Research at Michigan State UniversityCan Parents of Juvenile Offenders Still Dream?
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Mothers want the best for their sons, but what happens to a mother’s hopes and dreams when her son is charged as a juvenile offender? A new study…
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NIH Funds Research Consortium to Address Firearm Deaths Among U.S. Children and Teens
Monday, April 23, 2018
April Zeoli, associate professor in Michigan State University’s School of Criminal Justice and consultant on the grant, is leading the policy analysis team and investigating the role of…
USDA Grant to Improve Agricultural Use of Water, Energy
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Around the world, irrigated agriculture is the largest consumer of water and one of the largest users of energy. Michigan State University scientists are leading a $2.5 million…
Broader Gun Restrictions Mean Fewer Intimate Partner Homicides
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
State laws that restrict gun ownership among domestic abusers and others with violent histories appear to significantly reduce intimate partner homicides, indicates a groundbreaking national study led by…
Using Science to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade
Friday, July 28, 2017
Leading scientists from around the world convened this week at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss how to better leverage science to combat…
Holt Named Fellow of Netherlands Cybercrime Institute
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Thomas Holt, professor in the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice has been named a fellow of the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law…
Mothers’ Lack of Legal Knowledge Linked to Juvenile Re-Offending
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Youth who commit crimes for the first time are more likely to re-offend if their mothers don’t participate in their legal process. Unfortunately, mothers are widely unfamiliar with…
Female Forensic Scientists More Stressed than Males
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Women may be at the forefront of the fast-growing forensic science field, but they’re also more stressed than their male counterparts, indicates new research led by a Michigan…
Prostitution Has Gone Online – And Pimps are Thriving
Monday, August 15, 2016
With the sale of sex shifting online, today’s pimps are avoiding police detection by using underground websites, social media, mobile apps and even by hiding their ads on…
Need for Public Safety Consolidation Depends on the Community
Friday, July 29, 2016
In the first comprehensive work of its kind, a Michigan State University criminologist has completed a study on the implementation and outcomes of public safety consolidation – the…
