http://prezi.com/mqbkwe7agyl6/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

David Berkowitz..."Take the Glory out of Guns"???? How Ironic!

Serial killer, "Son of Sam" says, "Take the Glory out of Guns"? How ironic!!! What do you think about what David Berkowitz has to say about guns since he used a gun to commit murder back in the 70s?

New Details in the Boston Marathon Bombing

New details found concerning the Boston Marathon Bombing. Check it out.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-criminal-complaint_n_3133865.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

Trial Postponed for 4 men accused of animal abuse

Interesting article from the Dallas Morning news. Do you think defendants should be held to the same human sentence outcomes for victimizing animals? Food for thought.... http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/trial-postponed-for-men-accused-of-abusing-the-dog-justice.html/

Ethnography and the Study of Violent Crime...Great article for Methods!!

http://www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/people/sutterluety/Ethnography%203-2007.pdf Research Methodologists!!! Using ethnography to study violent crime. What do you think???

Bombing in Boston

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767721-officials-to-public-send-photos-video-from-boston-marathon-bombings?lite=

Research Methods: Mind of a Serial Killer

"> PBS NOVA Special, "Mind of a Serial Killer". An examination of FBI’s behavioral science unit, known popularly as the profiling end of the FBI. Watch and observe what variables and factors the unit uses with regard to crime scenes in order to develop their typologies. Great tool for understanding index and scale construction. What variable and factors did you identify in relation to serial killer profiling???

New President of Kenya 2013 - Wanted by ICC!

Well looks as though Uhuru Kenyatta took the presidential election in Kenya. Amazing that one can rise to power and still be wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crime against humanity dating back to 2007. I wonder what Mungiki gangsters thing about the turn out?

Russian Mob Boss Shot in Broad Daylight

Russian Mob Boss dies in broad daylight by sniper. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/16/russian-crime-boss-aslan-usoyan-shot

Gun Control in Switzerland

Article looking at the issue of gun control in Switzerland. Can a comparison be made between gun control in the United States versus Switzerland? There are a lot of guns among the Swiss so why is the Swiss violent crime so much lower than the U.S.??? http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/articles/guns-crime-swiss.html

Research Methods: Firearms and Gun Control..Some Answers

Really interesting information compiled by the RAND Research Institute on "firearms and gun control" in the United States. Check it out! http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/01/17/RAND1.html

International Gangsters - Update on Kenyan Election

Bit of an update on the current Kenyan Election outcome. Are you watching the outcome? Mungiki gangsters certainly are! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/world/africa/kenya-presidential-election.html?_r=0

Drama professor creates a new research methodology. How could you incorporate this methodology into studying Criminal Justice???? http://www.brocku.ca/brock-news/?p=20776

Mungiki Gang Fears in Kenya

Mungiki gangs have been targeting the public transportation sector in Kenya since the beginning of 2012 and continue into 2013. How can this be stop in a country with ill effective policing? http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000065490&story_title=

Change in School Policy in the wake of the Adam Lanza School Shooting

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/adam-lanza-update-sandy-hook-school-shooting-causes-change-in-newtown-school-policies

Rampage Shooter Leaves Suicide Note

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/ali-syed-california-rampage-shooting-suicide-note_n_2792470.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

Possible Changes to Texas Castle Doctrine

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Lawmaker-Aims-to-Modify-Texas-Castle-Doctrine--190470571.html

Interested in Researching the Spanish Inquisition??

If you are interested in researching deviance/crime during the Spanish Inquisition then check out the digitized manuscript by Princeton. The test is dated 1828 and is based on original transcripts during the time of the inquisition. Interesting for Methods students! http://archive.org/stream/recordsofspanish00inqu#page/n1/mode/2up

Gangs Problems Sully Cape Towns Postcard Image

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/12/07/deadly-gang-wars-sully-cape-town-s-postcard-image

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4327893/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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Debate over Facebook and the Justice System

What do you think about this debate over Facebook and the Justice System??? http://video.foxnews.com/v/2146812616001/?playlist_id=921261890001

U.S. Bureau of Prisons to Review Use of Solitary Confinement

Bureau of Prisons to review the use of solitary confinement. What do you think http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-usa-prisons-solitary-idUSBRE91404L20130205

Giggling Teen Flips Judge the Bird, Judge not Amused

Never flip the judge off right before determining the final sentence. OUCH! http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/giggling-woman-flips-judge-bird-judge-not-amused-210739814.html

Pimlinko Stab Killig Sparks Action Against London Gangs

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/pimlico-stab-killing-sparks-action-on-gangs-8481166.html

How Far Can You go with Research Ethics in Criminal Justice?

Really interesting article regarding research ethics in Criminal Justice. What do you think? http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/apr/06/ethics-studying-crime/

Rio's Most Powerful Drug Gangs are Banning Crack!

http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Rios-most-powerful-drug-gang-bans-crack-166763636.html?tab=video&c=y

Red Command Rio Gangsters Banning Crack??? Wow!

Genocide in Sudan or War?

http://endgenocide.org/african-advocates-pressuring-the-african-union-on-sudan-and-south-sudan/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqpqdAhK5s&feature=player_embedded#!

School Shooting in Hazard, Kentucky

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/16/fatalities-reported-in-shooting-at-kentucky-college/ School Shooting in Hazard, Kentucky. What needs to be done to stop school violence of this magnitude?

CRJ Research Methods Class Blog

Rashomon tells the story of a rape and murder from four different perspectives. BAsed on the movie posted on BlackBoard it argues that no two people see reality the same way. Discuss how the Rashomon effect presents challenges for the indentification of pattern social regularities in the field of Criminal Justice.

Dallas Based Company convicted for leaking pig blood into Trinity River

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Grand-jury-indicts-Oak-Cliff-meat-packing-plant-that-leaked-pig-blood-into-Trinity-184853741.html

Corporate Crime!!! Check it out!