Crime and policing

It is most commonly used to spice up Indian cuisine, but scientists at Sheffield Hallam University have discovered turmeric could be used to help solve...

A business management undergraduate who spends nearly 130 hours of his spare-time per month "on the beat" as a special police constable has...

Government plans for former offenders to mentor prisoners as part of its 'rehabilitation revolution' must be backed up with effective recruitment,...

Britain's top cop has spoken of his love for Sheffield and looked ahead to tonight's police commissioner elections as 41 police forces go to...

A University academic's research with local communities has found that the 'local style of policing' was a factor in preventing riots in...

The reasons why Sheffield did not suffer from the riots that affected many cities across the UK last summer are set to be debated during a major conference...

The role social media played in mobilising rioters to Britain's cities - and in inspiring the subsequent clean up - is being discussed at a major...

A pioneering technology to detect fingermarks at crime scenes, which provides additional information about a suspect, is a step closer to being incorporated...

A 3D virtual murder scene has been developed to help forensic psychologists understand the reasons for false or mistaken eyewitness accounts when a...

A major criminal justice lecture will argue that understanding criminals' behaviour is crucial to breaking cycles of re-offending and starting...