💥Out now💥is my new article ‘Seduction of Far-right Actions’ with Yoko Demelius Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku on how far-right activists obtain a sense of enjoyment by feeling ‘authentic’ during their activities❗️doi.org/10.1177/174165…

Election fraud?

Maine legislature passes sweeping gun safety laws in all-night session theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

One more thing: I've said this a million times, but violence reduction is a team sport and the team can't win if the individual players don't play well together. Buffalo is yet another example of a city learning this lesson over time.

We are happy to announce our next speaker for our online symposium on the 25th of April (4-6pm BST)🔎Ryan Fitzgerald is an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University with expertise in psychology and law, eyewitness identification, face recognition, memory and meta-analyses.

WATCH: “I've got constituents with prescriptions that aren’t being delivered. I’ve got constituents who can't pay their rent and their mortgages. I’ve got businesses who aren't able to ship products or receive supplies.'

👉 Amazing event hosted by Council on Criminal Justice and Andrew Young School! W/speakers from across Georgia, including our faculty as well as CEO Cristopher Womak of Southern Company, Mayor Andre Reed, and the legendary Andrew Young.
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Thaddeus Lateef Johnson Georgia State University City of Atlanta, GA

Super proud to have participated in this one-of-a-kind event that was put together through the efforts of my friend and colleague, Thaddeus Lateef Johnson and his partners at the truly amazing Council on Criminal Justice Adam Gelb. Great support from Andrew Young School Dean Thomas J. Vicino and my home department.

Super proud to have participated in this one-of-a-kind event that was put together through the efforts of my friend and colleague, Thaddeus Lateef Johnson and his partners at the truly amazing Council on Criminal Justice Adam Gelb. Great support from Andrew Young School Dean Thomas J. Vicino and my home department.

The most moral army in the world

No, we didn’t stop our DEI efforts, we renamed them. Goodbye DEI, Hello Access & Engagement!

And don’t worry, it will take the legislature a few years to figure it out.

The inevitable end game of the disparity between the world generally getting safer and people (especially on social media) generally getting more hysterical about crime:

smbc-comics.com/comic/coverage…

My new investigation: Criminals are stealing and laundering billions through sham bank accounts, using 100s of 1000s of fake and real identities - possibly including yours. And banks are ignoring laws to stop this because it is very profitable to them. theconversation.com/us/investigati…

Happy Weekend everyone.

There is NO Hamas in the #WestBank so what is #Netanyahu 's excuse? cnn.com/2024/04/12/mid…

👉 Important work from Bill Sabol, Thaddeus Lateef Johnson and PhD student Aislinn Wallace for the Council on Criminal Justice's 'Pushing for Parity' project. 15 in-depth reports exploring the disproportionate representation of people of color in the criminal justice system.
counciloncj.org/pushing-toward…

With Kurt Eichenwald

Having your identity stolen can lead to a wider range of crimes. Criminology professor David Maimon explains:

Check out our (David Maimon ) newest manuscript which was published in Justice Quarterly. We used a honeypot chatbot to assess the effect of sexual knowledge on the progression of the online grooming of minors event.
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New Episode! Criminologist David Maimon is in the business of letting us know what we need to worry about, but this week he went too far.

Check fraud is the latest retro attack vector you need to know about: Listen to this week's episode to learn more.