The U.S. could choose to follow the lead of the United Kingdom, where all arrestees suspected of serious offenses are included in a DNA database. New research shows the approach would save 415 lives per year.

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In 2001, John Donohue of Yale University and Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago published a paper entitled “The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime,” in which they argued that legalized abortion in the 1970s significantly contributed...

What’s important now is not to let what happened to Fishtown be ignored. For whatever reasons, the culture that used to characterize working-class America — indeed, that made working-class America the spine of America’s civic culture — has come apart. Recognizing that this has happened is the indispensable first step in figuring out what to do next.

Crackdowns on violent cartels in Mexico and Colombia have pushed the powerful narcotrafficking gangsters into Central America. Join us as we discuss the threat and ideas for international collaboration to provide the necessary material, political, and law enforcement support for the region.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study suggesting that rates of sexual violence in the United States are comparable to those in the war-stricken Congo. How is that possible?

If you think a down economy causes crime to rise, think again. The reasons that drive crime rates are unclear.

Sentencing can be improved, and some penalties are too high, but if the reformers get their way, expect one thing: higher violent crime rates.

Not in a generation has conservatism been in as much trouble as it is at the end of the George W. Bush years. Huge majorities of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on almost every issue--even taxes. Republican voting blocs are shrinking...