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 2991
Letter to PM of Trinidad & Tobago on the decriminalization of marijuana Written by Biko Agozino 1676
Liberty can't breathe Written by Biko Agozino 2199
Sexual consent and the harmful reality of the 'grey area' Written by Eibhlin Toomey 9633
Anti-Mafia in Italy: the 41-bis prison régime Written by Martina Indelicato 8160
A 'real man' cannot be raped Written by Cecilia Castellani 2756
Malcolm X: media propaganda criminalising the victim Written by Colin Sumner 9023
A Valentine update on corporate-state crime in an age of Trumpism Written by Gregg Barak 3159
The unspoken battle: sexual harassment within law enforcement agencies Written by Lucy Marshman 12896
Permanently on the run? The fate of high-profile offenders Written by Ciaran McCullagh 7354
The true cost of construction site theft Written by SafeSite Facilities 18255
The state, corporate crime and social harm: a state for the people? Written by Keith Shier 19737
Western Media/governments complicit in Zionist brutality Written by Richard Mellor 4869
Best of capitalism over by 2060, with no way to identify the villains? Written by Colin Sumner 18459
The poor get punished, while the rich get privileges: a note on the Mayo pipeline Written by Graham Cambridge 13648
The silent sex: men and violence Written by Robert Bolton 5474
Hip-hop and gangland crime in Limerick Written by Orla O'Callaghan 9036
Transgression: the essence of order? Written by Anca Minescu, Lorcan Byrne, Tristan Laing, Tony O’Connor, Lukasz Dabkowski, Onur Bakir and William Brady 11031
Crimeing people Written by Muzaffar Ali, Shuo Liu, Irena Loveikaite, Amin Sharifi, Mark Timoney, Aisling Tuite and Joel Walmsley 10776
The delusion of prison Written by Robert Bolton 6113
Different class: Duncan Smith, Tevez, Thatcher and cultural capital Written by Colin Sumner 8822
Closing rural police stations and crime prevention in Ireland Written by Robert Bolton 6120
A "primitive" Catholic state? Ireland, disciplinary power and the Magdalenes Written by Colin Sumner, with linked-in Kevin Myers article 6860
Betraying the trust of a nation Written by Amy Coleman 5999
Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland - but no apology Written by BBC News 4089
The death penalty and the nagging itch of wrongful convictions Written by Lesley Honan Loucks 5478
Damning report into St Patrick’s finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation Written by The Journal 4594
Holy Catholic Ireland: "the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version of a particular kind of morality" Written by Steven Robinson 4656
Abolish China's labour camps now Written by South China Post 3641
Ethics, intellectualism and Michael D. Written by Irish Times, with comment from CS 3863
Gambian 'Kongi's Harvest': mass executions - and their halting Written by Biko Agozino & BBC News 3634
Cannabis 'no worse than junk food', says report Written by The Independent 3485
Mau Mau veterans win historic victory Written by Richard Mellor 3525
Life on Big Mountain: crime, class and an uphill struggle Written by Trevor James 4032
HSBC admits laundering money for drug cartels, terrorists and rogue states Written by The Guardian, with comments by Colin Sumner 7043
Making friends: US kills Indian fisherman, wounds three in Persian Gulf Written by Colin Sumner 3218
Electric shocks on the disabled in Mass. USA update Written by Change.org 3397
From Bangor to North Korea: Curfew orders in North Wales Written by Mike Brogden 5586
Banking frauds: the failure of liberal-left criminology Written by Steve Hall 4802
Banking: the Diamond standard, a culture of cheating without prosecution Written by Colin Sumner 4051
Moral standards in the City Written by Colin Sumner 5732
Declining moral standards amongst our youths? Written by RTHK 4452
Public engagement, mass media and science Written by Colin Sumner 4812
Sexual assault by police and soldiers in Uganda Written by Colin Sumner 5443
When is a crime not a crime? Written by Colin Sumner 3576
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It? Written by John Pilger, Truth Out 4108
Torture, not medicine. Graphic scene of shock treatment on young boy Written by Facts for Working People 5447
Lost innocence: children accused of sex crimes in Hong Kong Written by Michael Adorjan 9108
A Greek tragedy as suicides soar Written by Facts for Working People 3754
It's just not cricket: the 2011 Riots Report Written by Colin Sumner 4549
Insecure knowledge Written by Colin Sumner/THES 4996
