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 2930
Letter to PM of Trinidad & Tobago on the decriminalization of marijuana Written by Biko Agozino 1626
Liberty can't breathe Written by Biko Agozino 2135
Sexual consent and the harmful reality of the 'grey area' Written by Eibhlin Toomey 9564
Anti-Mafia in Italy: the 41-bis prison régime Written by Martina Indelicato 8079
A 'real man' cannot be raped Written by Cecilia Castellani 2686
Malcolm X: media propaganda criminalising the victim Written by Colin Sumner 8977
A Valentine update on corporate-state crime in an age of Trumpism Written by Gregg Barak 3129
The unspoken battle: sexual harassment within law enforcement agencies Written by Lucy Marshman 12831
Permanently on the run? The fate of high-profile offenders Written by Ciaran McCullagh 7308
The true cost of construction site theft Written by SafeSite Facilities 18161
The state, corporate crime and social harm: a state for the people? Written by Keith Shier 19649
Western Media/governments complicit in Zionist brutality Written by Richard Mellor 4828
Best of capitalism over by 2060, with no way to identify the villains? Written by Colin Sumner 18417
The poor get punished, while the rich get privileges: a note on the Mayo pipeline Written by Graham Cambridge 13582
The silent sex: men and violence Written by Robert Bolton 5443
Hip-hop and gangland crime in Limerick Written by Orla O'Callaghan 8993
Transgression: the essence of order? Written by Anca Minescu, Lorcan Byrne, Tristan Laing, Tony O’Connor, Lukasz Dabkowski, Onur Bakir and William Brady 10989
Crimeing people Written by Muzaffar Ali, Shuo Liu, Irena Loveikaite, Amin Sharifi, Mark Timoney, Aisling Tuite and Joel Walmsley 10719
The delusion of prison Written by Robert Bolton 6064
Different class: Duncan Smith, Tevez, Thatcher and cultural capital Written by Colin Sumner 8790
Closing rural police stations and crime prevention in Ireland Written by Robert Bolton 6072
A "primitive" Catholic state? Ireland, disciplinary power and the Magdalenes Written by Colin Sumner, with linked-in Kevin Myers article 6797
Betraying the trust of a nation Written by Amy Coleman 5946
Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland - but no apology Written by BBC News 4048
The death penalty and the nagging itch of wrongful convictions Written by Lesley Honan Loucks 5440
Damning report into St Patrick’s finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation Written by The Journal 4552
Holy Catholic Ireland: "the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version of a particular kind of morality" Written by Steven Robinson 4609
Abolish China's labour camps now Written by South China Post 3590
Ethics, intellectualism and Michael D. Written by Irish Times, with comment from CS 3807
Gambian 'Kongi's Harvest': mass executions - and their halting Written by Biko Agozino & BBC News 3596
Cannabis 'no worse than junk food', says report Written by The Independent 3445
Mau Mau veterans win historic victory Written by Richard Mellor 3493
Life on Big Mountain: crime, class and an uphill struggle Written by Trevor James 3968
HSBC admits laundering money for drug cartels, terrorists and rogue states Written by The Guardian, with comments by Colin Sumner 6981
Making friends: US kills Indian fisherman, wounds three in Persian Gulf Written by Colin Sumner 3187
Electric shocks on the disabled in Mass. USA update Written by Change.org 3358
From Bangor to North Korea: Curfew orders in North Wales Written by Mike Brogden 5552
Banking frauds: the failure of liberal-left criminology Written by Steve Hall 4756
Banking: the Diamond standard, a culture of cheating without prosecution Written by Colin Sumner 4019
Moral standards in the City Written by Colin Sumner 5651
Declining moral standards amongst our youths? Written by RTHK 4409
Public engagement, mass media and science Written by Colin Sumner 4777
Sexual assault by police and soldiers in Uganda Written by Colin Sumner 5387
When is a crime not a crime? Written by Colin Sumner 3536
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It? Written by John Pilger, Truth Out 4063
Torture, not medicine. Graphic scene of shock treatment on young boy Written by Facts for Working People 5407
Lost innocence: children accused of sex crimes in Hong Kong Written by Michael Adorjan 9064
A Greek tragedy as suicides soar Written by Facts for Working People 3703
It's just not cricket: the 2011 Riots Report Written by Colin Sumner 4509
Insecure knowledge Written by Colin Sumner/THES 4956
