A suspected perpetrator who can barely remember his name, several traffic violations committed by a woman in her mid-fifties who is completely unreasonable and doesn't understand her behavior—should ...

William King, a professor of Criminal Justice, and co-authors recently published a paper, “Resurrecting individual ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common chronic conditions in pediatrics. The short-term benefits of stimulant medication on the ...

New research suggests that damage to a key part of the brain involved in judgment and emotional regulation could explain why some people suddenly begin displaying violent or criminal behavior. Born ...

Much criminal behavior derives from logical, if not laudable, sources. A wonderful example of this was seen in the old Bob Newhart television show. Newhart, playing a clinical psychologist, leans ...

In the 2002 film “Minority Report,” starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg, society has developed a system called “Pre-crime,” where a trio of psychics predict murders before they happen ...

Classic psychedelics such as psilocybin (often called magic mushrooms), LSD and mescaline (found in peyote) are associated with a decreased likelihood of antisocial criminal behavior, according to new ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

I recently saw the play “Never the Sinner” (written in 1988 by John Allen) which is about the notorious 1924 Chicago murder of fourteen year old Bobby Franks by Leopold and Loeb. These self-styled ...

We all know the story of Walter White from the hit TV series Breaking Bad. Faced with a terminal lung cancer diagnosis and a financially precarious future for his family, the mild-mannered high school ...