Facebook foolishness by lawmen Written by Russell Webster 3686
US soldier massacres Afghan civilians Written by Richard Mellor 3536
Going straight, or not, after a prison sentence Written by Ros Burnett 4876
Where next for criminal justice? Written by David Faulkner 4740
The barbaric incarceration of America's youth Written by Facts for Working People 4133
Bronx activists defend abortion rights Written by Facts for Working People 3675
The Crime and Disorder Act - overlapping legislation or a forgotten philosophy? Written by Laurence Grant 6581
Business and academic journal publishing: open source and the role of libraries Written by Colin Sumner 5955
2012: more convulsions in authority or a reassertion of the old order? Written by Colin Sumner 5568
You're not crazy. "It's the system stupid" Written by Richard Mellor 4143
Football, political correctness and the Suarez case Written by Colin Sumner 5361
Now I get why evangelistic criminology should be avoided... Written by Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt 4591
Murderous catastrophe for Iraqi people Written by Sean, Facts for Working People 3990
US elections: Corruption, bribery and a book signing Written by Richard Mellor 4057
Education from the inside out: a plea for prison education Written by Colin Sumner 4684
Mobiles, social media and prison Written by Russell Webster 4778
Clarkson: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Prison… Written by Steve Tombs 7056
Two years for itinerant graffiti artist Written by Trevor James 6208
Injustice upon Injustice. London 2012 and the enduring legacies of Bhopal Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 6502
Consumer protest and the grey market as iPhone4 release causes 'pandemonium' in Hong Kong Written by Karen A. Joe Laidler 4982
Academic fraud or just the usual simulation? Written by Colin Sumner 5487
Occupy Oakland update: City Council smear tactics Written by Richard Mellor 3673
Rising suicide rates in Greece Written by Colin Sumner 4706
Banking immoralities: rediscovering the 'moral economy'? Written by Colin Sumner 3952
Cops use sound cannon, heavy force and rubber bullets at Occupy Oakland Written by Richard Mellor 3843
The New York "Miracle" Written by Joe Domanick, The Crime Report 5711
Protests grow around the world Written by Richard Mellor 3678
Better policing keeps crime rates down Written by The Crime Report 4261
Bradley Manning now 500 days in confinement Written by Richard Mellor 4362
Excessive billing and private profit in Medicare Written by Richard Mellor 4147
Mother charged with felonies for "education theft" Written by Richard Mellor 3975
Regulating the banks: 2019 to reform - impact on crime? Written by Colin Sumner 4459
Homelessness and offending Written by @TooManyBlueys 4539
Closing down creativity and standardising knowledge in education Written by Trevor James 7429
800,000 Americans kicked out of their homes by bankers and speculators Written by Richard Mellor 4756
Punishing juveniles in the USA: the death penalty and life without parole Written by Curtis Jackson-Jacobs 6117
Top 50 Criminal Justice Blogs Written by Colin Sumner 4394
London riots: the limits of Left and Right Written by Will Davies 4597
Unauthorized riot photos Written by Colin Sumner 4682
Riots in UK - No Surprise! Written by Richard Mellor 4973
Protesters drive back riot cops in Woolwich Written by Richard Mellor 4116
Cops fatally shoot another young black man in San Francisco Written by Facts for Working People 4789
US Drones kill 54 as insane US foreign policy acts as recruiting agent for "terrorists" Written by Richard Mellor 4799
Justice: RIP? Written by Milliemoo 4789
Chronicle of deaths foretold Written by Dave Whyte and Steve Tombs 4500
Famous Cases : R v Müller Written by Leslie Blake 5317
Madoff, fraud and Wall Street Written by Gregg Barak 5748
Evidence of child abuse in cults and social groups Written by Neil Brick 10024
Terrorism, economic crisis, and state-corporate crime Written by Gregg Barak 4867
Limited education behind bars Written by Colin Sumner 710
A crisis of law enforcement Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 4929
Dismantling the reasons of state Written by Dave Whyte 4568
New report exposes risks for undocumented UK workers Written by Jon Burnett and Dave Whyte 4727
Health and safety in the 'big society' Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 6774
"Scuffles broke out" Written by Colin Sumner 4540
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