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 2897
Letter to PM of Trinidad & Tobago on the decriminalization of marijuana Written by Biko Agozino 1608
Liberty can't breathe Written by Biko Agozino 2104
Sexual consent and the harmful reality of the 'grey area' Written by Eibhlin Toomey 9542
Anti-Mafia in Italy: the 41-bis prison régime Written by Martina Indelicato 8056
A 'real man' cannot be raped Written by Cecilia Castellani 2651
Malcolm X: media propaganda criminalising the victim Written by Colin Sumner 8963
A Valentine update on corporate-state crime in an age of Trumpism Written by Gregg Barak 3119
The unspoken battle: sexual harassment within law enforcement agencies Written by Lucy Marshman 12804
Permanently on the run? The fate of high-profile offenders Written by Ciaran McCullagh 7284
The true cost of construction site theft Written by SafeSite Facilities 18133
The state, corporate crime and social harm: a state for the people? Written by Keith Shier 19621
Western Media/governments complicit in Zionist brutality Written by Richard Mellor 4808
Best of capitalism over by 2060, with no way to identify the villains? Written by Colin Sumner 18402
The poor get punished, while the rich get privileges: a note on the Mayo pipeline Written by Graham Cambridge 13561
The silent sex: men and violence Written by Robert Bolton 5426
Hip-hop and gangland crime in Limerick Written by Orla O'Callaghan 8983
Transgression: the essence of order? Written by Anca Minescu, Lorcan Byrne, Tristan Laing, Tony O’Connor, Lukasz Dabkowski, Onur Bakir and William Brady 10964
Crimeing people Written by Muzaffar Ali, Shuo Liu, Irena Loveikaite, Amin Sharifi, Mark Timoney, Aisling Tuite and Joel Walmsley 10689
The delusion of prison Written by Robert Bolton 6050
Different class: Duncan Smith, Tevez, Thatcher and cultural capital Written by Colin Sumner 8779
Closing rural police stations and crime prevention in Ireland Written by Robert Bolton 6060
A "primitive" Catholic state? Ireland, disciplinary power and the Magdalenes Written by Colin Sumner, with linked-in Kevin Myers article 6784
Betraying the trust of a nation Written by Amy Coleman 5928
Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland - but no apology Written by BBC News 4029
The death penalty and the nagging itch of wrongful convictions Written by Lesley Honan Loucks 5422
Damning report into St Patrick’s finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation Written by The Journal 4539
Holy Catholic Ireland: "the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version of a particular kind of morality" Written by Steven Robinson 4595
Abolish China's labour camps now Written by South China Post 3576
Ethics, intellectualism and Michael D. Written by Irish Times, with comment from CS 3791
Gambian 'Kongi's Harvest': mass executions - and their halting Written by Biko Agozino & BBC News 3582
Cannabis 'no worse than junk food', says report Written by The Independent 3432
Mau Mau veterans win historic victory Written by Richard Mellor 3473
Life on Big Mountain: crime, class and an uphill struggle Written by Trevor James 3948
HSBC admits laundering money for drug cartels, terrorists and rogue states Written by The Guardian, with comments by Colin Sumner 6966
Making friends: US kills Indian fisherman, wounds three in Persian Gulf Written by Colin Sumner 3178
Electric shocks on the disabled in Mass. USA update Written by Change.org 3341
From Bangor to North Korea: Curfew orders in North Wales Written by Mike Brogden 5536
Banking frauds: the failure of liberal-left criminology Written by Steve Hall 4742
Banking: the Diamond standard, a culture of cheating without prosecution Written by Colin Sumner 4006
Moral standards in the City Written by Colin Sumner 5626
Declining moral standards amongst our youths? Written by RTHK 4397
Public engagement, mass media and science Written by Colin Sumner 4760
Sexual assault by police and soldiers in Uganda Written by Colin Sumner 5375
When is a crime not a crime? Written by Colin Sumner 3525
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It? Written by John Pilger, Truth Out 4053
Torture, not medicine. Graphic scene of shock treatment on young boy Written by Facts for Working People 5391
Lost innocence: children accused of sex crimes in Hong Kong Written by Michael Adorjan 9037
A Greek tragedy as suicides soar Written by Facts for Working People 3689
It's just not cricket: the 2011 Riots Report Written by Colin Sumner 4497
Insecure knowledge Written by Colin Sumner/THES 4945
