Thursday, August 26, 2010

Honoring Victims: The New York Mosque Controversy Highlights the Power of Victims

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If opponents of the proposal to build a Muslim community center a few blocks from the so called "ground zero" site where the World...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

The Mistempered Weapons of the Criminal Law

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Verona in 1595. Knife Crime. Gang violence. Stabbings. Social disorder. Celebrity politicians. Disaffected youth. Teenage suicide... and lov...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Nothing Says You're in Charge like an Execution

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According to Rod Nordland's reporting in the NYTimes, the Taliban ordered and carried out their first public execution in Afghanistan i...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Public Criminology? A Cool Read on a Hot Topic

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In a world, like ours, where discourse and policy making concerning crime has "heated up," leaving criminal justice bureaucracies ...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Imaginary Threats to the Border, Real Threats to Democracy

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In a striking display of how powerful the grip of " governing through crime " remains on both US political parties, President Obam...

T'aint the Evidence, T's the Regime

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Iran's increasingly desperate efforts to legalize the upcoming execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani in the face of growing world (and...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Ohio's Governor Death: Ted Strickland Runs for Re-Election as "Executioner-in-Chief"

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Ohio is fast becoming one of the the nation's leaders in executions, surpassing every state but the unapproachable champion, Texas, in t...