Criminology

Critical Criminology

Crime Theory

  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” April 19, 2024 10:08 pm The Imaginative Conservative - Texas Between ingenuity and the analytic ability there exists a difference far greater, indeed, than that between the fancy and the imagination, but of a character very strictly analogous. It will found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the …
  • Calming the Long War in the Philippine Countryside April 18, 2024 11:46 pm International Crisis Group What’s new? The Philippine Maoists, one of Asia’s longest-running communist insurgencies, are on the defensive, with Manila pushing for definitive victory through counter-insurgent operations and development initiatives. Fighting has fallen in intensity …
  • Psychic Numbing April 18, 2024 3:09 pm Boston Review Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in post-9/11 America Nadia Abu El-Haj Verso, $29.95 (paper) Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Ran Zwigenberg University of Chicago Press, $35.00 ( …
  • NPR Suspends Editor Critical of DEI Moves April 16, 2024 7:42 pm Journal-isms Right Wing Praised Broadside Against Network Homepage illustration credit: NPR Support Journal-isms   Donations are tax-deductible. Credit: NPR Right Wing Praised Broadside Against Network “NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who …
  • Sexual Harassment at Work: Scoping Review of Reviews April 16, 2024 12:16 pm Dove Medical Press Introduction In 2017, the world witnessed a significant upsurge in global awareness surrounding the issue of Sexual Harassment (hereafter, SH), largely catalyzed by the #MeToo campaign. In a mere 24-hour period following Alyssa Milano’s initial tweet, …
  • Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – as it happened April 15, 2024 2:58 pm The Guardian Government not planning further concessions to Lords on Rwanda bill, No 10 signalsMPs will vote tonight on the latest Lords amendments to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill. If the first strike in the “ping pong” process comes when the …
  • Sunak says ‘all sides should show restraint’ after Iranian attack on Israel – as it happened April 15, 2024 9:57 am The Guardian Government not planning further concessions to Lords on Rwanda bill, No 10 signalsMPs will vote tonight on the latest Lords amendments to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill. If the first strike in the “ping pong” process comes when the …
  • Who is Seeing the Real America? April 15, 2024 6:17 am China Media Project The first time I saw a “zero-dollar shopping” (零元購) video, I was taking the Beijing Subway late at night. “Zero-Dollar Shopping, America’s Common Prosperity Policy” — it was certainly an eye-catching headline. “Bang!” A gunshot rings out and the camera …
  • Kamala Harris calls Trump ‘architect of healthcare crisis’ in Arizona abortion speech – live April 12, 2024 1:14 pm The Guardian Trump: I would 'absolutely' testify at New York criminal trialDonald Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago he would “absolutely” testify at his New York criminal trial, which is set to start next week. It is not, however, clear if he will actually do …
  • Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Call to Action for National Unification April 11, 2024 11:15 pm San Francisco Bay View - California The Oakland panel for the Prison Lives Matter: Liberate Our Elders series of webinars includes from left Darby Aono-Shek, Uncommon Law lawyer for Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; Marie Levin, prisoner advocate and sister to Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; …

