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You may hear people say that the crime rate in the United States has been rising dramatically. They may even say that it is skyrocketing or something of this nature. But is that actually true? Historical trends indicate that crime gets less common year after year. Has...
Proponents of predictive policing support data-driven analysis. They believe that studying the data can give police officers information about where crime may happen. The police can then take steps to prevent it, or they can at least react quickly when something...
Do you think of your email messages as your private property? They might be. It really depends on how old they are. The reality is that police officers can read your emails without a warrant if they’re more than 180 days old. Various bills have been introduced to put...
Undercover police officers are sometimes used to infiltrate criminal organizations and gather evidence. For example, the police may think that a group of people are selling illegal drugs. An undercover officer may try to infiltrate that group in order to get direct...
You may think of your online activity as something that is private. But if you’re using apps and platforms developed by a third party, it may not be. You’re given a privacy policy that you sign, authorizing that company to do certain things with your data. In many...
Eyewitness testimony is no longer trusted the way that it used to be. DNA evidence has proven that it can be very inaccurate. For example, of all the convictions that have been overturned, more than 70% were originally made due in part to eyewitness testimony. People...
Statistics make it very clear that wrongful convictions happen. It’s an unfortunate reality of the justice system. In some cases, this happens because eyewitnesses make an inaccurate testimony. In other cases, there are even false confessions. This has become more...
If a police officer knocks on the door and asks to come inside, you may have a lot of questions. First and foremost, you want to know why they’re at your house and why they’re asking your permission to enter in the first place. You may not even be opposed to the idea;...
Why doesn’t predictive policing work? It seems like it should. Essentially, the police enter data into a computer model. It can identify areas where crime happens and the frequency of those criminal actions, and then it can predict where future crime may occur. The...
The “crime of passion” defense is one that is sometimes used after a violent crime. It is most often seen in situations in which one person has lost their life and the other person is being accused of murder. They will claim that they committed a crime of passion....