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Colleen Allen 'Girls of Woe' 

 

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1 Closing rural police stations and crime prevention in Ireland Friday, 05 April 2013 Robert Bolton 413
2 Betraying the trust of a nation Wednesday, 20 February 2013 Amy Coleman 1171
3 Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland - but no apology Monday, 11 February 2013 BBC News 474
4 The death penalty and the nagging itch of wrongful convictions Friday, 14 December 2012 Lesley Honan Loucks 925
5 Damning report into St Patrick’s finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation Friday, 16 November 2012 The Journal 427
6 Holy Catholic Ireland: "the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version of a particular kind of morality" Friday, 16 November 2012 Steven Robinson 796
7 Abolish China's labour camps now Sunday, 11 November 2012 South China Post 265
8 Ethics, intellectualism and Michael D. Tuesday, 06 November 2012 Irish Times, with comment from CS 349
9 Gambian 'Kongi's Harvest': mass executions - and their halting Monday, 15 October 2012 Biko Agozino & BBC News 388
10 Cannabis 'no worse than junk food', says report Monday, 15 October 2012 The Independent 347
11 Mau Mau veterans win historic victory Saturday, 06 October 2012 Richard Mellor 275
12 Life on Big Mountain: crime, class and an uphill struggle Monday, 20 August 2012 Trevor James 601
13 Making friends: US kills Indian fisherman, wounds three in Persian Gulf Wednesday, 18 July 2012 Colin Sumner 349
14 Government to open up publicly funded research Monday, 16 July 2012 Dept. of Business Innovation and Skills 377
15 Electric shocks on the disabled in Mass. USA update Monday, 02 July 2012 Change.org 351
16 From Bangor to North Korea: Curfew orders in North Wales Friday, 29 June 2012 Mike Brogden 872
17 Banking frauds: the failure of liberal-left criminology Friday, 29 June 2012 Steve Hall 1063
18 Banking: the Diamond standard, a culture of cheating without prosecution Friday, 29 June 2012 Colin Sumner 520
19 Declining moral standards amongst our youths? Wednesday, 13 June 2012 RTHK 860
20 Sexual assault by police and soldiers in Uganda Friday, 11 May 2012 Colin Sumner 773
21 You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It? Monday, 30 April 2012 John Pilger, Truth Out 805
22 Torture, not medicine. Graphic scene of shock treatment on young boy Friday, 27 April 2012 Facts for Working People 874
23 Lost innocence: children accused of sex crimes in Hong Kong Thursday, 19 April 2012 Michael Adorjan 2174
24 A Greek tragedy as suicides soar Tuesday, 10 April 2012 Facts for Working People 671
25 Facebook foolishness by lawmen Monday, 26 March 2012 Russell Webster 674
26 US soldier massacres Afghan civilians Tuesday, 13 March 2012 Richard Mellor 552
27 Going straight, or not, after a prison sentence Monday, 12 March 2012 Ros Burnett 1481
28 Where next for criminal justice? Friday, 09 March 2012 David Faulkner 1286
29 The barbaric incarceration of America's youth Friday, 02 March 2012 Facts for Working People 782
30 Bronx activists defend abortion rights Friday, 03 February 2012 Facts for Working People 599
31 The Crime and Disorder Act - overlapping legislation or a forgotten philosophy? Thursday, 26 January 2012 Laurence Grant 1806
32 You're not crazy. "It's the system stupid" Tuesday, 03 January 2012 Richard Mellor 880
33 Now I get why evangelistic criminology should be avoided... Tuesday, 20 December 2011 Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt 1149
34 Murderous catastrophe for Iraqi people Friday, 16 December 2011 Sean, Facts for Working People 733
35 US elections: Corruption, bribery and a book signing Saturday, 10 December 2011 Richard Mellor 1006
36 Mobiles, social media and prison Wednesday, 07 December 2011 Russell Webster 1032
37 Clarkson: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Prison… Friday, 02 December 2011 Steve Tombs 925
38 Two years for itinerant graffiti artist Friday, 02 December 2011 Trevor James 876
39 Injustice upon Injustice. London 2012 and the enduring legacies of Bhopal Friday, 02 December 2011 Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 1145
40 Consumer protest and the grey market as iPhone4 release causes 'pandemonium' in Hong Kong Monday, 21 November 2011 Karen A. Joe Laidler 1083
41 Occupy Oakland update: City Council smear tactics Saturday, 05 November 2011 Richard Mellor 728
42 Cops use sound cannon, heavy force and rubber bullets at Occupy Oakland Wednesday, 26 October 2011 Richard Mellor 919
43 The New York "Miracle" Wednesday, 19 October 2011 Joe Domanick, The Crime Report 1046
44 Protests grow around the world Sunday, 16 October 2011 Richard Mellor 650
45 Better policing keeps crime rates down Monday, 10 October 2011 The Crime Report 739
46 Bradley Manning now 500 days in confinement Monday, 10 October 2011 Richard Mellor 1009
47 Excessive billing and private profit in Medicare Tuesday, 04 October 2011 Richard Mellor 992
48 Mother charged with felonies for "education theft" Tuesday, 04 October 2011 Richard Mellor 932
49 Homelessness and offending Tuesday, 06 September 2011 @TooManyBlueys 1239
50 800,000 Americans kicked out of their homes by bankers and speculators Sunday, 04 September 2011 Richard Mellor 1559
51 Punishing juveniles in the USA: the death penalty and life without parole Friday, 02 September 2011 Curtis Jackson-Jacobs 2199
52 Top 50 Criminal Justice Blogs Thursday, 01 September 2011 Colin Sumner 1113
53 London riots: the limits of Left and Right Thursday, 25 August 2011 Will Davies 1034
54 Unauthorized riot photos Tuesday, 23 August 2011 Colin Sumner 1026
55 Riots in UK - No Surprise! Friday, 12 August 2011 Richard Mellor 1444
56 Protesters drive back riot cops in Woolwich Tuesday, 09 August 2011 Richard Mellor 885
57 Cops fatally shoot another young black man in San Francisco Monday, 18 July 2011 Facts for Working People 1471
58 US Drones kill 54 as insane US foreign policy acts as recruiting agent for "terrorists" Friday, 15 July 2011 Richard Mellor 1178
59 Justice: RIP? Monday, 27 June 2011 Milliemoo 1257
60 Chronicle of deaths foretold Thursday, 16 June 2011 Dave Whyte and Steve Tombs 1301
61 Famous Cases : R v Müller Wednesday, 01 June 2011 Leslie Blake 1407
62 Madoff, fraud and Wall Street Tuesday, 17 May 2011 Gregg Barak 1476
63 Evidence of child abuse in cults and social groups Monday, 16 May 2011 Neil Brick 2942
64 Terrorism, economic crisis, and state-corporate crime Thursday, 12 May 2011 Gregg Barak 1496
65 A crisis of law enforcement Wednesday, 26 January 2011 Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 1142
66 Dismantling the reasons of state Tuesday, 25 January 2011 Dave Whyte 998
67 New report exposes risks for undocumented UK workers Tuesday, 25 January 2011 Jon Burnett and Dave Whyte 1093
68 Health and safety in the 'big society' Thursday, 30 December 2010 Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 1371

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