A new study says that gunshot wounds and deaths cost Americans at least $12 billion a year in court proceedings, insurance costs and hospitalizations paid for by government health programs.

The Maryland Senate approved a comprehensive gun control bill that includes a ban on assault weapons and fingerprinting for prospective handgun buyers.

More than 900 people died in mass shootings during the past seven years, and a majority of them were killed by people they knew, according to USA TODAY.

The bill includes a new provision to speed up the analysis of DNA evidence in rape cases and an amendment funding programs to combat human trafficking.

Mexico’s new administration said it will spend $9.2 billion this year on social programs meant to keep young people from joining criminal organizations in the 251 most violent towns and neighborhoods across the country.

According to the FBI, the number of violent crimes reported by law enforcement for the first six months of 2012 increased 1.9 percent over figures from the same period in 2011.

With a few days left in the month, Chicago finds itself on the cusp of its deadliest January in more than a decade.

The New York Police Department will soon launch an all-seeing “Domain Awareness System” that combines several streams of information to track both criminals and potential terrorists.

There were nearly 600 fewer instances of bank crime in 2011 than 2010, according to the most recent report from the FBI.