Facebook foolishness by lawmen Written by Russell Webster 3652
US soldier massacres Afghan civilians Written by Richard Mellor 3502
Going straight, or not, after a prison sentence Written by Ros Burnett 4840
Where next for criminal justice? Written by David Faulkner 4683
The barbaric incarceration of America's youth Written by Facts for Working People 4096
Bronx activists defend abortion rights Written by Facts for Working People 3630
The Crime and Disorder Act - overlapping legislation or a forgotten philosophy? Written by Laurence Grant 6533
Business and academic journal publishing: open source and the role of libraries Written by Colin Sumner 5907
2012: more convulsions in authority or a reassertion of the old order? Written by Colin Sumner 5528
You're not crazy. "It's the system stupid" Written by Richard Mellor 4106
Football, political correctness and the Suarez case Written by Colin Sumner 5327
Now I get why evangelistic criminology should be avoided... Written by Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt 4555
Murderous catastrophe for Iraqi people Written by Sean, Facts for Working People 3948
US elections: Corruption, bribery and a book signing Written by Richard Mellor 4021
Education from the inside out: a plea for prison education Written by Colin Sumner 4642
Mobiles, social media and prison Written by Russell Webster 4750
Clarkson: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Prison… Written by Steve Tombs 6995
Two years for itinerant graffiti artist Written by Trevor James 6171
Injustice upon Injustice. London 2012 and the enduring legacies of Bhopal Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 6438
Consumer protest and the grey market as iPhone4 release causes 'pandemonium' in Hong Kong Written by Karen A. Joe Laidler 4950
Academic fraud or just the usual simulation? Written by Colin Sumner 5445
Occupy Oakland update: City Council smear tactics Written by Richard Mellor 3635
Rising suicide rates in Greece Written by Colin Sumner 4642
Banking immoralities: rediscovering the 'moral economy'? Written by Colin Sumner 3918
Cops use sound cannon, heavy force and rubber bullets at Occupy Oakland Written by Richard Mellor 3789
The New York "Miracle" Written by Joe Domanick, The Crime Report 5676
Protests grow around the world Written by Richard Mellor 3638
Better policing keeps crime rates down Written by The Crime Report 4219
Bradley Manning now 500 days in confinement Written by Richard Mellor 4337
Excessive billing and private profit in Medicare Written by Richard Mellor 4114
Mother charged with felonies for "education theft" Written by Richard Mellor 3944
Regulating the banks: 2019 to reform - impact on crime? Written by Colin Sumner 4422
Homelessness and offending Written by @TooManyBlueys 4487
Closing down creativity and standardising knowledge in education Written by Trevor James 7386
800,000 Americans kicked out of their homes by bankers and speculators Written by Richard Mellor 4724
Punishing juveniles in the USA: the death penalty and life without parole Written by Curtis Jackson-Jacobs 6084
Top 50 Criminal Justice Blogs Written by Colin Sumner 4355
London riots: the limits of Left and Right Written by Will Davies 4563
Unauthorized riot photos Written by Colin Sumner 4660
Riots in UK - No Surprise! Written by Richard Mellor 4937
Protesters drive back riot cops in Woolwich Written by Richard Mellor 4072
Cops fatally shoot another young black man in San Francisco Written by Facts for Working People 4761
US Drones kill 54 as insane US foreign policy acts as recruiting agent for "terrorists" Written by Richard Mellor 4763
Justice: RIP? Written by Milliemoo 4735
Chronicle of deaths foretold Written by Dave Whyte and Steve Tombs 4460
Famous Cases : R v Müller Written by Leslie Blake 5286
Madoff, fraud and Wall Street Written by Gregg Barak 5706
Evidence of child abuse in cults and social groups Written by Neil Brick 9946
Terrorism, economic crisis, and state-corporate crime Written by Gregg Barak 4825
Limited education behind bars Written by Colin Sumner 691
A crisis of law enforcement Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 4895
Dismantling the reasons of state Written by Dave Whyte 4523
New report exposes risks for undocumented UK workers Written by Jon Burnett and Dave Whyte 4664
Health and safety in the 'big society' Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 6738
"Scuffles broke out" Written by Colin Sumner 4505
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