Black Lives Matter

  • Christians Are Offended By The Wrong Things April 20, 2024 7:47 am The Post-Journal - New York Some Christians are offended by all the wrong things: Starbucks cups, Easter eggs, and now, the vicissitudes of the calendar. Instead, they should be offended by more vital things like ignorance, intolerance, and hate. In Rev. Mel McGinnis’ latest mash-up …
  • Black lives matter much less to UNWFP head April 20, 2024 7:44 am Ynet The UN World Food Programme (UNWFP) admirably aims to bring "life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters," and to "help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks." …
  • US Senate to vote to extend foreign surveillance Bill April 20, 2024 6:54 am MediaNama The United States Senate is set to vote on legislation that would extend the US’ Wiretap program for surveillance of non-Americans. ‘The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA)’, also drastically increases the number of businesses that the …
  • Boston Catholic Schools Foundation Features Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBTQ Guv At Fundraising Gala April 20, 2024 5:41 am CatholicVote - Indiana CV NEWS FEED // Boston-based Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) held a fundraising gala last week which featured an appearance from Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey. Healey is not only a staunch supporter of abortion and the LGBTQ movement …
  • Author: Jews wandered for 40 years – SA has another 10 to go April 20, 2024 5:37 am The Citizen (South Africa) This was author and activist Muzi Kuzwayo’s message to guests on Thursday at the SA Jewish Board of Deputies annual Freedom Seder. The Jews wandered in the desert for 40 years as they struggled to shrug off the shackles of their oppression after fleeing …
  • US Senate votes to reauthorize surveillance program April 20, 2024 5:02 am The Gazette - Colorado By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the program. The reauthorization secures what supporters …
  • Lawsuits under New York's new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states April 20, 2024 4:17 am WKMG 6 - Florida FREEPORT, N.Y. – Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island's Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. Why then, he wondered, did he not see anyone who looked like him …
  • Jeopardizing the right to protest, Supreme Court refuses to block lawsuit by police officer against demonstration organizer April 20, 2024 3:38 am World Socialist Web Site Effectively jeopardizing the right to organize any large protest in the US, the Supreme Court refused to intervene Monday to stop a lawsuit by a police officer seeking to hold a protest organizer liable for the act of one of the protesters. The Supreme …
  • How Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, a satire on publishing, unpacks race April 20, 2024 3:19 am The Federal In an early scene in American Fiction, Cord Jefferson’s whip-smart adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel Erasure (2001), Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) attends the book launch of a ‘commercially successful’ writer, Sintara Golden (Issa Rae), …
  • US Senate votes to renew Fisa surveillance program April 20, 2024 2:41 am The Guardian The US Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of the controversial Fisa surveillance program, narrowly preventing its midnight expiration. The reauthorization secures what supporters call a key element of the United States’ …

Gender and Crime

Prison Privatization

Prison Abolition

Corporate Crime

  • [What to Stream] Take a break with heartwarming, rib-tickling sitcoms April 20, 2024 8:19 am Korea Herald Escape from the stresses of daily life this weekend by binging on light-hearted sitcoms that feature colorful characters and comically relatable moments. After another week of hard work and dedication, marathon your way through clever wordplay and …
  • Prosecutor should be prosecuting criminals April 20, 2024 7:59 am Tribune Chronicle - Ohio DEAR EDITOR: This letter is written to repudiate some recent comments in a Letter to the Editor. I stated previously that every person is guaranteed to a defense attorney. Seems the respondent to my original letter didn’t read my entire letter. While Lynn …
  • 'Ecocide' law campaign could lead to jail for polluting water firm bosses April 20, 2024 7:28 am iNews UK Green campaigners are calling on the UK Government to introduce prison sentences for those who commit ecocide, acts which cause serious damage to ecosystems, claiming that current environmental law is not strong enough. The legal activists told i creating …
  • U.S. Senate hopefuls debate crime, abortion and money in politics April 20, 2024 6:31 am The Washington Post In their first televised primary debate, Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks each sought to position themselves as the Democratic Party’s best chance of defeating the state’s popular, two-term former Republican …
  • We’ll appeal against Lubinda’s acquittal – ACC April 20, 2024 5:14 am News Diggers THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it will appeal against the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court’s decision to acquit PF faction vice president Given Lubinda of four counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. And ACC says it …
  • US Senate candidates Trone, Alsbrooks face off in first — and only? — TV debate April 20, 2024 3:17 am Baltimore Banner - Maryland The top Democrats running for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat engaged in their first televised debate in Baltimore on Friday, which may prove to be the only televised matchup ahead of Election Day. For an hour at Fox45′s studios in Woodberry, moderators …
  • The Weekend Mumbo: Dig up, Seven! How did it all go so wrong for the TV giant? April 20, 2024 2:32 am Mumbrella If the week starts on a Sunday, as some insist it does, then Seven’s week started on the worst possible note. Granted, things were already fairly bad. The week before, the Sydney Morning Herald (owned by Nine) revealed that Seven’s outgoing commercial …
  • The Columbine High School massacre: American Pastoral … American Berserk April 20, 2024 2:25 am World Socialist Web Site April 27, 1999 Twenty-five years ago, on April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, near Denver, killed 12 fellow students and one teacher, and wounded 24 others (21 by gunfire), before committing suicide. The pair …
  • Google worker fired for pro-Palestinian protest: “Workers are the ones that have the power to stop the genocide” April 20, 2024 2:25 am World Socialist Web Site On Tuesday, April 16, Google had nine of its employees arrested for staging sit-ins at the company’s offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, to demand that Google cancel “Project Nimbus.” The $1.2 billion contract with Amazon and the Israeli …
  • CARICOM pushes need for Reparations Tribunal at Forum in Geneva April 20, 2024 1:44 am Magnetic Media MONTEGO BAY, April 17 (JIS): Jamaica’s law-enforcement landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the digitisation of police stations across the island in progress. The recent opening of Jamaica’s first fully digitised police station in …

