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How Criminology Might Help Fight Poaching

Posted 05.17.2013 | Green
Read More: Wildlife Poaching, Animal-Welfare, Animal-Uprising, Wildlife Criminology, Criminology Poaching, Criminology Wildlife, Wildlife Trafficking, Poaching, Criminology Wildlife Trafficking, Animal Poaching, Criminology, Green News

Douglas Main, LiveScience Staff Writer: Newark, N.J. — With no shortage of human-on-human misdeeds, criminologists haven't typically concerned th...

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Unfairly Treated: Gun Owners and People With Mental Health Concerns

Paul Heroux | Posted 03.22.2013 | Crime
Read More: Mental Illness, Gun Violence, Mental Health, Police, Crime, Violence, Police Training, Criminology, Mental Illness Stigma, Guns, Illegal Guns, Crime News
Paul Heroux

Ever since the awful shootings in Newtown, Conn., two groups have been treated unfairly. The first group is the law-abiding gun owners. The second gro...

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America's Real Criminal Element: Lead

Mother Jones | Kevin Drum | Posted 01.04.2013 | Crime
Read More: George Kelling, Lead, Crime, Violent Crime, Pb(CH2CH3)4, Rick Nevin, Compstat, Karl Smith, James Wilson, Criminality, Criminology, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Manzi, Lead Paint, Bill Bratton, Adhd, John DiIulio, Crime News

New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than ...

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The Most Dangerous City In America Is...

Forbes | Daniel Fisher | Posted 10.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Murder, Video, Crime Cities, Crime, Crime Rates, America's Dangerous Cities, Dangerous Cities, Detroit, Homicide Rate, Fbi, Criminology, Business News

At a community meeting in a Lutheran church earlier this year, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing got an earful about his city’s distressingly high crime rate....

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L.A. school police, district agree to rethink court citations of students

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 08.12.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Sexism, Sex Crimes, Social Issues, Initiatives to Prevent Sexual Violence, Sexual Assault, Education, Gender Studies, Sexual Abuse, Law and Crime, Joe Biden, Criminology, Rape, Violence Against Women Act, Sexual Violence, Sexual Harassment, Los Angeles News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Susan FerrissiWatch NewsIn the wake of critical news reports, Los Angeles school police and administrators have agreed to rethink enforcement tac...

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The Faces of Detention and Deportation

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Caribbean Immigrants, Caricom, CARICOM Crime, Criminal Deportees, Deportation, Deportee Integration Program, Detention, Department of Homeland Security, Dhs, Homeland Security, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ice, Immigration Reform, International Office of Migration, Iom, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, Migration Policy Institute, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Trinidad, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad Criminal Deportees, Crime-in-Caribbean, Criminology, Juncata Juvant Friendly Society, Martin Joseph, Ministry of National Security, Vision on Mission, Wayne Chance, World News
Arlene M. Roberts

One persistent question regarding individuals who are in detention and subject to deportation is, "What is the nature of their offenses?"

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