Gender and Crime

There are official procedures for adopting children, and Craigslist doesn't play a part in any of them.

A crew member escaped without repercussions after he groped an 11-year-old Brazilian girl because Disney Cruise Line failed to promptly report the incident, an investigation from WKMG Local 6 revealed.

A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she'd headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she recently met on...

In 2005, Wade Robson was the first defense witness at Michael Jackson's trial, where the singer was accused of molesting a 13-year-old...

Jurors will deliberate one more time to weigh the death penalty option.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities investigating the disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell spent two days this week searching a rural Oregon property for her remains, Powell's father said Wednesday.

A jury took less than 10 minutes Wednesday to convict a North Texas man of capital murder for drowning two of his sons. Naim Rasool Muhammad, 34, was found guilty of killing 5-year-old Naim and 3-year-old Elijah in August 2011.

She posed in clothing you might see on any beach in America, but this ex-teacher said her bikini photos got her banned for good from her classroom.

There is a growing mystery surrounding one of the three women rescued from captivity Monday.

Tim Lambesis was arrested Tuesday in Southern California as authorities said he tried to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife

Authorities say a plastic surgeon in Miami attacked his girlfriend for several hours over a Facebook posting, forcing her head into a toilet and stuffing a rag in the woman's mouth at one point.

Charles Ramsey has largely been hailed as a hero after his actions leading to the dramatic rescue of not only Amanda Berry but also her fellow kidnap victims — Berry’s daughter, Gina DeJesus, and Michele Knight.

Investigators are trying to unravel what three abducted women, one now a mother, were subjected to for the past decade.

An 18-year-old Florida girl’s senior year has become a nightmare — all because she was in a same-sex relationship with a 15-year-old, her family says.

A jury earlier this month convicted Mommer of first-degree murder and second-degree assault, a spokesman for the King County prosecutor's office, Dan Donohoe, said.

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.

The manager of the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday. Lt. Col.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informed President Barack Obama of the latest sexual assault allegations against a soldier who was assigned to prevent such crimes -- the second military le...

Each spring, a woman would show her breasts and be cited or arrested, but in February, the police made sure officers knew the behavior wasn’t illegal.

State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with criminal homicide in the death of his former daughter-in-law who has been missing since 1999.

Since Yahoo announced last week that it would begin offering new dads eight weeks of paid paternity leave, and twice as much maternity leave for new mothers, consumer groups and media outlets alike have lauded the policy as “generous.”...

In a bid to curb rampant corruption, the Mexico state has mandated that only women are allowed to issue traffic citations.

Study author notes overall risk remains small, but adds pregnant women should get a flu shot

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Anyone who's been to Abercrombie & Fitch in the last few years has probably noticed that they don't carry XL or XXL sizes of women's clothing because they don't want overweight women wearing their brand.