In any penal system, controlling the misbehavior of prisoners is challenging and costly. However, reducing the operational costs of prisons is possible when good behavior is rewarded, a Stanford professor says.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2015
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A Latvian computer code writer who helped create a virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide and corrupted some at NASA may be returning home soon after pleading guilty to a federal charge on Friday.
Security
Sep 5, 2015
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Stricter state sentencing laws in Washington have swelled the ranks of inmates serving life sentences to nearly one in five.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2015
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African-American adults – particularly women – on average have a significantly larger share of their social circle behind bars than whites, according to the first national estimates of Americans' ties to prisoners.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2015
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A new study finds that inmates in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars than those assigned to public prisons and are equally likely to commit more crimes after release, despite ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2015
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Specially designed shopping centres geared at encouraging shoplifters to think twice before they commit a crime are the way forward, according to researchers at Lancaster University.
Social Sciences
May 19, 2015
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Frederick Hutson was serving time in prison for moving a mountain of marijuana when he came up with a million-dollar idea for Internet startup Pigeonly.
Software
May 8, 2015
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The belief that we consider ourselves better than our peers holds true to convicted criminals as well.
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2014
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White-collar criminals – those convicted of fraud, embezzlement, tax violation, anti-trust and other business offenses—have no more problems adjusting to prison than those in a general prison population.
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2013
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A Swedish court has dismissed part of the hacking and fraud charges against the founder of the popular file-sharing website Pirate Bay and reduced his prison sentence from two years to one.
Internet
Sep 25, 2013
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