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You’ve heard and seen them. They include some of our elected and appointed officials, wanna be politicians, heads of organizations, and pundits that appear in our news media feeds complaining about crime rates, and the institutions we’ve created and entrusted to respond to this social problem. They decry the uptick in crime, the brazenness of […]
What’s not to like? In general, scooters are a low cost and low environmental impact mobility solution ideally suited for urban environments. Not only do they enable people to get from one place to the other above ground, but they can also provide a needed cheap rush of adrenalin when operators dodge vehicles, parked cars, […]
Although criminal law is an important guiding force, most criminal justice practitioners have a considerable amount of discretion how they do their job. For example, police (i.e., patrol officers) make decisions about whether they will stop, question, search, ticket, warn or arrest suspects. Correctional officers decide if they are going to intervene when they see […]
One of the numerous benefits of living in the US is that it’s a big country, and if you don’t like where you are currently living, or the location doesn’t provide you with the things you need, want, or desire, then all things being equal, you have the freedom to move. This is especially true […]
Over the past few years, COVID-19 has had significantly affected community college, liberal arts college, and university instruction. Many institutions of higher education have pivoted to on-line and hybrid instruction. With the introduction of the vaccine, mask mandates, testing, and hygiene theatre during the past few semesters, there was an assumption that by the Spring […]