Facebook foolishness by lawmen Written by Russell Webster 3635
US soldier massacres Afghan civilians Written by Richard Mellor 3492
Going straight, or not, after a prison sentence Written by Ros Burnett 4825
Where next for criminal justice? Written by David Faulkner 4670
The barbaric incarceration of America's youth Written by Facts for Working People 4084
Bronx activists defend abortion rights Written by Facts for Working People 3617
The Crime and Disorder Act - overlapping legislation or a forgotten philosophy? Written by Laurence Grant 6517
Business and academic journal publishing: open source and the role of libraries Written by Colin Sumner 5883
2012: more convulsions in authority or a reassertion of the old order? Written by Colin Sumner 5517
You're not crazy. "It's the system stupid" Written by Richard Mellor 4091
Football, political correctness and the Suarez case Written by Colin Sumner 5316
Now I get why evangelistic criminology should be avoided... Written by Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt 4544
Murderous catastrophe for Iraqi people Written by Sean, Facts for Working People 3928
US elections: Corruption, bribery and a book signing Written by Richard Mellor 4011
Education from the inside out: a plea for prison education Written by Colin Sumner 4636
Mobiles, social media and prison Written by Russell Webster 4737
Clarkson: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Prison… Written by Steve Tombs 6973
Two years for itinerant graffiti artist Written by Trevor James 6155
Injustice upon Injustice. London 2012 and the enduring legacies of Bhopal Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 6415
Consumer protest and the grey market as iPhone4 release causes 'pandemonium' in Hong Kong Written by Karen A. Joe Laidler 4932
Academic fraud or just the usual simulation? Written by Colin Sumner 5434
Occupy Oakland update: City Council smear tactics Written by Richard Mellor 3617
Rising suicide rates in Greece Written by Colin Sumner 4635
Banking immoralities: rediscovering the 'moral economy'? Written by Colin Sumner 3909
Cops use sound cannon, heavy force and rubber bullets at Occupy Oakland Written by Richard Mellor 3777
The New York "Miracle" Written by Joe Domanick, The Crime Report 5658
Protests grow around the world Written by Richard Mellor 3622
Better policing keeps crime rates down Written by The Crime Report 4206
Bradley Manning now 500 days in confinement Written by Richard Mellor 4328
Excessive billing and private profit in Medicare Written by Richard Mellor 4102
Mother charged with felonies for "education theft" Written by Richard Mellor 3933
Regulating the banks: 2019 to reform - impact on crime? Written by Colin Sumner 4409
Homelessness and offending Written by @TooManyBlueys 4469
Closing down creativity and standardising knowledge in education Written by Trevor James 7370
800,000 Americans kicked out of their homes by bankers and speculators Written by Richard Mellor 4703
Punishing juveniles in the USA: the death penalty and life without parole Written by Curtis Jackson-Jacobs 6065
Top 50 Criminal Justice Blogs Written by Colin Sumner 4329
London riots: the limits of Left and Right Written by Will Davies 4550
Unauthorized riot photos Written by Colin Sumner 4638
Riots in UK - No Surprise! Written by Richard Mellor 4917
Protesters drive back riot cops in Woolwich Written by Richard Mellor 4052
Cops fatally shoot another young black man in San Francisco Written by Facts for Working People 4740
US Drones kill 54 as insane US foreign policy acts as recruiting agent for "terrorists" Written by Richard Mellor 4743
Justice: RIP? Written by Milliemoo 4702
Chronicle of deaths foretold Written by Dave Whyte and Steve Tombs 4445
Famous Cases : R v Müller Written by Leslie Blake 5267
Madoff, fraud and Wall Street Written by Gregg Barak 5663
Evidence of child abuse in cults and social groups Written by Neil Brick 9914
Terrorism, economic crisis, and state-corporate crime Written by Gregg Barak 4804
Limited education behind bars Written by Colin Sumner 677
A crisis of law enforcement Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 4881
Dismantling the reasons of state Written by Dave Whyte 4509
New report exposes risks for undocumented UK workers Written by Jon Burnett and Dave Whyte 4648
Health and safety in the 'big society' Written by Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte 6724
"Scuffles broke out" Written by Colin Sumner 4492
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