Go figure: If you’re a birther or a 9/11 denier, chances are you aren’t much fun to be around. Sure, we’ve been saying this about our wack-job uncle for years — but now it’s backed up by science.

When you study crime as I did in graduate school, preparing to become a criminologist, you're actually examining behavior - and the behavior you're examining is often that of people of color. Twenty ...

As in science and in fiction, criminology has perpetuated the myth that criminals are other than human beings. In the mass media, on crime drama television series, or in discredited psychology, the ...

In the wake of last season's shocking finale, the upcoming season picks up as the FBI's elite team of profilers investigates the deadly mystery of "Gold Star." As the conspiracy unfolds, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Federal authorities believed that Steven Zinnel had not ...

Novelist Charles Dickens may have been on target about smart criminals, according to the recent work of a University of California, Davis, sociologist. Under different circumstances, the Artful Dodger ...

Despite its reputation as a hive of gun-toting murderous maniacs, the United States has enjoyed a tremendous drop in crime over the past twenty years. The murder rate alone is half what it was two ...

Randall D. Eliason teaches white-collar criminal law at The George Washington University Law School and is a contributing columnist at the Washington Post. The line between political mischief and ...

What the hell was that? If you were looking for a vague stroll under a cloudy sky with your Criminal Minds, you were in luck during "Conspiracy vs. Theory." The episode meandered and accomplished ...