‘NarcoLogic’ computer model shows unintended consequences of cocaine interdiction
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine into the United States from South America have made drug ...
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Team models cocaine trafficking response to counternarcotic efforts
Credit: Sara Santiago For five decades, the U.S. government's mission to intercept or seize cocaine and other drugs entering the ...
Laura Mosqueda, MD, expert on preventing elder abuse, to deliver #AGS19 Henderson Lecture
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Laura Mosqueda, MD, AGSF, Dean of ...
Solving a hairy forensic problem
For decades, forensic scientists have tested strands of hair to reveal drug use or poisoning. But in recent years, reports ...
University of Cincinnati provides road map to combat human trafficking in Ohio
Research led by UC criminal justice professor identifies more than 1,000 victims of human trafficking in the state of Ohio ...
Surge in cannabis use among youth preceded legalization in Canada
National discussions on cannabis legalization, along with increased access to medical marijuana, may have encouraged more high school students to ...
Despite general support for police use of body-worn cameras, impacts may be overestimated
Police use of body-worn cameras is growing rapidly in the United States. New research that looked at 70 studies of ...
Fingerprints, revisited
For more than a century, forensic scientists have linked criminals to crime scenes through the distinctive loops and whorls on ...
States with permissive gun laws have higher mass shooting rates
Average rates 11 percent higher and growing in permissive states, shrinking in restrictive states States with more permissive gun laws ...
Distracted drivers 29 times more likely to wreck in a highway work zone
Highway work zone crashes happen every 5.4 minutes. Now, an MU study says an inattentive driver is 29 times more ...
Researcher studies impact of drug-trafficking violence
Professor brings real-world understanding of societal, political issues to UMass Lowell students LOWELL, Mass. - A UMass Lowell researcher who ...
Despite export bans global seahorse trade continues
National legislation as well as bans under the international CITES agreement not slowing the trade in seahorse productsCredit: ©Amanda Vincent, ...
Now you see heat, now you don’t
Credit: American Chemical Society Hiding an object from heat-sensing cameras could be useful for military and technology applications as well ...
Predictive modeling could help fight neighborhood crime
Credit: WSU New technology developed by a Washington State University scientist could help police officers predict where burglaries are likely ...