WARNING! The Wesleyan Crime Blog is scheduled to be turned off by 2:30 Dec. 6th

Fair warning! The Wesleyan Crime Blog is scheduled to be turned off today Dec. 6th at 2:30. Access will be restricted till January 1st, 2013. Cheers! Dr.G.

For the late semester runners....:) You know who you are...:) http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanmaglich/2012/12/06/wells-fargo-investment-banker-alleg

edly-at-center-of-massive-11-million-insider-trading-ring/

Final verdict for BP is in!!! 4.5 BILLION!!!! Justice served???? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bp-pay-4-5-billion-170213525.html

CU Boulder Student Wears 'Joker' mask to movie theater

Read this story on a CU boulder student caught wearing a 'joker' mask to a movie theater. What do you think???? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/cu-boulder-student-wears-_n_2117141.html?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime#slide=1269058

Female Fans go Crazy Over Cannibal Serial Killer

Check out this bizarre story on a Canadian Cannibal Serial Killer who has a substantial following of female fans!!! My Intro to CRJ class will probably eat this story up!! Ok...bad pun! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/luka-magnotta-accused-cannibal-female-fans_n_1668129.html?utm_hp_ref=serial-killers

Feds Target Walmart

Interesting story related to corporate crime by Walmart. Check it out!!! http://www.newser.com/story/144658/feds-target-walmart-bribery-scam-in-criminal-inquiry.html

BP Fine?? The End is Near!

How will the BP oil spill fine be??? The end is nearing!!! Check out this interesting article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-tavakoli/bp-oil-spill-fine-upset-l_b_1958508.html

Dr. Sherman has recently completed the translation and editing of the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and Nature, published by the New York Academy of Sciences in December 2009, which indicates that nearly one million people were killed by the Chernobyl disaster which places the gravity of damage far beyond that of the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. There are also several indicators that this terrible tragedy was partially the combo result of state/corporate crime. If interested in the entire book free of charge then follow this link and download a digital copy. What do you think???? http://www.strahlentelex.de/Yablokov%20Chernobyl%20book.pdf

http://www.sheldensays.com/warforprofit.htm War Profiteering! An example of state corporate level crime!

You have to be rich to be poor

"White collar / Corporate Crime" students...check this one out... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702053.html

Prosecutors Give up Fight for Colorado Shooter's Notebook

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/20/13988740-prosecutors-give-up-fight-for-colorado-shooting-suspect-james-holmes-notebook

Central Park Rapist - Split Personality

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/central_park_rapist_headed_monster_QSCPARH6dBBDWwzciedmeO

So what do you so with a rapist who is diagnosed with split personality?

The Predatory Society

Do businesses practice deception? Check out a review of Paul Bloomberg's, "The Predatory Society". Insteresting review. I highly recommend the book! http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1135&context=marketing_papers&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dthe%2520predatory%2520society%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D0CB8QFjAA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Frepository.upenn.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1135%2526context%253Dmarketing_papers%26ei%3DizlbUOeLEIHA8ASHvYDIBg%26usg%3DAFQjCNGqryct_lHcot-2FFmSBVHZ4fU4aw#search=%22predatory%20society%22

Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Harvest Organs

Really interesting news article for White Collar/ Corporate Crime class. We will be looking at occupational and avocational crime in class next Tuesday and Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27transplant.html?pagewanted=all

For my Corporate Crime Class....Enjoy! :)

Food for thought for my white collar / corporate crime class...Enjoy! :)

We still cannot be sure if we are buying "Blood Diamonds"

How timely! I just talked about this in my White Collar/Corporate Crime class today. How can you be 100% sure that your diamond is not a "Blood Diamond"? If interested in finding out about blood diamonds I invite you to my class on Thursday afternoon...AMB 105 from 1:30-2:45. Be sure and bring your diamonds if you want to dispose of them at the end of class. :) http://worldpress.org/Africa/3903.cfm

Former University Professor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder

This is a saga of a story. The shooting event actually happened some time ago and the plea was just entered today for attempted murder. Interesting... If you want to check the background on this shooting event just google the name of the murderer. Cheers! ttp://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/justice/alabama-college-shooting/index.html?npt=NP1

Woman finds intruder living in her attic

Woman finds intruder living in her attic! Is this a Criminal Justice matter?? http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-finds-ex-boyfriend-living-her-attic-205257831.html

Corporate Crime of the Century???

http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/category/news/

Corporate Crime of the Century....

Reframing Gangsters

Reframing the gangster...incorporation for domestic gangsters class Fall 2012.