Explore criminology through articles examining crime, criminal behavior, justice systems, policing, prevention, and the social factors that influence offending. This category looks at criminological theories, real-world issues, and the institutions involved in understanding and responding to crime.
Whaling is high-profile targeted cyber attacks that include high-level executive profiles, senior management authorities, and people of important posts in a company or organization. These attacks are also called spearheaded attacks because they include all the leading players and frontrunners in an institute or organization. It works by preying on the main entities to hijack […]
Russian crime fiction is often less interested in the mechanics of solving a crime than in the moral and psychological consequences of committing one. Two works that show this clearly are Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Anton Chekhov’s short story Misery. The first centers on murder, guilt, ideology, and punishment. The second contains no […]
In January 2018, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after reports revealed financial holdings that created conflicts with her responsibilities as the head of a major public-health agency. The most attention-grabbing detail was the purchase of stock in Japan Tobacco after she had taken office, but […]
A careful comparison of triad-linked organized crime and criminal outlaw motorcycle gangs, including history, structure, illicit markets, money laundering, youth recruitment, law enforcement, and common stereotypes.
A precise legal analysis of Owens v. State, Maryland’s strict-liability treatment of victim age, the rejected mistake-of-age defense, due process, sentencing, and the current § 3-304 statute.
