Criminal behavior has a negative impact on individuals, economies, and society at large. Beyond the physical and psychological harm inflicted on victims, there are also financial ramifications. For ...

Both, says Jill Portnoy, an assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies. Portnoy studies biological and social factors that interact to explain and predict aggressive, ...

Criminologists have traditionally focused, albeit almost exclusively, on the perpetrators of crime, and rightfully so; however, by focusing their collective attention on the perpetrators, researchers ...

The Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Saint Louis University incorporates an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the causes and correlates of criminal behavior and the ...