A criminologist has revealed the main reason people kill in the UK - and which groups are most likely to be targeted by serial killers. Professor David Wilson, who lectures at Birmingham City ...

A criminologist has revealed why killers leave a digital trail of evidence behind - even if they know police can use it to put them behind bars. Many have been caught due evidence left in emails, ...

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A UK criminologist and true crime author has revealed the ideal hunting ground for serial killers — and it’s closer to home than you might think. Christopher Berry-Dee, who has come face-to-face with ...

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19:46, Wed, Jun 19, 2024 Updated: 19:46, Wed, Jun 19, 2024 How does a boy raised on a dairy farm outside Carluke, South Lanarkshire, end up as arguably Britain’s top criminologist? “Simple,” says ...

The average cost of a contract killing in the UK is £15,000, a leading criminologist has claimed. Professor David Wilson and his team examined 27 murders carried out by 35 hired assassins – eight ...

Eighty-eight percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new study published today in Northwestern University School of ...

A respected Co Derry criminologist will be remembered following his death as a gifted academic whose work gave voice to victims. Dr Gareth Addidle, who was originally from the Moneymore area but lived ...

A criminologist has said contract killings like the one which left Cardiff teenager Aamir Siddiqi dead after the killers mistakenly targeted him are extremely unusual in the UK. The two drug-fuelled ...

In the aftermath of the riots in Ely, Cardiff this week, some social commentators took to Twitter to point the finger at a range of societal ills that they felt played their part in the build-up to ...