White Collar Crime

  • The Cutting Edge: Current Issues in White Collar Crime and Corporate Governance April 20, 2024 8:20 am Columbia Law School Jed S. Rakoff has served since March 1996 as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York. He frequently sits by designation on the 2nd and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals. His most noteworthy decisions have been in the areas of securities law …
  • KSP identifies murder victim from 1990 cold case in Philpot April 20, 2024 1:35 am The Owensboro Times - Kentucky Reconstruction of the victim Kentucky State Police has identified the victim in a 1990 cold case where an unidentified male was found deceased with his hands and feet cut off in a wooded area off of Pleasant Valley Road in Philpot. KSP said attempts to …
  • Cobb Superior Court Clerk Probe Sent to Georgia Attorney General April 19, 2024 10:34 pm Marietta Daily Journal - Georgia The Georgia Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the findings of a state investigation into Cobb Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor, the AG’s Office confirmed this week. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into Taylor in late 2022 …
  • New clues unearthed in 28yo mystery of missing woman Marcia Ryan April 19, 2024 10:09 pm ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) When Marcia Ryan rang her parents on Monday, August 19, 1996 to tell them she was on the way up north to visit, they had no idea it would be the last time they would hear her voice. That morning, the 33-year-old, who lived in the bayside Melbourne suburb …
  • Taylor Swift Strikes Out Looking on The Tortured Poets Department April 19, 2024 8:40 pm Paste Sylvia Plath did not stick her head in an oven for this! When Taylor Swift took the Grammy’s stage last month to claim her award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights, she saw that spotlight as an opportunity to announce her 11th studio album: The …
  • Buyer Beware: What to Know About the DOJ’s Policy on Self-Reporting in M&A April 19, 2024 8:13 pm Lexology Click here to listen to the audio What happens when you buy somebody else’s problems? A new policy from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is encouraging companies to disclose the misconduct of the companies they buy. The DOJ says it won’t prosecute …
  • United States: Antitrust authorities confirm their view that algorithmic price fixing is a per se antitrust violation April 19, 2024 6:35 pm Global Compliance News In brief Both the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, “Agencies“) have submitted a joint Statement of Interest in a third-party dispute currently active in the Federal District of …
  • Donald Trump trial live updates: Man self-immolates outside Manhattan criminal courthouse April 19, 2024 6:31 pm Kent Ravenna Record-Courier - Ohio NEW YORK — A young man set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place. His condition and motives were unclear. The shocking incident took place in full view of news cameras shortly …
  • Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and all of DC's July 2024 solicitations April 19, 2024 6:19 pm GamesRadar+ DC is diving into the middle of summer with its now fully revealed July solicitations, which kick off the big DC summer event Absolute Power, and a whole lot more. Speaking of Absolute Power, in that major crossover event, which brings in Batman, Superman, …
  • More volleys fired in Brett Favre’s defamation suit against Auditor Shad White April 19, 2024 5:46 pm WDAM - Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - More volleys have been fired in a case that could determine whether the state auditor defamed a former NFL quarterback tied to the state’s largest welfare scandal. The latest battle is over statements Auditor Shad White made about …

State Crime

  • Texas 19 Year Old Alleged To Have Sent Drugs To Jails Across State April 20, 2024 7:34 am KWFS - Texas A 19 year old from the state of Texas is currently facing felony charges due to alleged actions towards state jails. Here's what is known at the time of writing. Kylie Rae Alvarado And Her Alleged Crimes In Texas According to ABC 13 Houston, 19 year …
  • Alina Barbara Lopez and Jorge Fernandez Era Are Again Harassed by Cuban State Security April 20, 2024 7:11 am 14ymedio The professor denounces mistreatment during her unjustified detention Cuban professor and historian Alina Bárbara López Hernández / Facebook 14ymedio, Havana, 18 April 2024 — Cuban State Security harassed professor Alina Bárbara López Hernández and …
  • Murray Discusses Key Investments to Support Victims and Survivors of Violent Crime, Ensure a Fair and Functioning Justice System at DOJ Budget Hearing April 20, 2024 6:39 am KLCK - Washington D.C. ***WATCH: Senator Murray’s questioning of Attorney General Merrick Garland*** Washington, D.C. — Today—at a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget request for the …
  • U.S. Senate hopefuls debate crime, abortion and money in politics April 20, 2024 6:31 am The Washington Post In their first televised primary debate, Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks each sought to position themselves as the Democratic Party’s best chance of defeating the state’s popular, two-term former Republican …
  • Opioid settlement cash a boon to state prosecutors April 20, 2024 6:25 am Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania As the opioid crisis raged across Pennsylvania, public defenders increasingly represented people whose charges stemmed from their addiction. In Elk County — a sparse mountainous region home to just over 30,000 people — local officials saw opioid settlement …
  • Carjacking Task Force targeting violent crime in Southeast Texas April 20, 2024 6:18 am Port Arthur News - Texas Published 12:36 am Saturday, April 20, 2024 During the evening of Oct. 6, a vehicle was taken at gunpoint in Port Arthur. At approximately 12:38 a.m. the next day, a Vidor Police Department officer patrolling eastbound Interstate 10 observed the same …
  • Here Are The Most Dangerous Gangs From Every State In The U.S. April 20, 2024 5:54 am KEEL - Louisiana There's a world out there that has a dark underbelly and is ruled by notorious criminal organizations. I'm talking about gangs right here in the United States. From the streets of New York to the boulevards of Los Angeles, these gangs have staked …
  • Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of anti-crime vote April 20, 2024 5:07 am RTE Ireland The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead, the second such killing in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organised crime. Jorge Maldonado, the mayor of Portovelo, "fell victim to gunshots that …
  • Washington state GOP endorses Brian Dansel for Congress April 20, 2024 5:04 am The Spokesman-Review - Washington State A week after the Spokane County GOP gave Ferry County Commissioner Brian Dansel its top rating for the Fifth Congressional District, the state Republican Party has given the former Trump appointee its endorsement. The endorsement came at the end of a long …
  • State, defense cases rest in Swartz murder trial April 20, 2024 5:03 am The Times Republican - Iowa Swartz The Scott Swartz murder bench trial was adjourned Friday without closing arguments or a verdict. Scott Swartz, 47, is accused of murdering his father, Paul Swartz, in January of 2023. On Jan. 7, the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) was …

Environmental Crime

Critical Theory

  • Why are Christians attracted to social justice? April 16, 2024 8:04 am The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. By Virgil Walker, Op-ed contributor Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Unsplash/Malu LakerEvangelical Christianity is evolving by championing causes and adopting language and tactics once exclusive to social justice — such as combating the marginalization of …
  • The Summers of Theory April 9, 2024 3:59 pm Boston Review The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960–1990 Philipp Felsch, translated by Tony Crawford Polity Press, $30 (cloth) The Long Summer of Theory directed by Irene von Alberti Filmgalerie 451 Not long ago and in certain small circles of academic life …
  • Is Opposition to Critical Race Theory Correlated with Ignorance of Critical Race Theory? April 2, 2024 3:55 pm Reason Magazine A new academic study by Brianna Richmond, et al., purports to show that opposition to Critical Race Theory is correlated with ignorance of CRT. The quiz the authors use, however, to determine the level of knowledge of CRT is quite problematic. CRT, being a …
  • Interview – Darcy Leigh March 20, 2024 9:10 pm E-International Relations Dr Darcy Leigh is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, with a background in International Relations. Darcy’s research addresses the legacies of European settler colonialism and eugenics for today’s international politics of race, gender and …
  • Challenge to 'Critical Theory' doesn't come from right-wing conspiracy March 17, 2024 3:31 pm Palladium-Item - Indiana The debate over ideological diversity on campus won’t end with Senate Bill 202. Also, the heart of the issue isn’t what most people think. It doesn’t fit easily into ideological labels of conservative or liberal, and it isn’t about political party. The …
  • The Left's control of language is the first step toward tyranny March 17, 2024 1:23 pm The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. By Bill Connor, Op-ed Contributor Sunday, March 17, 2024   | Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty ImagesDuring Joe Biden’s State of the Union and its aftermath, Americans were again shown the attempts of the Progressive Left to control our language. For three years, …
  • Sri Lankan Trotskyists hold critical meetings on the Tamil translation of Trotsky’s <em>The Revolution Betrayed</em> March 15, 2024 8:07 am World Socialist Web Site The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Sri Lanka held a successful meeting on March 7 at the Colombo Tamil Sangam Hall in Wellawatte to promote the recently published Tamil translation of Leon Trotsky’s seminal work, The …
  • The life and work of Edward Webster March 8, 2024 2:04 am Africa is a country It is exactly 50 years since C. Wright Mills (1959) penned his rendition of the sociological imagination as the interplay of biography and history, or, more actively, as transforming private troubles into public issues. Given the currency of Mills’s pithy …
  • Why I am a Christian: From Marxian feminism to faith March 2, 2024 12:49 pm The Christian Post - Washington, D.C. By Kelley Keller, Op-ed contributor Saturday, March 02, 2024 iStock/Adrian VidalI learned I was an adopted kid in 1978, the year I turned five. Mom read The Chosen Baby by Valentina Wasson to my older sister and me (she is also adopted) every night …
  • Rooting out 'woke': One church leader's mission to rescue Christianity from cultural Marxism March 1, 2024 4:56 pm WND - Washington [Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] By Tyler O'Neil The Daily Signal NASHVILLE, Tenn.—An Indiana pastor has launched an effort to connect Christian leaders across the country and root out the influence of a “ …

