CINA in the News

As the fallout from Prince Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues, questions have surfaced about whether the royal might face legal trouble. Andrew’s disastrous Newsnight interview on the issue – where he emphatically denied Epstein’s accuser Virginia Giuffre’s claim that she had a sexual encounter with the royal at age 17 –… Read More about Science Committee Mary Ellen O’Toole quoted in article, Prince Andrew: why meeting with US authorities would be a ‘catch-22’

David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Criminology (ASC)’s Division of Policing at the Division of Policing’s annual reception and awards ceremony, taking place on Thursday, November 14, in… Read More about Science Committee Member David Weisburd Wins Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Policing

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Tyler Edmonds still remembers every detail of the cell he was put in almost 17 years ago – moments after confessing to a crime he didn’t commit. “I can still remember the way that room smelled,” he tells Al Jazeera, “urine and a lot of bleach.” Following an interrogation in a Mississippi sheriff’s office, Edmonds… Read More about Science Committee Member Allison Redlich quoted in article, Tyler’s stolen youth: Compensating the wrongly convicted

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Baton Rouge police have embraced a targeted approach to fighting crime — focusing on individual street corners and addresses — during an initiative this summer that resulted in several hundred gun and drug arrests. Department leaders announced the results of “Operation Pinpoint” at a press conference Friday morning, saying they used technology to map out… Read More about Science Committee Member David Weisburd quoted in article, Baton Rouge leaders tout targeted approach to illegal guns; 127 confiscated this summer

Dr. Omar Camarillo How did you get involved in the Summer Research Team Program? I got involved in the DHS-ORISE SRT program through an email that was forwarded to me by Dr. Dale Streeter. I applied for the SRT program by submitting a proposal along with my application and the name of two students, Cecilia… Read More about ENMU Students and Professor Participate in the Department of Homeland Security’s Summer Research Team Program

For many years, AI/ML has been used to establish the identity of perpetrators, the perpetrators’ whereabouts at the time of a criminal act and their actions and whereabouts prior to and following a criminal act. By hand, these are arduous tasks but AI categorization sifting through massive amounts of visual data along with ML behavior… Read More about Science Committee Member David Weisburd research cited in article, Can crime be predicted with AI/ML?

Mary Thomas used to admire the freshly painted houses overlooking green grass and trimmed hedges in her Fairfields neighborhood. She loved watching the children play outside. That was 32 years ago. When Thomas and her husband moved to their Plank Road apartment, it was a nice place to live, a neighborhood that she was proud… Read More about Science Committee Member, David Weisburd quoted, Battling blight in Baton Rouge can play a key role in fighting crime