This is the third in a seven-part series examining the policing strategies that shape public safety in America, including ...

Mexico's cartels are the country's fifth-largest employer. A mathematician proved it, as well as its affect on overall safety ...

Inside the Metro Nashville Police Department’s Crime Laboratory — which is housed in the Madison Precinct — science takes ...

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Stateline reports opioid overdose deaths have declined nearly 50% since 2023, driven by weaker fentanyl and increased treatment efforts.

Legalizing marijuana for adult use is linked to gradual reductions in violent crime—while medical cannabis legalization is associated with lower rates of property crime—according to a new study. As ...

A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic ...

Philip E. Bourne, founding dean of the School of Data Science and an international leader in the field who positioned the University of Virginia as a pioneering institution for data studies, died ...

Rey Chavis knew it was life or death when his phone rang one day last summer. Chavis, a lifelong Newark, New Jersey, resident who runs The Newark Community Street Team – a group of violence ...

Introduction The use of data science for health research produces complex ethical, legal and social challenges that traditional ethical oversight mechanisms struggle to address. In Nigeria, the ...