criminologist
Americannoun
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Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who has studied the global proliferation of mass shootings, said the internet gives broad access to online communities where mass shooters are idolized.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Dissecting the techniques criminals use to steal your money - with fraud investigator Shari Vahl, criminologist Dr Elisabeth Carter and ex-criminal Alex Wood.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
"Punitive proposals like these are not effective against organized or transnational crime," said criminologist Erika Solis of the Catholic University of Peru.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Romanian criminologist Vlad Zaha told BBC News that there was little-to-no chance of the US extraditing Jibril, and described the sentence as "unusually harsh".
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
In 1894, the French criminologist Bertillon had helped to wrongfully convict Alfred Dreyfus of treason, having presented a wildly incorrect handwriting analysis.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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