Department of Corrections Most Wanted BostonCrime.com
Inmates who have escaped from state prisons.
Father James Porter: Pedophile Priest
Overview of the case of the pre-Geoghan priest convicted of child molestation.
Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball
How big-time mobsters corrupted the Boston College basketball program in the 1978-79 point-shaving scandal.
Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder
Tragic story of an Ethiopian student at Harvard who stabbed her roommate 45 times then hanged herself.
Isabella Stewart Gardner heist
FBI overview of this still unsolved art crime.
Most Wanted: James Bulger
Whitey finally makes the FBI list.
People executed by electrocution in Massachusetts
List maintained by the state Dept. of Corrections.
Relocation Crime Lab
Compare Boston’s crime rater to other cities.
Sex Offender Registry Homepage
Search for offenders by city or town.
State Police Crime Data and Research
Crime statistics from across the state.
The Boston Strangler
All about Albert DeSalvo. Includes arguments for and against his guilt and a bibliography.
The Great Brinks Robbery
Account of the famous North End heist.
Uniform Crime Reports
See how Boston compares with other cities in these FBI reports.
Youth Violence: A Community-Based Response — One City’s Success Story
Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention.