justice system

According to Garofalo, someone who has been influenced by alcohol may be lacking to common trait of pity. Lack of the pity trait allows one to forget to feel upset about the idea of injury to another person. They’ve grown numb to the idea, because there is no pity in them (Criminal Theory p 23).  Read More »

In an article about Jacob Ind, a juvenile charged to life for the murder of his parents, Mary Ellen Johnson describes the life of a juvenile detainee in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Ind is only allowed out of his cell for two hours a day to exercise under close supervision and is fed through holes in the door of his cell which is completely boxed in by concrete walls.  Read More »

This is my first blog in a long time....P.S. Sensitive subject matter...you've been warned.

There are a lot of things in life that one cannot prepare enough for in advance. Outside of first person experience, there is no way to prepare for it. Rape is one of those.  Read More »

I just read an interesting article from a few-months-old Newsweek. Here's a summary of it:  Read More »