Frances Glessner Lee, the giant astride the world of miniature crime scenes, died nearly 50 years ago. Lee built a collection of what she called “nutshell studies“, each a tiny, high-precision recreation of a room in which a murder had been committed. Each featured a little victim, in or on whom the wee murder weapon was embedded […]
Tag: Crime
The art of crime
YourBrushWithTheLaw.com is a collection of art pertaining to illegalities. The stated purpose is to promote “an awareness of the underworld activity in the arena of art.” The site features history, images of artworks, and even a link to Interpol’s poster about the most wanted stolen artworks of the moment. Charles Sabba, an artist associate with […]
Meditation and/or prayer vs. crime
In the spirit of Ig Nobel Prize winner John Hagelin, the British government is trying prayer as a means to cut crime both by criminals and by policemen, according to this report in The Independent: A Christian policing group which believes that the power of prayer can catch criminals and keep officers safe from harm […]
Criminal names
What’s in a name? Possibly a life of crime. An unpopular name – like Alec, Ernest, Ivan, or Malcolm – is more likely to spell trouble than favourites Michael, Matthew or Christopher, according to research presented Saturday at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of B.C. “There is a positive […]