Punishment is the term often used by lawyers, judges, prosecutors and the police to describe a sentence ordered by the State on someone...

You’re in a foreign country. Thailand. The police stop you. They don’t speak much English but they demand to search you. Now. They want...

When Willie Sutton, the American bank robber, was asked why he robbed banks, he replied, “That’s where the money is.” Brooklyn born...

No one opens a crime novel unless they are looking to dance with violence. Murder, assault, and rape are on the dance card. The larger...

Last week Margie Orford posted a link to an article about a morgue in Scotland that was soliciting bids in a competition among a list of ...

The idea of a criminal as an outsider is a well-established character in modern crime fiction. Ever since Dostoyevsky’s Crime and...

Each society defines what conduct makes a person a criminal. Therein lies a great power. This power is projected through an official...

Most of the time prosecutors will tell you the suspect voluntarily admit that he/she committed to the crime alleged by the police. There...

There was a recent court case in England involving a murder conviction based on expert witness testimony premised on Bayes’ Theorem. That...

In advance of publication, Steven Pinker’s new book The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes...

Most people are aware of the presence of CCTV cameras in major cities. Bangkok is no exception. There are apparently 10,000 of these eyes...

I have a Twitter account under the name “Bangkok007.” Exhibit A in a future trial to prove my maturity stalled like a glider in a sudden...

There is an awful redundancy in the linkage to Khmer Rouge and Noir. Paired with a city whether Bangkok, New York, Moscow or Berlin,...

Law enforcement works on the implicit premise that the officials it employs are obligated to prevent crime, and when a crime does occur,...

Like most writers, I receive emails from readers. Often they are comments about a particular book. Others write with suggestions and...

Murders happen everywhere people live. No country is spared. For those left behind, a murder is a tragedy and one that remains in their...

According to the BBC,  a bottle of 1811 Chateau d’Yquem was bought for 75,000 pounds sterling by French collector Christian Vanneque....

It is hard to defend a number of law enforcement practices in Thailand. I write a crime series. In the process of writing, I’ve...

We had a power shortage at Eel Swamp. When that happens everything seems to shut down from computers to water pumps. People tumble out...

Last week rather than criminal activity I wrote about metaphysical disturbances. This week I return to crime. Criminal behavior is...