Lynn University Criminal Justice Program

The primary motivation behind most environmental crime is cost and convenience. The objective is to punish these crimes so severely as to deter potential offenders from making that calculation.

Oakland Park businessman jailed for having worker dump 38 drums of chemicals down drain: BSO A Broward business owner is facing a felony littering charge for having one of his workers dump more than three dozen 50-gallon drums of chemicals down a storm drain on Wednesday, deputies said.

First, drug addiction is a serious issue. Second, if you think trying to pass a probation drug test like this is unusual, you would be surprised.

New warrant out for Sanibel woman accused of taping urine bottle to leg to avoid positive drug test A Sanibel woman has a warrant out for her arrest after she was accused of trying to fake a negative result on a drug test, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.

Social engineering crossed with targeted attacks and cooperative victims yields quick and substantial financial rewards in successful in-person cybercrime attacks.

Smooth-talking fraudsters clone contactless cards, authorize payments in just 13 minutes Social engineering and malware combine to enable financial fraud before banks have time to act

Setting systems in silos prevents attacks moving across unrelated systems. Unfortunately, this hospital is a victim of cybercrime as attackers breached cybersecurity to attack automatic doors and HVAC systems.

Ransomware Attack Disables Canadian Hospital's Doors, HVAC A Canadian hospital is dealing with a ransomware attack on its facility management systems that has reportedly affected its doors and heating, ventilation, and air

The key issue and statement from Illinois Gov. Pritzker: “I think we all recognize that if we want a better justice system from start to finish, we need better mental health care.” In 1950, we had 500,000 mental health beds in America. Over 70 years later, we have roughly 60,000, while the American population has doubled.

Why Did an Illinois Prison Fail to Stop 70 Fires? Three key takeaways from our investigation of the epidemic of fires at the Joliet Treatment Center.

Overcome by guilt upon realizing he committed a murder, not a mere assault, cold case is closed by killer's confession thirty years later.

Nearly 40 years after a young mother was found dead, a man confessed to killing her, police say | CNN Melissa “Missy” Taylor Ellison’s killing remained a mystery for decades after she was found dead in her bedroom and her 13-month-old daughter was left crying in the living room.

AI-edited photos from police departments may make them neat & tidy, but they reduce trust in the agency and the media.

Saline Co. Sheriff’s Office said AI was used to edit evidence photo after online backlash The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is explaining why it used artificial intelligence to edit a Facebook photo that showed evidence from a recent drug arrest, af

The good and evil of the criminal justice system is plea bargains - prosecutors offer unreasonably low agreements in the face of unreasonably high threats of prison sentences to avoid trials and induce plea agreements. Counsel & client have to weigh the upside against an explosive downside.

How the modern plea bargain undercuts the constitutional right to a jury trial If the 250th anniversary of American independence invites reflection on our foundational values, this issue deserves a place near the center.

Chemistry is not for work from home. The chemist died, leaving behind a trove of dangerous chemicals requiring the police, hazmat team, bomb squad, and fire department to respond to a quiet residential neighborhood.

Explosive, radioactive substances at late chemist's home bring bomb squad to Lexington A highly explosive chemical, radioactive substances and more hazardous materials found at a late chemist’s house in Lexington brought out the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad for a complex removal Monday, officials said.

A Treatment Center for inmates with mental illness that creates desperation, provides no meaningful treatment, and obstructs firefighting and lifesaving efforts for lethally injured and burned inmates - welcome to the Joliet Treatment Center in Illinois. This is mental illness in a correctional facility.

How An Illinois Prison Drove Desperate Men to Set Themselves on Fire Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.