Brazilian Blues
This week in North Philly Notes, Philip Evanson, co-author of Living in the Crossfire, blogs about the arrest of the former President of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva. On Friday, March 4 following...
View ArticleTemple University Press’ Fall 2017 Catalog
This week in North Philly Notes, we showcase the books from Temple University Press’s Fall 2017 Catalog. “A Road to Peace and Freedom” The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic...
View ArticleLessons from the juicy details of a protracted legal battle
This week in North Philly Notes, Jean Elson, author of Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness—about the notorious divorce between Nina and James Walker in early twentieth-century Rhode Island—provides some...
View ArticleBrazil Heads Toward 2018: Originalities and Tendencies
This week in North Philly Notes, Philip Evanson, co-author of Living in the Crossfire, pens a dispatch on Brazil’s anti-corruption campaign and next election. Brazil’s ongoing investigations into...
View ArticleWildlife crime: Understanding the human and social dimensions of a complex...
This week in North Philly Notes, William Moreto, editor of Wildlife Crime, writes about how criminology as a field has much to offer in the understanding and prevention of wildlife crime. In recent...
View ArticleQuality of Life and Courts
This week in North Philly Notes, Christine Zozula, author of Courting the Community, reflects on how low-level crimes have big implications for local communities. In late July of this year, Los Angeles...
View ArticleWhat is past is prologue: A century of gangs in the United States
This week in North Philly Notes, Scott Decker, David Pyrooz, and James Densley, the coauthors of On Gangs take a look back at gangs in American society. Like most social phenomena, gangs are dynamic....
View ArticleHow Biopsychosocial Perspectives Help Explain Seemingly Unexplainable Crimes
This week in North Philly Notes, Chad Posick, Michael Rocque, and J. C. Barnes, coauthors of Fitting the Facts of Crime, write about the connections between gun availability, mental health, and...
View ArticleTeaching Fear
This week in North Philly Notes, Nicole Rader, author of Teaching Fear explains how parents’ fear of crime influences how they (think they) protect their children. Parents who watch the news regularly...
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