Whaddaya Know… Moral Entrepreneurs Really Should Have STFU
As I recommended they do during the British riots… let’s go to the data: “The Ministry of Justice’s statistical report published yesterday into the riots must bring misery to the ears of those like...
View ArticleCorporate Crime and Kid Gloves
If you want to commit crimes, don’t mug old ladies for their Social Security money, don’t rob gas stations, don’t do anything related to drugs because you’re hurting the children and The War on Drugs...
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The (Other) Visual Du Jour – Don’t Get Too Hard on Them!
Actually, not really and less and less (via here and here): I guess it’s more fun going after Wikileaks and Anonymous. Marcy Wheeler explains: “The government as a whole has prosecuted 57.7% fewer...
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Book Review – Cop in the Hood
If you enjoyed the first season of the Wire, you will enjoy Peter Moskos‘s Cop in the Hood. The book is the tale of a sociologist going native by going through the Baltimore police academy, becoming a...
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Degradation Ceremony 101 – Shaving Punks Edition
(Via) “Indonesian sharia police are “morally rehabilitating” more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province’s image. Since being...
View ArticleThe Social Construction of Mental Illness – Zombie Edition
So, by now, everyone has heard of the zombie shooting in Florida, and the human flesh eating murder in Maryland. ZOMBIES! This goes to one of my pet peeves: the social construction of mental illness....
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What Does This Say About These Societies?
Compare this: “The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison who have spent between 10 and 28 years in solitary...
View ArticleGender Policing and Degradation Ceremonies
So we have heard before of virginity testing in parts of the Middle East as well as hymen restoration that happen for fear a woman or a girl, found to no longer be a virgin might be the victim of an...
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The Visual Du Jour – World Drugs Report 2012
Anyone teaching deviance, criminology and other related fields should be interested in that one: the 2012 World Drug Report, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It comes with a...
View ArticleBeyond Bystander Apathy
Bystander gold-digging? When opportunity knocks… “Swedish police have released video footage showing a man leaving an unconscious man to die on the underground train track after mugging him at a...
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