Category Archives: crime

Father and Son Receive Same Sentence for Different Murders

Posted on January 16, 2013 by jchasenovelist

There are many parents who would be proud to have a child decide to follow in their footsteps.  Carry on the family business, build upon a legacy of philanthropy, join the military . . . whatever it may be.  But … Continue reading →

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DNA under Fingernails Lead to Arrest in Decades-Old Cold Case

Posted on January 10, 2013 by jchasenovelist

Every week seems to bring a new story of how advances in forensic technology are bringing closure to cold cases that had been held in police files without leads for ten years, twenty years, or longer.  The scientific community and … Continue reading →

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Social Media, Crime, Football, and a Small Town

Posted on January 7, 2013 by jchasenovelist

Technology and the justice system have collided in an emotional and consequential way in the small steel town of Steubenville, Ohio.  The series of events started with an alleged repeated rape of a sixteen-year-old girl from neighboring West Virginia, a … Continue reading →

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Two Women in California Fight Off Intruder

Posted on December 28, 2012 by jchasenovelist

As I was skimming through the news during a quiet moment of the holiday celebrations this week, I found a story out of my home state of California that caught my interest.  In Harbison County, a small town in the … Continue reading →

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Serial Killer was Addicted to Pleasure of Hunting and Killing

Posted on December 17, 2012 by jchasenovelist

When a young man sits in a police interrogation and admits to killing multiple people, one of the questions naturally raised from such a confession is – Why?  The search for this answer is what drives criminal psychologists to further … Continue reading →

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These Shoplifters Take Requests

Posted on December 10, 2012 by jchasenovelist

As a criminology academic, I love learning about new ways that criminals are using technology to commit their illegal deeds and, concerning more noble pursuits, how law enforcement is using some of these same advances to bring the criminals to … Continue reading →

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Facebook Ordered to Remove Page that Tracks Pedophiles

Posted on December 5, 2012 by jchasenovelist

One of the crimes that is featured in several of my novels, and that I believe all would agree is one of the most heinous acts of violence possible, is pedophilia. My lead character, Emily Stone, is on a vigilante … Continue reading →

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