How cold case units reopen investigations that went unsolved
Cold case units re-examine unsolved violent crimes when new DNA testing, genetic genealogy leads, or fresh witnesses give an old file a new path forward.
Crime
Crime covers offense patterns, charging and clearance data, victim outcomes and the criminology behind the numbers. Articles cite the data set, note its gaps, and avoid treating a single quarter as a trend. Written for reporters, analysts, policy staff and residents who want crime coverage with its arithmetic shown.
Crime coverage from Daily Detective News.
What a criminal complaint is and how one gets filed
A criminal complaint is a written statement of the essential facts constituting an offense, made under oath and tested by a judge for probable cause before any arrest warrant issues.
Ignore a subpoena: What a subpoena compels, and what happens if you ignore one
A subpoena is a court order, not a suggestion. Here is what the two types demand, who can issue them, and what contempt can mean.
Crime Junkie — Why True Crime Podcasts Hook Millions: The Psychology
The appeal runs on puzzle-solving, safety-at-a-distance and a sense of unfinished business — and it shapes what listeners expect from investigators and juries.
True crime cover story — Behind the scenes of a true crime feature: the reviews and ethics calls before publication
A long-form crime feature is not finished when the writing is done. Legal review, fact-checking and ethics decisions decide what readers finally see.
How accurate is fingerprint matching, according to the studies
A 2011 double-blind test of more than 169 examiners put numbers on a method courts had relied on for a century — and the numbers cut both ways.