Victim Blaming Revisited
Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.
Richard B. Felson
· 6 min read
Criminology
A collection of 29 posts
Chicago’s Criminal Irresponsibility
Progressive thinking on urban violence is so unrealistic it is dystopian.
Jukka Savolainen
· 8 min read
Extraordinary Destiny
In a newly published book, a motivational speaker who works with female prisoners reflects on the life lessons she’s learned behind bars.
Phyllis Taylor
· 10 min read
Guilty and Insane
Dissociative Identity Disorder and the riddle of human responsibility.
Daniel Kriegman
· 20 min read
Charles Murray's 'Facing Reality'—A Review
Facing Reality attempts to force into view data that many Americans would rather not acknowledge.
Razib Khan
· 12 min read
When Journalism Blurs Into Activism—A Canadian Case Study
This all began with an imaginary teachers’ manual. It ended with us challenging Canada’s self-described “national newspaper” about a range of stories in which ideologically-driven narratives seemed to trump fact. We are two long-in-the-tooth Canadian journalists who began our careers in the 1980s. We’ve written investigative pieces about
Paul Benedetti and Wayne MacPhail
· 12 min read
When Will Activists (and the Media) Get Honest About Police Shootings?
Minutes before Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts of murder and manslaughter, Ma’Khia Bryant, a black teenage girl in Columbus, Ohio, was shot dead by police. Almost immediately, enraged protestors gathered outside police headquarters. “Say Her Name!” they chanted. The New York Times reported that the girl’
Arthur Jeon
· 14 min read
Growing Up Without a Father-Figure Can Make Boys Less Violent
While there is likely a modest link between violent crime and single parenting, Faust and Manning are wrong about the benefits of a father-figure.
Robert Cherry
· 7 min read
My White Privilege Didn’t Save Me. But God Did
Because of my experiences, and the newly fashionable denial of reality being promoted by progressives, I find myself sitting with the politically homeless.
Edie Wyatt
· 12 min read
L.A.'s Failed Homeless Policies Turned My Home Into a Prison
I support helping the homeless—but with meaningful measures that have been proven to work, as opposed to policy that’s heavy on virtue signaling and ultimately short on humanitarian substance.
Amy Alkon
· 18 min read
Racist Police Violence Reconsidered
Blacks are still somewhat more likely than whites to suffer physical and verbal abuse from the cops even when the behavior of the suspect is taken into account. Findings like these contribute to a general sense that cops treat black people as an enemy.
John McWhorter
· 9 min read
America's Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse
All in all, the evidence suggests that violent protests and rioting empower right-wing political forces, provide an opportunity for gangs to enrich themselves and exploit destabilized local populations, impoverish property owners, and harm long-term economic fortunes.
Zaid Jilani
· 9 min read
Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing 'Genocide' Is Wrong
The crime of genocide is typically investigated and litigated with the goal of holding genocidaires accountable for their crimes.
David Mount
· 19 min read
Neutralizing Ngo: The Apologetics of Antifascist Street Violence
In a vein similar to Orwell’s lexicology of apologetics, criminological theory may help inform an understanding of how speech is used in defense of the indefensible at another level of analysis—that of rhetorical strategies.
Ernest Nickels
· 9 min read
Say It Ain’t So, Doc: How Should Martin Luther King Scholars Deal With the Rape Story?
If the FBI tapes and transcripts are made public in 2027, we will need responsible historians to use them responsibly. They can’t be ignored, nor can the allegation that is now rocking the foundations of King’s moral legacy.
Stephen Smith
· 6 min read