/11 denier, chances are you aren’t much fun to be around. Sure, we’ve been saying this about our wack-job uncle for years — but now it’s backed up by science.

Criminologists have traditionally focused, albeit almost exclusively, on the perpetrators of crime, and rightfully so; however, by focusing their collective attention on the perpetrators, researchers ...

When you study crime as I did in graduate school, preparing to become a criminologist, you're actually examining behavior - and the behavior you're examining is often that of people of color. Twenty ...

The Criminal Justice and Criminology majors are interdisciplinary social science majors. Course work leading to the baccalaureate degree in criminal justice emphasizes critical and in-depth ...

Founded in 1859, the school that would become known as the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was the first law school established in the city of Chicago. Today, Northwestern Law advances the ...

Focus on the humanity of those involved in and impacted by crime and violence in communities through an innovative curriculum. Be challenged and engaged by the latest in criminological and criminal ...

The Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Saint Louis University incorporates an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the causes and correlates of criminal behavior and the ...

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(CN) – Childhood lead exposure is not consistently associated with criminal behavior later in life, a new study finds. The report, published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, should ease the ...

On the morning of August 1, 1966 a man climbed up a clock tower at the University of Austin and shot and killed 13 people, and physically injured 31 more. Since then, it was widely publicized that the ...