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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Bhopal: criminal, immoral, or the cost of business as usual? Jan 2012 Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 13660
Legal crimes: jurisdiction shopping Jan 2012 Written by Andrew Wright 8747
Cage homes in Hong Kong: capitalism this Christmas Dec 2011 Written by Michael Adorjan 17226
Motorcycle taxis: 'crime prevention' and the social exclusion of migrant workers in China Dec 2011 Written by Jianhua Xu 11265
Nino, Part 4: Criminality, politics and business Nov 2011 Written by Amedeo Cottino 7382
Cannabis, Mental Illness and Recovery Nov 2011 Written by Kate K. 8655
Flowers at the altar of profit and power Part 4: the Bhopal 'Settlement' Oct 2011 Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 10610
Unterweger: serial killer, writer, chef, and malignant narcissist Oct 2011 Written by Gregg Barak 18232
Courts, communities and the 'big society' Sep 2011 Written by Jane Donoghue 10905
Murder in Notting Hill Aug 2011 Written by Mark Olden 9312
Observaciones de la Comisión Asesora para el Diseño de la Política Criminal del Estado Colombiano: a la Iniciativa Sobre la Imposición de Cadena Perpetua a Ciertos Delitos Realizados contra Menores Jul 2011 Written by La Comisión Asesora en el diseño de la Política Criminal en Colombia 7600
Flowers at the altar of profit and power Part 3: Was the disaster at Bhopal "unforeseeable"? Jul 2011 Written by Frank Pearce and Steve Tombs 10323
Food Frights Jun 2011 Written by Curtis Jackson-Jacobs 7067
Nino Part 3: Bad company Jun 2011 Written by Amedeo Cottino 9847
Crime, anti-social behaviour and schools in Britain: are all schools 'at risk'? Jun 2011 Written by Carol Hayden 17386
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Series

Malice in Wonderland by Colin Sumner. 2020. 3-part essay on the criminality of our Tory government and its ideological origins.

Media, Policing and Politics by Colin Sumner. 2012. 3-part essay on this increasingly crucial relationship, as they 'hold people to account' in the UK.

Bhopal: Flowers at the Altar of Profit and Power by Frank Pearce & Steve Tombs. 2011. 6 parts, on the world's biggest 'industrial accident' in India.

Nino: Journey into the Heart of Darkness by Amedeo Cottino. 2011. 6 parts, interviews with a no-regrets 'hitman' or clan 'soldier'  from Catania, Italy.