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You might have celebrated Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You – get it? get it?), Towel Day, or Geek Pride Day. Or maybe you just geeked out on CrimeDime. We hope you did, but in case you missed something, here’s what happened on CrimeDime in May. Victimization was the major theme of […]
On April 24th, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that the Maryland DNA Collection Act, which authorizes the collection of DNA from individuals charged with violent crimes or burglaries, violates the Fourth Amendment. The ruling overturned the conviction of Alonzo Jay King, Jr. for a 2003 rape based on a DNA sample taken upon his […]
May 9, 2012 by CrimeCents
Should we give lie detector tests to kids? What if those kids are offenders? What if they are sex offenders? What if the polygraph is used for treatment rather than investigation? A recent article published in the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention’s new Journal of Juvenile Justice discusses an exploratory study using polygraphs in […]
CrimeDime had a great month. Not only did we redesign the site, we also watched CrimeDime grow with many new visitors and followers. Thanks to our readers for helping to make this a great site with interesting discussion in the comments. In case you missed it, here’s what we covered in April. April includes National […]
April 25, 2012 by CrimeCents
“I have a Sister. Mother. Aunt. Wife. Cousin. Daughter. Girlfriend. Grandmother. Friend. Coach. Teacher. Neighbor. and I’m very protective of her.” How many times have you heard a man say this sentence? And isn’t the context of the conversation usually intimate partner violence, sexual assault, or violence against women in general? Men say this to […]
April 24, 2012 by CrimeCents
I say “crime victim.” Without thinking, what popped into your mind? If you had a mental image, what was it? Chances are, the person that you immediately thought of is female, white, middle class, maybe a little girl, maybe a soccer mom. Yet the data don’t support that image, which is created by media and […]
April 24, 2012 by CrimeCents
This week is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The American criminal justice system is often criticized for giving many rights to criminal defendants, but in recent decades victims have also won substantial legal rights. The first crime victim compensation fund was established in California in 1965, but the first Crime Victims’ rights week wasn’t held […]
March 30, 2012 by CrimeCents
While the recently released report “Satisfaction and willingness to engage with the criminal justice system” from the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice offers several interesting tidbits, the most striking finding is, perhaps, that victims and witnesses report relatively positive experiences with the UK criminal justice system. For example, regarding satisfaction with case outcomes, contact, receiving […]
March 18, 2012 by CrimeCents
What is the dark figure of crime? Criminologists often use this term to describe the crimes we don’t know about. These are the crimes that are unreported, not investigated, not known, not punished. While all types of crimes are found in the dark figure of crime, violence against women may be the single most important […]
March 14, 2012 by PennEJustIs
As the anxious young woman waited to board the airplane that would take her to testify as a witness in an out-of-state court across the country, an unknown caller rang her cellphone. “Listen,” the caller threatened, “are you going to cooperate and do what we told you? You’d better! If not, we’ll get your little […]
May 31, 2012 by CrimeDime
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