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Criminology

A collection of 27 posts

Extraordinary Destiny

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

17 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

Guilty and Insane

Guilty and Insane

Dissociative Identity Disorder and the riddle of human responsibility.

Daniel Kriegman

29 Jul 2022 · 19 min read

Charles Murray's 'Facing Reality'—A Review

Charles Murray's 'Facing Reality'—A Review

Razib Khan

29 Jul 2021 · 11 min read

When Journalism Blurs Into Activism—A Canadian Case Study

When Journalism Blurs Into Activism—A Canadian Case Study

Paul Benedetti and Wayne MacPhail

3 May 2021 · 12 min read

When Will Activists (and the Media) Get Honest About Police Shootings?

When Will Activists (and the Media) Get Honest About Police Shootings?

Arthur Jeon

30 Apr 2021 · 13 min read

Growing Up Without a Father-Figure Can Make Boys Less Violent

Growing Up Without a Father-Figure Can Make Boys Less Violent

Robert Cherry

19 Feb 2021 · 5 min read

My White Privilege Didn’t Save Me. But God Did

My White Privilege Didn’t Save Me. But God Did

Edie Wyatt

7 Dec 2020 · 11 min read

L.A.'s Failed Homeless Policies Turned My Home Into a Prison

L.A.'s Failed Homeless Policies Turned My Home Into a Prison

Amy Alkon

23 Sep 2020 · 17 min read

Racist Police Violence Reconsidered

Racist Police Violence Reconsidered

John McWhorter

11 Jun 2020 · 6 min read

America's Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse

America's Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse

Zaid Jilani

30 May 2020 · 8 min read

Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing 'Genocide' Is Wrong

Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing 'Genocide' Is Wrong

David Mount

11 Jul 2019 · 18 min read

Neutralizing Ngo: The Apologetics of Antifascist Street Violence

Neutralizing Ngo: The Apologetics of Antifascist Street Violence

Ernest Nickels

11 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

Say It Ain’t So, Doc: How Should Martin Luther King Scholars Deal With the Rape Story?

Say It Ain’t So, Doc: How Should Martin Luther King Scholars Deal With the Rape Story?

Stephen Smith

28 Jun 2019 · 5 min read

The Life of a Transgender Prisoner

The Life of a Transgender Prisoner

Henry Higgins

17 Jun 2019 · 5 min read

The Dangers of Ignoring Cognitive Inequality

The Dangers of Ignoring Cognitive Inequality

Wael Taji

25 Aug 2018 · 12 min read