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The tichborne case
In 1854, a young English aristocrat, Sir Roger Tichborne, fell in love with his cousin Katherine and proposed to her. Both families were strongly opposed to the marriage, and Sir Roger, heartbroken, left England to travel around the world and…
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The thrill of shoplifting
Some 800,000 times a day, a tableau of temptation, fear, and excitement plays out in the crowded aisles of department stores and supermarkets, frequently over such unlikely objects as batteries and souvenirs. Shoplifting is a window into our desires: shopkeepers…
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Punishment takes many forms
Once again, a rising crime rate and the workings of the penal system are back in the news. The British Home Office has been criticized over the rising prison population and overcrowding. Forced to deal with a steady increase in…
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The science of murder
Painful as it is to think about, murder has become a grim fact of modern society. Solving a murder involves more than the contributions of the police and witnesses. It also involves the detailed work of people in the fields…
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Dna fingerprinting
The characteristics of all living organisms, including humans, are essentially determined by information contained within DNA that they inherit from their parents. Living organisms that look different or have different characteristics also have different DNA sequences. The more complex the…
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Dna helps solve crime
For now, the DNA revolution is largely confined to understanding nature, not changing it. Yet the few applications that have already appeared leave little doubt of the technology's potential. Today, DNA has already started to help solve crime cases. DNA…
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Can laws stop the obsessed?
The British actress Helena Bonham Carter went to court last week to ask for protection from an obsessive fan. Five years of harassment from a 27-year-old man who plagued her with unwanted telephone calls, visits, and letters had driven her…
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Can mediation produce restorative justice for victims and offenders?
In most criminal justice systems, justice equals punishment. An eye for an eye. You do the crime, you do the time. If you do the time, you've paid your debt to society and justice has been done, but justice for…
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Stolen innocence
The young policeman spoke in a monotonous tone and with an air of smugness. "I have to inform you that your son has been arrested for theft." It was a simple sentence, said perfunctorily, and it immediately changed everything. As…
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Criminal rehabilitation (prison - revenge or rehabilitation?)
One night, I turned on television and found myself in the middle of an emotional and highly-charged debate. On one side was a father whose teenage son had been murdered. He was outraged that the convicted murderer, also a teenager,…
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