Crime and Punishment

Delve deeper into the study of crime. Read criminal profiles, guides to the criminal justice system, statistics, and more.

  • Protesters Carrying Signs
    5 Arguments in Favor of the Death Penalty
  • Clarence Thomas
    Top 5 Conservative Supreme Court Justices
  • Potential Keddie Cabin murder suspects in a police sketch
    The Keddie Cabin Murder Case
  • Aerial view of San Quentin State Prison on San Francisco Bay
    San Quentin: California's Oldest Prison
  • Empty chairs in jury box
    Kentucky Death Row Inmates
  • Prison Cell
    What You Should Know About the Prison-Industrial Complex
  • Man in jail cell with arms on bars
    Harsh Punishment Backfires, Researcher Says
  • Scales of justice
    What Is a Felony? Definition, Classifications, and Examples
  • person with hands cuffed
    Understanding the Crime of Battery
  • Counterfeiting money
    What Is Forgery?
  • Close up of metal handcuffs
    What Constitutes a Crime?
  • Artist's rendition of Dresden after the 1945 bombing
    What is Total War? Definitions and Examples
  • Close up of a gavel on top of open books.
    Overview of the Crime of Accessory
  • Hacker and security
    What Is a Wire Fraud Crime?
  • POV of drunk driver in a tunnel
    The Three Different Elements of a Crime
  • Police Car Stopping Driver
    What Is a Criminal Infraction?
  • Jurors in the jury box
    Aggravating and Mitigating Factors
  • Gun shot victim
    What Is the Crime of Murder?
  • Person in handcuffs
    What Is the Crime of Aiding and Abetting?
  • Tougher Sentencing Blamed For Crowded Prisons
    Mandatory Drug Sentencing Laws
  • Male prosecutor attorney talking to jury and pointing at defendant in legal trial courtroom
    What Is an Alford Plea?
  • Man with handcuffs behind his back, close view of the handcuffs.
    The Main Classifications of Criminal Offenses
  • The Old Bailey, central criminal court, London
    Overview of the Sentencing Stage in Criminal Cases
  • Businessman in handcuffs faces judge in court
    The 10 Stages of a Criminal Case
  • Kidnapped child
    What Is the Crime of Kidnapping?
  • Juror announcing decision
    Can Jurors Ask Questions During Trials?
  • Megan Kanka
    History of Megan's Law
  • A lawyer standing with his client before the judge in a criminal trial.
    Overview of Misdemeanors and Why It Can Be a Big Deal
  • Businessman in handcuffs in courtroom
    Overview of the Jury Trial Stage of a Criminal Case
  • A prisoner behind bars with hands cuffed
    Juvenile Incarceration Linked to More Crime
  • man arrested talking to judge
    The Arraignment Stage of a Criminal Case
  • An evidence bag containing a blood sample
    What Is Chain of Custody? Definition and Examples
  • USA, New York State, New York City, Crime scene barrier tape
    7 Different Types of Crimes
  • Couple standing apart, head and shoulders
    Do You Know Someone Who's a Psychopath?
  • Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy
    America's Most Famous Murder Cases
  • Jury Hears Closing Arguments In Andrea Yates Trial
    Female Criminals, Murderers, Rapists, Kidnappers and Thieves A - Z
  • John Gotti
    Mafia Mug Shots
  • A pregnant woman picks up car keys from a table
    The Theresa Andrews Case
  • The Crimes of Nate Kibby
  • Six People Murdered On Chicago's South Side As City's Homicides Rise
    The Jennifer Hudson Family Murders
  • The electric chair
    Famous Criminals' Last Words
  • A gavel and sound block
    The Murder of Micaela Costanzo
  • A Mug Shot of Brenda Andrew
    Profile of Death Row Inmate Brenda Andrew
  • Susan Atkins Mug Shot
    Susan Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz
  • Robert Berdella mug shot
    Robert Berdella
  • Charles "Lucky" Luciano's mugshot
    Biography of Lucky Luciano, American Gangster
  • Ward Weaver
    Ward Weaver Case: The Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis Murders
  • Charles Ng
    Sadistic Killer and Rapist Charles Ng
  • BTK Killer Dennis Rader Begins His Life Sentence In Prison
    Dennis Rader - The BTK Strangler
  • Murder Suspect Richard Kuklinski Enter Courtroom
    Profile of Richard Kuklinski
  • Bonny Lee Bakley smiles warmly in a PR photo, surrounded by angelic blond curls
    Life of Bonny Lee Bakley, Murdered Wife of Actor Robert Blake
  • aryan brotherhood tattoos
    The Aryan Brotherhood
  • Debra Evans Case
    Crime Profile: The Debra Evans Case
  • Shanda Sharer
    The Murder of Shanda Sharer
  • Phil Spector in a court room
    Phil Spector and the Murder of Lana Clarkson
  • Hector Brisman and Paula Eckberg look on during Markoff arraignment
    Julissa Brisman: Victim of the Craigslist Killer
  • Manson Mugshot
    Charles Manson and the Tate and LaBianca Murders
  • USA, New York State, New York City, Crime scene barrier tape
    Profiles of Notorious Male Criminals
  • Fuzzy black and white image of a jail cell, photo with dark overtones.
    One Woman Is on Death Row in Kentucky
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    Profile of Husband Killer Kelly Gissendaner
  • Four Joliet Murder Suspects
    The Murders of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover
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