The article explains how the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act and other crime victim protections contain a broad definition of the term "victim." Today, I posted on SSRN my new, co-authored law ...

Leading academics, researchers, and journalists dedicated to the study of organized crime around the world convened November 15 in Bogotá, Colombia, to share the latest findings and major trends, and ...

A panel of 12 lawyers from around the world has proposed a legal definition for a new crime that the lawyers want to see outlawed internationally: ecocide, or widespread destruction of the environment ...

The recent, horrific mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder came in the wake of nationwide spikes in the rates of homicides and domestic assaults, trends that had already prompted calls in many states ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Justice Clarence Thomas invoked “Alice in Wonderland” Tuesday as the Supreme Court tackled the question of whether an attempted robbery can be considered a crime of violence. “It ...

James Prosek ("Legalized discrimination," Oct. 30) should turn off Rush Limbaugh and pay attention to reality. Hate-crimes legislation does not create special classes of people who enjoy special ...

Sue Hecht's letter ("Child abuse a crime of violence ... well not everywhere," Sept. 25) urging the defining of child abuse as a violent crime reminded me of the action taken by the Maryland ...

Samantha Lakin, PhD, is a specialist in comparative genocide and a Senior Fellow at The Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD) at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she also ...

THE HOUSE OF Representatives has passed a new hate crime bill that pleases gays and lesbians, angers the religious right and has provoked a veto threat from President Bush. But the Local Law ...