Women are not just present in true crime fandom, they are the engine driving it, from podcast charts to Netflix queues to ...

A recent study reveals why women engage with true crime, showing safety motives and psychology—not sensationalism—drive the ...

With a Democratic administration in the White House and an election approaching, legacy media have been quick to claim that crime is decreasing. This is not just wrong but a deception. The data tell a ...

We can see it in the local news, and we sense it when we walk or drive through our communities: Some neighborhoods are more crime-ridden than others. But why do some blocks seem to attract thefts, ...

So why do so many people — from the commenters on Crime Watch posts to the president of the United States — keep insisting that we live in a Mad Max hellscape, dodging gun-toting barbarians on the way ...

Retail chains have added locked display cabinets and other security measures to combat shoplifting, which the National Retail Federation reports increased by 93 percent from 2019 to 2023. (Mel ...

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Do you find yourself drawn to dark documentaries? Are you captivated by your local unsolved crime case? Does the idea of a day with a remote control and Lifetime television give you goose bumps of ...

Patricia Heaton revealed why she left Los Angeles for Nashville, citing high crime, taxes, and homelessness in a podcast ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver officials have heralded successful efforts to reduce homicides and gun violence in the city, but some Denver neighborhoods have higher rates of ...