When psychologist Earl B.H. Sutherland Jr., Ph.D, decided he didn't like the way forensic interviews in child abuse cases on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations were being conducted, he didn't complain. He took action. Forensic investigators would interview children as a way of gathering evidence for prosecuting perpetrators. But once they were finished, that was … [Read more...] about Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse
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Life after Prison: Ex-Offenders’ Stigma Management
Todd Callais, an assistant professor of Sociology at UC Blue Ash College, presented his findings on how ex-inmates cope with life after prison at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, held Aug. 16-19 in San Francisco. As part of his three-year research for a new book, Callais conducted in-depth interviews with a total of 60 ex-offenders, but he focused … [Read more...] about Life after Prison: Ex-Offenders’ Stigma Management
Violence Risk Reduction Planning
Whilst the murder rate in the United States is down as a whole the mass murder rate has been rising (USA Today, 2014). Many have been broadcasting the fact that we are seeing an overall decline in the murder rate in this country but, it is still a fact that, the United States has the highest violence and incarceration rates of all advanced nations in the world according … [Read more...] about Violence Risk Reduction Planning
