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The arrest of former cop Joseph DeAngelo in the Golden State Killer case raises questions about the common occupations of killers and psychopaths. Canada's Russell Williams was a former military officer.
Le cas du mouvement Incel auquel appartiendrait le suspect de la tuerie de Toronto doit être mis en lumière, car il s’adresse directement à des personnes marginalisées et perturbées.
Was the suspect in Toronto's van attack inspired by a misogynist mass killer in the United States?
Break-and-enters are consistently common among incarcerated sex offenders as their first, or gateway, offence. But police forces' statistical manipulation allows them to go entirely undetected.
Police forces use widespread and often dubious practices to inflate their solved crime rate. Here's how, and why, they do it, according to an expert on violent crimes and serial offenders.
We're in the middle of an Insectageddon. But a garden of native plants can help insects, as well as birds and other wildlife.
Si l’on peut facilement mesurer les conséquences du poème « Front rouge » sur le plan judiciaire, esthétique et politique, les causes de sa création restent plus obscures.
As Toronto reacts to the news that a killer was preying on victims in the city’s gay village, an expert on serial killers explains how violent offenders are more strategic than previously thought.
NGOs (non-government organizations) run by women in India and Tanzania fuel the success of development projects, but the women are too easily marginalized once the projects get off the ground.
In the shadow of Trump-era cross-border discrimination, an early-stage scholar reflects on the meaning of religious diversity and his act of resistance by boycotting conference travel to the U.S.
Thousands of Liberian women have banded together to bring about peace and to fight for women's rights. They've changed the face of the African nation.
Acid attacks, mostly against women, are increasing globally, and toxic masculinity is to blame. It's time for social, medical and legal reform to stop the scourge.
The idea that courts should routinely grant stays of proceedings in the event of trial delays is largely unique to Canada. There are ways to address trial delays without terminating prosecutions.
When fame and glory are at stake, human nature seems to dictate that some people will cheat.
Investment gaps may be key to understanding why poorer children perform so much worse throughout life.
Scientists have found a new type of rock form that consists of plastic waste and will one day act as evidence of human impact…
Contrary to the film of DreamWorks’ imagining, Madagascar is not ruled by King Julien and his colony of lemurs. In fact the status of the lemurs on the island – the only place on earth that they exist…
Canadian academic David Heap last year took part in an activist mission to challenge the Israeli military blockade of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. The Israeli government claims the blockade is necessary…
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