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Top 10 August 2008 Criminologists
PRC Board Exam Results, Philippines | September 4th 2008 by charles
For the Complete list of board passers/examinees, please click the links PRC August 2008 Criminologist Board Exam Results or August 2008 Criminologist Licensure Examination Results. The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places a read more
Bees Help Detectives Catch Serial Killers
Code Craft | August 17th 2008
Hugh Pickens writes "The way bumblebees search for food could help detectives hunt down serial killers — because just as bees forage some or water. expansion away from their hives, so murderers avoid killing near their homes, says a teaching ho read more
PGMA's Brother-in-Law Files Bill Requiring Nurses and Other Profe…
Pinoy R.N. | August 17th 2008
Negros Oriental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo is proposing that all registered nurses and other professionals such as doctors, pharmacists, midwives, medical technologists, physical therapists, engineers, teachers, sailors, accountants, interior des read more
Bees and Fish Analyzed to Understand Serial Killers
The Outskirts | August 13th 2008 by Outskirt Hostess
Discoverychannel.com Studying species in the animal world helps police catch human criminals — and vice versa. Originally developed to catch serial killers, a method called geographic profiling is now being used to study great white sharks, bat read more
The Primordial Roots Of Crime In Humans
Miscellaneous Concepts | August 10th 2008 by LK
The equivalents or analogues of crime are to be found among animals other than man. Some criminologists, indeed, have sought for these equivalents in the plant world as well. The search for equivalents of crime outside of the human world is justified read more
The Primordial Roots of Crime in Humans Posted By : Leo Tarquins
themaras.com | August 10th 2008 by ryanbaros
The equivalents or analogues of crime are to be found among animals other than man. Some criminologists, indeed, have sought for these equivalents in the plant world as well. More: continued here read more
Bees, Fish Analyzed to Understand Serial Killers
today's top news stories | August 10th 2008 by ric
/* */ Not a Killer But... Studying species in the animal world helps police catch human criminals -- and vice versa. Originally developed to catch serial killers, a method called geographic read more
“More guns used for suicide than for protection” So what? Rop…
Glob-a-Blog | July 7th 2008 by Cherry
Here’s an interesting story for you: Seventeen years ago, a couple of criminologists at the University of Maryland published an interesting paper about the 1976 District ban on handguns — a ban that was recently overturned by the Supreme read more
Gun crime policies are flawed
Nazis on Shore Leave | June 28th 2008 by Shore Leave OIC
because ministers have overlooked root causes of poverty and inequality, according to a report by criminologists. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7478034.stm mostly obvious stuff, and a list of death per 100000 for western countries (They leave out Sou read more
Murder Spike Poses Quandary
Real Estate News Blog | May 8th 2008 by Tennis Observer
WASHINGTON -- Edward Bedenbaugh III was about to start a job as a youth-violence counselor working in inner-city schools, mediating disputes before they escalated into lethal exchanges. He was celebrating his appointment at a nightspot in an upscale read more
links for 2008-04-24
ClintJCL's Personal Blog | April 24th 2008
OVERLY-HARSH PUNISHMENTS: U.S. prison population dwarfs that of other nations - 5% of world’s population, 25% of world’s prisoners; 6X the avg rate of incarceration. We even have more total prisoners than China! “Criminologists and read more
U.S. accounts for 1/4 of world prison population
Rebel Pundit | April 23rd 2008 by Rebel Pundit
But yet, only accounts for 5% of the world's population- you do the math...:Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. read more
March 2008 Criminologists Board Examination Results - PRC
Philippine Top Schools | March 30th 2008 by Philer Lachica
The list of Successful Applicants for the March 2008 Criminologists Board Examination Results from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 927 out of 3,318 passed the Criminologist Lic read more
Some posts from the book Freakonomics - Check for Category Freako…
Analysis of Economies, Financial Markets and Stock Markets A… | March 30th 2008 by Nisarg Sutaria
In 1990’s crime rate in USA for quite high. Criminologists, political scientists, and similarly learned forecasters laid out the same horrible future, as did President Clinton. Estimation was that rate of teen homicide would rise another 15% ov read more
Fear Little Children
Dolphin Hotel | March 16th 2008 by Michael Hudson
Under 10s who exhibit signs of future criminality should be DNA swabbed, thinks the new spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO):"If we have a primary means of identifying people before they offend, then in the long-term the bene read more
Dealing with sociopaths
Wandering Reflections | February 27th 2008
There is a genetic basis for a disorder that accounts for some of the violent criminal behavior, but this doesn't necessarily mean it accounts for all violent criminal behavior. This group of people have a perfect mask of sanity, they don't have cons read more
Broken Window Theory
The Lone Beader | October 29th 2007 by The Lone Beader
(click to enlarge)If you happened to walk past a building with a broken window, what do you think? Do you think that the owner of the building just doesn't care? And, if you happened to walk by the same building on a regular basis, and one day, graff read more
Identities
Grad Gravy | October 8th 2007 by cyberchic
I was talking with a student today about identities and it made me think of all the identities we take on as grad students. In my day-to-day life, I am a student: I wear "student" clothes (jeans and t-shirts), I carry a backpack, I read, write, and read more
Racial Differences in Death Penalty Cases
C.N. Le :: The Man, The Myth, The Blog | August 19th 2007 by C.N. Le
For years, even decades, sociologists and criminologists have produced studies that consistently note that racial differences exist when it comes to how death penalty sentences are carried out. As Newsweek magazine now confirms, as a new sociologica read more
States Export Their Inmates as Prisons Fill
Justice Gambit | July 31st 2007 by Michael Blankenship
Prison overcrowding has corrections officials in at least eight states looking across state lines for scarce prison beds.read more digg storyCrime rates dropped during the 90s, but rates of incarceration continued to climb. Criminologists attribute t read more
Teens Rediscover Sports
NewsBlog 5000 | February 21st 2007
(SNN Detroit) While we have been hearing reports of lazy teenagers for years, two areas of excercise for American youth have actually been on the increase, Video Game and Sport Killing. Video games would not be where anyone would expect to get their read more
Psychopath, Sociopath or Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Wandering Reflections | April 12th 2006
Perhaps Robert Hare's book, "Without Conscience", will provide some clarity.Sometimes the term sociopathy is used because it is less likely than is psychopathy to be confused with psychoticism or insanity.Some clinicians and researchers, as well as m read more