CrimeTalk

An educational resource for students and staff studying the sociology of crime, deviance and social censure, criminology, sociology of law and socio-legal studies;  the intriguing stuff that made the subject fascinating in the first place. So much of this has now become political that we also discuss politics.

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Poetry, prisoners and transformative justice Written by Lucas Alan Dietsche 3025
Letter to PM of Trinidad & Tobago on the decriminalization of marijuana Written by Biko Agozino 1706
Liberty can't breathe Written by Biko Agozino 2242
Sexual consent and the harmful reality of the 'grey area' Written by Eibhlin Toomey 9671
Anti-Mafia in Italy: the 41-bis prison régime Written by Martina Indelicato 8207
A 'real man' cannot be raped Written by Cecilia Castellani 2782
Malcolm X: media propaganda criminalising the victim Written by Colin Sumner 9039
A Valentine update on corporate-state crime in an age of Trumpism Written by Gregg Barak 3188
The unspoken battle: sexual harassment within law enforcement agencies Written by Lucy Marshman 12928
Permanently on the run? The fate of high-profile offenders Written by Ciaran McCullagh 7377
The true cost of construction site theft Written by SafeSite Facilities 18319
The state, corporate crime and social harm: a state for the people? Written by Keith Shier 19794
Western Media/governments complicit in Zionist brutality Written by Richard Mellor 4915
Best of capitalism over by 2060, with no way to identify the villains? Written by Colin Sumner 18498
The poor get punished, while the rich get privileges: a note on the Mayo pipeline Written by Graham Cambridge 13711
The silent sex: men and violence Written by Robert Bolton 5505
Hip-hop and gangland crime in Limerick Written by Orla O'Callaghan 9068
Transgression: the essence of order? Written by Anca Minescu, Lorcan Byrne, Tristan Laing, Tony O’Connor, Lukasz Dabkowski, Onur Bakir and William Brady 11062
Crimeing people Written by Muzaffar Ali, Shuo Liu, Irena Loveikaite, Amin Sharifi, Mark Timoney, Aisling Tuite and Joel Walmsley 10802
The delusion of prison Written by Robert Bolton 6138
Different class: Duncan Smith, Tevez, Thatcher and cultural capital Written by Colin Sumner 8850
Closing rural police stations and crime prevention in Ireland Written by Robert Bolton 6165
A "primitive" Catholic state? Ireland, disciplinary power and the Magdalenes Written by Colin Sumner, with linked-in Kevin Myers article 6896
Betraying the trust of a nation Written by Amy Coleman 6026
Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland - but no apology Written by BBC News 4124
The death penalty and the nagging itch of wrongful convictions Written by Lesley Honan Loucks 5510
Damning report into St Patrick’s finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation Written by The Journal 4630
Holy Catholic Ireland: "the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version of a particular kind of morality" Written by Steven Robinson 4690
Abolish China's labour camps now Written by South China Post 3679
Ethics, intellectualism and Michael D. Written by Irish Times, with comment from CS 3893
Gambian 'Kongi's Harvest': mass executions - and their halting Written by Biko Agozino & BBC News 3665
Cannabis 'no worse than junk food', says report Written by The Independent 3508
Mau Mau veterans win historic victory Written by Richard Mellor 3555
Life on Big Mountain: crime, class and an uphill struggle Written by Trevor James 4052
HSBC admits laundering money for drug cartels, terrorists and rogue states Written by The Guardian, with comments by Colin Sumner 7072
Making friends: US kills Indian fisherman, wounds three in Persian Gulf Written by Colin Sumner 3240
Electric shocks on the disabled in Mass. USA update Written by Change.org 3428
From Bangor to North Korea: Curfew orders in North Wales Written by Mike Brogden 5608
Banking frauds: the failure of liberal-left criminology Written by Steve Hall 4827
Banking: the Diamond standard, a culture of cheating without prosecution Written by Colin Sumner 4092
Moral standards in the City Written by Colin Sumner 5776
Declining moral standards amongst our youths? Written by RTHK 4491
Public engagement, mass media and science Written by Colin Sumner 4829
Sexual assault by police and soldiers in Uganda Written by Colin Sumner 5466
When is a crime not a crime? Written by Colin Sumner 3600
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It? Written by John Pilger, Truth Out 4126
Torture, not medicine. Graphic scene of shock treatment on young boy Written by Facts for Working People 5475
Lost innocence: children accused of sex crimes in Hong Kong Written by Michael Adorjan 9142
