Expanding understanding of the relationship between criminal insanity and psychosis
How and why does psychosis play a role when defining someone as criminally insane and lacking capacity for responsible action? ...
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Three mental health conditions contribute to violent offenses, WCU study finds
Credit: Western Carolina University Western Carolina University researchers find a disproportionate number of inmates with violent offenses suffer from post-traumatic ...
Colorful, magnetic Janus balls could help foil counterfeiters (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Counterfeiters who sell knockoffs of popular shoes, handbags and other items are becoming increasingly sophisticated, forcing ...
Survivors of child abuse twice as likely to die young
Credit: University of South Australia Globally the statistics are daunting. Across countries and communities between 15 and 50 per cent ...
Within a hair’s breadth–forensic identification of single dyed hair strand now possible
Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigationsCredit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science In ...
Living with autonomous systems “we can trust”
New report calls for greater input from society on future direction of autonomyCredit: The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Autonomous systems ...
Tokyo’s voluntary standstill may have stopped COVID-19 in its tracks
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo - Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed ...
A flexible color-changing film inspired by chameleon skin (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Chameleons can famously change their colors to camouflage themselves, communicate and regulate their temperature. Scientists have ...
Over 150 million websites among a billion tested include sensitive (and tracked) content
Nikolaos Laoutaris, Research Professor at IMDEA Networks Institute, participates in the biggest study about tracking of sensitive topics on the ...
Multidisciplinary approaches to solving cold cases
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 23, 2020 - Forensic DNA analysis enables new and increasingly ...
Gun laws in neighboring states affect state gun deaths, new evidence
Weaker gun laws in neighboring states appear to increase gun deaths in adjoining states, and strong gun laws may be ...
Want to save shelter animals? Fight for social justice
Humane communities would endorse animal-friendly affordable housing, living wages, and recognize the importance of human-animal bondsCredit: Stanford University Press Overpolicing ...
Researchers introduce new theory to calculate emissions liability
Credit: Michigan Tech A comparison of the results for conventional point source pollution and bottleneck carbon emissions sources shows that ...
Save black lives
A call for racially-responsive strageties and resources for the Black community during the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: CJR WASHINGTON - The Center ...