Calls to “reimagine” everything from policing to incarceration have dominated criminal-justice policy circles in recent years, but truly innovative research has been stifled. The federal government ...

Dr. Charis Kubrin and Dr. Mark Lipsey were awarded the Stockholm Prize for Criminology for their research showing that ...

Crime is shaping up as a potent election issue, and one of the key points of debate is over bail: Which suspects should be jailed before trial, and which ones should be released on bond — and for how ...

You don’t have to pay especially close attention to the news these days to observe that few social issues loom larger than crime. And you are entitled to be confused about what you hear. Some media ...

When Prof. Jens Ludwig thought about joining the University of Chicago more than a decade ago, he kept returning to an off-handed remark from a future colleague. “Chicago’s a big city, and it’s a ...

Sociological studies of crime constitute a dynamic field that explores how complex social processes, community structures, and cultural forces shape criminal behaviour. Drawing on both quantitative ...

The Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy (Krimo) conducts research and produces reports on crime, the sanction system, the interaction between law and society, and the legal situation. The ...

Ms. Doleac is an economist who specializes in crime and criminal justice. Americans are understandably concerned about crime. Before the 2024 election, voters consistently ranked it among their top ...

Editor’s note: In his first week in office, President Donald Trump showed he intends to follow through on his immigration promises. A major focus of his campaign was on removing immigrants who, he ...

Does a poor diet lead to crime? Some British researchers think so. They studied the behavior of 231 inmates at a maximum-security prison in the U.K. Half of the group received daily capsules ...