Crime science: Putting crime under the microscope

On 26 April 1999, journalist Jill Dando was shot dead on the doorstep of her London home. The crime remains unsolved to this day.

The murder became a public obsession, not least because the popular presenter of the BBC show Crimewatch had spent much of her career pursuing criminals.

Following her untimely death, her co-presenter Nick Ross could think of no better tribute to his colleague Dando than to set up an academic institute dedicated to the study of crime.