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.
Because Olivier Cyran worked there for 9 years, I think this piece has a special value and interest, so worth logging here whatever we make of it:
Charlie Hebdo: not racist? If you say so.....
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Fascinating interview by Adam Gopnik, for The New Yorker, with the legendary US professor of the sociology of deviance, visual sociology, photography and jazz piano -about his connections with France:
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This table comes from The People's Voice, Timeline Photos, and I saw it posted on Facebook by my son, Ben Sumner. The Critical Terrorist Studies people would probably add the greater likelihood of drowning in the bath, or through a peanut allergy..... Not much consolation to the victims of terrorist attacks of course, whether or not you support their cause. Those who would fight to the last worker are not high on my moral beacons list..... But, the table does highlight the lack of media and political attention to more likely causes of death, not to mention the right to die in peace at home when terminally ill...
Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter
This BBC News summary contains the basic facts that students of criminology might want to know.{jcomments on}
