Post Tagged 'crime'

May 22, 2008

Saviano’s Gomorra and the plague of crime and corruption in Italy

When thinking of southern Italy, Americans probably imagine the Amalfi Coast, Mount Vesuvius, and lemon groves, but to the average Italian the picture is of rotting garbage in the streets of Naples and the Mafia. Continue Reading...

April 21, 2008

Globalized criminal syndicates and political authority

This sounds like a book with a compelling narrative: McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld. I’ve often thought about the connection between organized crime and legitimate governmental structures. Continue Reading...

March 01, 2007

Boredom and teen crime

I have discovered this week that Florida has a major problem with teenage violence against the homeless. In a new twist on violent crime incidents the homeless are being attacked across this state regularly. Continue Reading...

January 23, 2007

Religion, recidivism, and reform

The Detroit News ran my commentary from the end of last year on the role of religion and prisoner reform today, “Don’t prevent religion from helping to reform prisoners.” The version that ran today omits the references to Jeremy Bentham, which you can get from the original and this related blog post. Continue Reading...

December 27, 2006

Recidivism and Reform: Competing Views of the State’s Role in Prison

In this week’s Acton commentary, I reflect on the past year’s developments for InnerChange Freedom Initiative, a ministry of Prison Fellowship. In June a federal judge in Iowa ruled against IFI’s work at Iowa’s Newton facility. Continue Reading...

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