Vegan Criminology

  • Tougher sentences for proposed pet abduction legislation move closer to becoming law April 20, 2024 6:31 am The News Letter The Pet Abduction Bill, which would apply in England and Northern Ireland, creates two new offences and will now be sent to the House of Lords for further consideration. Animals are regarded as property under existing theft legislation, with campaigners …
  • Watch: Deer management group chairman filmed shooting animal in head - even though it was already dead April 20, 2024 6:11 am Irish Mirror The Wild Deer Association of Ireland has insisted that no law was broken during the filming of a bizarre video in which the chairperson of the organisation was recorded shooting a deer that was already dead. The WDAI, which promotes good practice and …
  • 3 facing several animal cruelty charges in Yakima County April 20, 2024 6:07 am Fox 11 and 41 - Washington State YAKIMA, Wash. – Three individuals from Yakima County are facing 11 animal cruelty charges each, with 10 being in the first degree and one in the second degree. Court documents say Norma Lister, 80, David Schuster, 35, and Rachel Stein, 33, allegedly …
  • Animal case under investigation April 20, 2024 3:38 am Paragould Daily Press - Arkansas Greene County authorities are investigating an animal farm, where officials said animals were found in bad conditions. According to a social media post from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, authorities are investigating the Greene County Animal Farm. …
  • B.C. judge orders shared dog custody for exes who both 'clearly love Stella' April 20, 2024 12:00 am CTV News Many pet owners will agree their furball isn't just a friend, they're family – but what happens when a family breaks up? In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a B.C. judge has awarded a former couple joint custody of their dog. According to the B.C. …
  • Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter overrun with dogs April 19, 2024 10:32 pm Elizabethton Star - Tennessee Published 3:24 pm Friday, April 19, 2024 1 of 8 Buzz Trexler/Star Correspondent/Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter Director Shannon Posada talks on Wednesday about the extreme pressure the shelter has been experiencing as it deals with …
  • Connecticut leaders highlight link between animal, child abuse April 19, 2024 10:26 pm WTNH - Connecticut by: Braley Dodson Posted: Apr 19, 2024 / 06:15 PM EDT Updated: Apr 19, 2024 / 06:15 PM EDT HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The recent expansion of a law has the Connecticut Department of Children and Families working together with animal control officers …
  • Monterey Co. man guilty of animal abuse for killing animals at school; faces 20 years prison April 19, 2024 10:25 pm CBS News Bay Area - California April 19, 2024 / 12:52 PM PDT / CBS/Bay City News Service PIX Now - Morning Edition 4/19/24 PIX Now - Morning Edition 4/19/24 10:25 A Gonzales man faces over 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of stabbing animals …
  • Mail's Sarah Vine wins her FOURTH award as Lucy Letby podcast is acclaimed at the Press Awards April 19, 2024 10:17 pm Daily Mail As a dedicated reader, you already know the outstanding quality of the journalism that has made the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday Britain's biggest- selling newspapers. With the best scoops, finest columnists, superlative features and unmissable …
  • A plague on Scotland's new puritans April 19, 2024 10:17 pm Daily Mail Come the weekend, many a Scot likes to settle down with family and friends, enjoy a meal and pop open a bottle or two. A fruity red number, ­perhaps, or a wee nip of the water of life. It’s their little indulgence after another week of working hard, …