Category Archives: crime

California’s Attempt to Ban Sales of Violent Video Games to Minors Loses in Supreme Court

Posted on June 29, 2011 by jchasenovelist

My second novel, Dead Game, features the popular online gaming culture, an activity in which players usually assume fake identities and live in a fantasy world.  In Dead Game, some of the men and women who engage in a virtual … Continue reading →

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Offender’s Signature vs. Modus Operandi

Posted on June 22, 2011 by jchasenovelist

Sometimes it’s confusing for people to differentiate between a criminal’s signature versus the criminal’s modus operandi when they commit a specific crime.  Are they the same? No, they are distinctly different because one feeds on emotional needs, while the other … Continue reading →

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Violence, Crime, and Psychopathic Offenders

Posted on June 18, 2011 by jchasenovelist

Not all crime and violent acts are committed by psychopathic offenders.  Individuals with a variety of mental disorders and addictions commit even some of the most unspeakable crimes in our society today.  One of the biggest challenges facing our criminal … Continue reading →

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Dozens Arrested on Child Pornography Charges in New York

Posted on June 17, 2011 by jchasenovelist

To hear that anyone has been the victim of a violent crime is disturbing, but when the person involved is a child the horror of the situation is intensified.  These most innocent and vulnerable members of our society should be … Continue reading →

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Applying Reliable Techniques & Methods for Crime Scene Reconstruction

Posted on June 13, 2011 by jchasenovelist

My tough and driven heroine, Emily Stone, from my two novels (Compulsion, Dead Game) uses her innate skills and abilities to try to reconstruct the crime scene in order to track down serial killers and child abductors.  The difference in … Continue reading →

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Crime Mapping and Law Enforcement — Putting the Pieces Together

Posted on June 11, 2011 by jchasenovelist

A complex and growing problem among our civilized society has been the cause and effect of crime.  Three basic issues have been addressed and debated: how to prevent crime, how to combat crime, and how to punish for the criminal … Continue reading →

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Psychic Makes False Claims of Mass Gravesite in Texas

Posted on June 10, 2011 by jchasenovelist

Frenzied news reports that were coming out of Texas earlier this week led many of us to believe that a serial killer’s victims had been discovered in the Lone Star State.  A woman, who later identified herself as a psychic … Continue reading →

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