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Randall G. Shelden, Criminologist

 

 

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War in Iraq and Afghanistan: What’s the Price Tag?  Over $1.326 Trillion (As of 4/27/12)
 

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Special Announcements

 

NEW!!!  ELECTION 2012 COMMENTARIES, NEWS UPDATES AND EVENTS

 

Trayvon Martin Family Seeks FBI Investigation of Killing by Neighborhood Watchman

 

Murder charges filed against Zimmerman

 

Update: George Zimmerman waives right to speedy trial
 

Outrageous: Florida woman sentenced to 20 years in controversial warning shot case

 

Updated reports of abuse inside juvenile facilities: http://nospank.net/rcntnews.htm

 

   

Crime Mapping in Los Angeles: http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/crime/

Within South L.A.'s killing zone, a haven from violence

   See also this interactive map of homicides:   http://projects.latimes.com/homicide-report/blog/page/1/

 

In the News

 

New!! Report highlights abuse in for-profit prisons for kids.  Click on "Delinquency and Juvenile Justice" above

 

Outrage of the Day: Dozens of Police Evict Georgia Family at Gunpoint at 3am

 

Two new reports on Wall Street Crimes:

Lehman E-Mails Show Wall Street Arrogance Led to the Fall and

Why Can't Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice?

And check out the names and faces behind Wall Street collapse: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/galleries/2008/09/17/photos-ceos-golden-parachutes-from-failed-firms.html

 

Report on the "working poor," who now constitute 31% of all families.  Click on "Inequality in America" on the left.

 

 

Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools? An American Psychological Association report.

 

 

Justice Policy Institute study: Education Under Arrest: The Case Against Police in Schools  (See my commentary.)

 

ALEC's Latest Actions

 

Mentally challenged man freed 14 years after false confession

 

To all who watch CSI programs, read this: The Real CSI: How America's Patchwork System of Death Investigations Puts the Living At Risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commentaries:

 

Class Counts (5/6/12)
 

The Trayvon Martin Case is Nothing New (3/23/12)

 

School Discipline and the Prison Pipeline (3/15/12)

 

And the Rich Get Richer (3/8/12)

 

Cops in Schools (2/12/12)

 

Wall Street is Without a Doubt a Gang(1/21/12)

 

Is Wall Street a Gang, Part IV? (12/13/11)

 

Is Wall Street a Gang? Part III  (11/29/11)

Is Wall Street a Gang? Part II (11/2/11)

Is Wall Street a Gang? Part I  (10/23/11)

 

Archives

Research Articles:

The American Legislative Exchange Council (11/16/11)

Punishment for Sale (11/7/10)

From Poorhouses to Jails: Same Function, Different Time (4/27/10)

Our Punitive Society (11/11/09)

Exit Exams, the Prison Pipeline and Getting Tough Anyway (11/9/09)

Conservative, Liberal and Radical Views of Crime (9/17/09) - revised and updated on 2/20/11