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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

What if a test could identify young men who were nearly 50% more likely than their peers to become violent criminals? Scientists say they have found such a test – and you can take it with two fingers ...

When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person toward criminal behavior, according to new research. When brain ...

Patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) are more likely to be assaulted or to perpetrate a crime, new research shows. Results of a large registry study show that compared to the general population, ...

Newly published research suggests that common psychedelic drugs -- such as 'magic mushrooms', LSD and mescaline (a substance derived from the peyote cactus) -- may reduce criminal offenses. The new ...

A new study has found a surprising connection between eating disorders and crime: According to findings published on Aug. 9 in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, women who have been ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, raises serious concerns about bias in the UK criminal justice system due to negative stereotyping of ...