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 ...

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The ability to predict criminal behavior empowers law enforcement investigators to stop crimes before they occur and assists investigators solve crimes after their commission. Fellow FBI Behavioral ...

In general, children of criminal parents are more than twice as likely to exhibit criminal behaviour themselves. The journal Aggression and Violent Behavior published the results of a study led by ...

A father and husband strangles his wife and drops her out of a window in a staged suicide. Most people would view this act as cold-blooded murder—but might it be the tragic result of an untreated ...

Criminal profiling, the technique of deciphering the psychological makeup of offenders, is a crucial part of solving true crime mysteries. By examining patterns, motives and psychological triggers, ...

Criminal behavior can occur in patients with some neurodegenerative diseases, although patients with Alzheimer's disease were among the least likely to commit crimes, according to a study. Criminal ...

A study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology suggests that different substances have vastly different associations ...

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Researchers have found that a low resting heart rate may be linked to criminal convictions, as well as medical treatments and death from assaults and unintentional injuries. For the study, researchers ...

I’ve seen a number of stories lately about people who’ve been arrested for behavior that doesn’t seem to be criminal, but the ...