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July 5, 2016
The Trauma Myth, Revisited
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The Trauma Myth may be one of the most misunderstood books of the past decade. Based on its regrettable title, pedophiles erroneously belie...
April 17, 2016
The Psychology of Arson
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Each year, about 60,000 bushfires rage across Australia, wreaking environmental devastation and costing lives and economic losses. An est...
October 25, 2015
Sex addiction: Science or pop fad?
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Thirty-one years ago, when Patrick Carnes walked onto the Phil Donahue television show to promote his new book on sexual compulsivity a...
April 1, 2014
Piper Kerman presents 3-point plan for prison reform
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It can be fortunate for the world when a middle-class person with a social conscience gets hauled off to prison. After spending a year i...
January 20, 2014
Orange is the New Black -- Read the book!
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Taylor Schilling plays Piper Kerman in the TV series Hollywood prison scenes are so revolting. Most revolting are the depictions of wome...
May 2, 2013
Spring reading recommendations -- forensic and beyond
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Marauding bands of juvenile killers . Gang rapist-kidnappers . Wife beaters. We’re talking elephants , dolphins and parrots, respectiv...
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March 28, 2013
Evaluating juveniles: Grisso's classic updated for new era
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In the 1990s a moral panic swept through the United States over juvenile "super-predators," ruthless youngsters devoid of empat...
March 3, 2013
God's Jury: Exploring Inquisitions, then and now
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The word "Inquisition" harkens back to medieval Europe - Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Catholic Church. But in Cullen Murphy...
January 7, 2013
Special offer on groundbreaking group rape text
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The Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape: A multidisciplinary response to an international problem Photo credit: Sajjad ...
May 20, 2012
Civil capacity assessment comes of age
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What do these three situations have in common? A young adult with chronic schizophrenia refuses medication because she believes she is bein...
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