Criminal Justice

Black People Must Take to the Streets to Get Whites Arrested. — It is hereby recorded that in this year 2023, so-called “white” people remain free to kill Black people with impunity. And only after protesting, demonstrating, cajoling, and yes, begging, do the powers of American criminal justice finally yield under threat of community rebellion, national exposure, or political and financial annihilation…

How I find new research to write about — Part of my intent for True Crime Adjacent is to cover new academic criminology and criminal justice research that I judge to be relevant to true crime or of interest to you as a true crime follower. …

Criminal justice reform efforts have stalled amid rising crime, but technology may have just made no-knock warrants obsolete. After the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the public outcry for criminal justice reform became — for a brief moment in time — deafening. …

I have a lot of fucking problems with modern society, and I’ve got a keyboard, so I’m going to tell you about some of them. if I tried to attack them all we’d be here for days, so i just did some thinking into the keyboard this morning and this…

Crime shows like “Criminal Minds” have captivated audiences with their gripping narratives of finding missing victims and catching dangerous criminals. They often use profiling to find the perpetrators because they often have to search large areas. What if satellite imagery, drones, and AI could join forces to aid law enforcement…

I was going to use my Medium platform to write about neurodivergence. Then a niche subset of digital technology (re)captured my attention. Here’s why. After I wrote my “Best of 2019” essay “Hacking My ADHD,” I fully intended to write more consistently about neurodivergence. …

The criminal justice system plays a pivotal role in maintaining social order and ensuring public safety. However, a closer examination reveals a series of social injustices that plague this system, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities and perpetuating systemic inequalities. …

By Molly Gill The everyday horrors of life and death in jails and prisons are now national news. In the Jackson County jail south of Indianapolis, a schizophrenic man named Joshua McLemore starved to death after being locked in a padded cell and left untended for 20 days. In the…

In modern society, the ‘criminal class,’ that is, those with criminal records and the previously incarcerated, are often regarded as the lowest class. Cast aside, dehumanized, and stricken from basic human rights. Such an outlook has deep historical roots, reflecting a long-standing perception that the previously incarcerated are inherently flawed…