Crime Studies
New:
Adoption Forensics and the Tankleff Case by
David Kirschner
(3/03/2008).
After serving 17 years for the 1988 murders of his adoptive parents,
Marty Tankleff's conviction was overturned by an appellate court. Although now
out on bail, the indictment against Tankleff still stands and he may face a new
trial where adoption forensics could well point to his guilt.
Adoption Forensics: The Connection Between Adoption and Murder
by Dr. David Kirschner
(09/19/07).
Of the 500 estimated serial killers in U.S.
history, 16 percent were adopted as children, while adoptees represent only 2 or
3 percent of the general population. Adoptees are 15 times more likely to kill
one or both of their adoptive parents than biological children.
A User's Guide to the Polygraph Exam by
Daniel B. Young
(7/22/07).
If you're ever asked or forced to take a polygraph exam, get ready for an
assault. Here's some of what you need to know before being wired up.
Part Two: The
Mysterious Death of CIA Scientist Frank Olson by
H. P. Albarelli Jr. (05/19/03)
In 1996, Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau
opened a new investigation into CIA Scientist Frank Olson's 1953 "suicide,"
assigning the case to a special Cold Case Unit staffed by two veteran
prosecutors. Details about the activities and findings of that ongoing inquiry
have never before been revealed. Investigative journalist and writer H.P.
Albarelli Jr. conducted his own seven-year examination into Olson's death. In
Part Two, he reports his findings about one of the U.S. government's greatest
conspiracies and unsolved mysteries.
Part One: The Mysterious Death of CIA Scientist Frank
Olson by H. P. Albarelli Jr. (12/14/02)
When CIA Scientist Frank Olson plunged to his death from the 10th floor of a New York hotel in 1953, his death was ruled a suicide. Twenty-two years later a special Presidential Commission investigating the CIA's development of potent drugs for use in biological warfare and assassinations revealed shocking new details about Olson’s death. In 1996 Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau opened a new investigation into Olson’s death based on startling discoveries uncovered by forensic sleuth James Starrs that put to lie the CIA’s version of how Olson died.
Tainting
Evidence: Inside the Scandals at the FBI Crime Lab
by John F. Kelly and Phillip K. Wearne.
The FBI's vaunted crime lab is a scandal of atrocious forensic science. Its "junk science" permeates the U.S. criminal justice system as it bogus "findings" routinely punish the innocent and set the guilty free, affecting thousands of lives in the process.
Child Victimizers: Violent Offenders and their
Victims A study by Lawrence A. Greenfeld, a statistician for the U.S.
Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Assassinations
and Attempts in U.S. Since 1865
Impeachments
of Federal Officials. In the history of the United States, the U.S.
Senate has sat as a court of impeachment 16 times.
HIV in Prison
consists of several federal studies on the AIDS problem in U.S. prisons.
DNA Exonerations
is based on a 1996 study by the U.S. Department of Justice that details 28 cases in which
men convicted of sex crimes, including murder, have been released as a result of
subsequent DNA testing. It will challenge your assumptions about such things as the
reliability of eye-witness testimony. Because of its length, we've broken the study
up into three parts. But it is a must read, for many reasons.
