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Hate and Bias Crime Data
In the midst of the ongoing Chick-fil-A mess, now seems like a good time to take a look at hate and bias crime. If you haven’t already read it, you really should start with last week’s post about Chick-fil-A. It deals with some of the free speech issues. To reiterate: hate speech is generally, […]
Posted in: Miscellaneous, Race and Ethnicity
Free Speech, Hate Speech, Chick-fil-A Speech
August 3, 2012
by CrimeCents
Even vegetarians who don’t own televisions and live on Mars are, by now, aware of the Chick-fil-A brouhaha. Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-fil-A, made public, anti-gay statements. And then it turned out that Chick-fil-A funnels buckets of money to anti-gay organizations. The fight since then is about two things: gay rights and free speech. Let’s […]
Posted in: Miscellaneous
Yes! SCOTUS Lets Maryland Return to Arrestee DNA Testing
August 2, 2012
by CrimeCents
Apparently, the Supreme Court has some sense when it comes to DNA testing. Maybe. We hope. Because, no foolin’, super serial you guys, DNA is the future of criminal justice. We can absolutely transform our entire criminal justice system with some policy changes on DNA. Chief Justice Roberts issued an opinion on Monday that effectively […]
Posted in: Courts, Criminal Justice System
Race, Ethnicity, and School Discipline
August 1, 2012
by CrimeCents
I’ll admit: I got sucked in to some sensationalist coverage about changes to school discipline. Alarmist “journalists” described the new policies as imposing racially based quotas on school discipline. I didn’t read carefully – it was just a passing skim on my smartphone – and not everything that shows up in the google news reader […]
Posted in: Children and Youth, Race and Ethnicity
CrimeDime July 2012 Roundup
Ah, July. That time of year thou mayst in me behold dripping sweat, vacation zen, and glacially chilled iced tea. It’s when we ponder the legality of lemonade stands, and wonder if we can send the cops after those kids whose grimy hands may have given us dysentery. It’s also when we fire up the […]
Posted in: Miscellaneous
Should Government Regulate Distracted Walking?
July 30, 2012
by CrimeCents
We see them all the time – pedestrians ambling along with lowered heads and furiously typing thumbs, sidewalk hogs with a bluetooth device planted firmly within the ear who gesticulate wildly during animated conversations, and wild walkers too busy swiping, scrolling, and liking to notice that they are about to careen into you. Totally annoying. […]
Posted in: Miscellaneous
August 6, 2012
by CrimeCents
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