A Greek tragedy as suicides soar Written by Facts for Working People 3787
It's just not cricket: the 2011 Riots Report Written by Colin Sumner 4569
Insecure knowledge Written by Colin Sumner/THES 5011
Facebook foolishness by lawmen Written by Russell Webster 3718
US soldier massacres Afghan civilians Written by Richard Mellor 3568
Going straight, or not, after a prison sentence Written by Ros Burnett 4895
Where next for criminal justice? Written by David Faulkner 4782
The barbaric incarceration of America's youth Written by Facts for Working People 4160
Bronx activists defend abortion rights Written by Facts for Working People 3699
The Crime and Disorder Act - overlapping legislation or a forgotten philosophy? Written by Laurence Grant 6604
Business and academic journal publishing: open source and the role of libraries Written by Colin Sumner 5991
2012: more convulsions in authority or a reassertion of the old order? Written by Colin Sumner 5607
You're not crazy. "It's the system stupid" Written by Richard Mellor 4165
Football, political correctness and the Suarez case Written by Colin Sumner 5387
Now I get why evangelistic criminology should be avoided... Written by Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt 4623
Murderous catastrophe for Iraqi people Written by Sean, Facts for Working People 4023
US elections: Corruption, bribery and a book signing Written by Richard Mellor 4083
Education from the inside out: a plea for prison education Written by Colin Sumner 4718
Mobiles, social media and prison Written by Russell Webster 4807
Clarkson: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Prison… Written by Steve Tombs 7080
Two years for itinerant graffiti artist Written by Trevor James 6239
Injustice upon Injustice. London 2012 and the enduring legacies of Bhopal Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 6547
Consumer protest and the grey market as iPhone4 release causes 'pandemonium' in Hong Kong Written by Karen A. Joe Laidler 5014
Academic fraud or just the usual simulation? Written by Colin Sumner 5524
Occupy Oakland update: City Council smear tactics Written by Richard Mellor 3697
Rising suicide rates in Greece Written by Colin Sumner 4741
Banking immoralities: rediscovering the 'moral economy'? Written by Colin Sumner 3989
Cops use sound cannon, heavy force and rubber bullets at Occupy Oakland Written by Richard Mellor 3876
The New York "Miracle" Written by Joe Domanick, The Crime Report 5740
Protests grow around the world Written by Richard Mellor 3706
Better policing keeps crime rates down Written by The Crime Report 4290
Bradley Manning now 500 days in confinement Written by Richard Mellor 4385
Excessive billing and private profit in Medicare Written by Richard Mellor 4169
Mother charged with felonies for "education theft" Written by Richard Mellor 3996
Regulating the banks: 2019 to reform - impact on crime? Written by Colin Sumner 4486
Homelessness and offending Written by @TooManyBlueys 4574
Closing down creativity and standardising knowledge in education Written by Trevor James 7460
800,000 Americans kicked out of their homes by bankers and speculators Written by Richard Mellor 4779
Punishing juveniles in the USA: the death penalty and life without parole Written by Curtis Jackson-Jacobs 6145
Top 50 Criminal Justice Blogs Written by Colin Sumner 4428
London riots: the limits of Left and Right Written by Will Davies 4615
Unauthorized riot photos Written by Colin Sumner 4711
Riots in UK - No Surprise! Written by Richard Mellor 5000
Protesters drive back riot cops in Woolwich Written by Richard Mellor 4147
Cops fatally shoot another young black man in San Francisco Written by Facts for Working People 4829
US Drones kill 54 as insane US foreign policy acts as recruiting agent for "terrorists" Written by Richard Mellor 4825
Justice: RIP? Written by Milliemoo 4821
Chronicle of deaths foretold Written by Dave Whyte and Steve Tombs 4526
Famous Cases : R v Müller Written by Leslie Blake 5358
Madoff, fraud and Wall Street Written by Gregg Barak 5785
Evidence of child abuse in cults and social groups Written by Neil Brick 10068
Terrorism, economic crisis, and state-corporate crime Written by Gregg Barak 4895
Limited education behind bars Written by Colin Sumner 724
A crisis of law enforcement Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 4955
Dismantling the reasons of state Written by Dave Whyte 4607
New report exposes risks for undocumented UK workers Written by Jon Burnett and Dave Whyte 4752
Health and safety in the 'big society' Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 6811
"Scuffles broke out" Written by Colin Sumner 4569
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