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CRIME INVESTIGATION Tutorial – How the FBI used fingerprint ID tactics to nab MLK’s Assassin.

August 23, 2021 By Karl Leave a Comment

  As I've done from time to time, I'm starting another tutorial series. This one's for everyone, but specifically for crime writers and students of criminology, crim justice, and forensics. For writers, it's intended to help them incorporate fingerprint ID tactics in their novels. And, as they -  and the teachers of students like you - know, it's a good way to introduce a topic is via a story. ID tactics So I'm starting off this series with a story. It's about how the FBI … [Read more...]

CRIME INVESTIGATION Tutorial—How True Crime Websleuths Do It – I

June 20, 2021 By Karl Leave a Comment

true crime websleuths

        This is an introductory tutorial about true crime Websleuths, an online forum that allows all of us to play detective. In prior tutorials, I've tried to help both crime writers and criminal justice students understand how, say, the FBI goes about investigations. This blog shows you the basics of how to participate in true crime Websleuths. Later blogs will get into how the popular site has evolved and some of the hiccups it's experienced. The … [Read more...]

Thoughts about “Clarice,” spinoff from “The Silence of the Lambs.”

February 28, 2021 By Karl Leave a Comment

Clarice

I managed to catch the  2nd episode of the "Clarice" series recently. It channeled the Waco cult situation, also known as  the Waco, Texas massacre.  That was the controversial law enforcement siege of a compound that belonged to the Branch Davidian religious cult. In the 2nd  episode,  Clarice deals with Novak, the leader of a secessionist militia group, hoping to avoid the debacle that happened when the Waco cult compound caught fire during the G-men's … [Read more...]

Serial Murderers – their sacred killing fields and rituals. Part I.

September 27, 2020 By Karl Leave a Comment

Bundy's sacred killing fields

Killing fields as Sacred Grounds.   Kathleen Ramsland, a professor of forensic psychology and prolific writer, claims that many serial murderers stake out killing fields, which often become burying fields as well. They reveal their pathological need for control when they feel violated upon discovering that one of their victim’s remains has been found and removed by authorities. Ramsland describes a case that fascinated people around Manchester, England, where I spent sabbaticals … [Read more...]

CRIME INVESTIGATION Tutorial— How the FBI does it.

November 10, 2018 By Karl 5 Comments

Candles at memorial vigil. Why a Crime investigation is needed into Borderline Bar shooting.

Regrettably, a high profile FBI crime investigation seems to be opened on a regular basis these days. Mass killings like the recent one at a synagogue  in Pittsburg are part of the reason. Counting the Thousand Oaks bar shooting this week, there have been 307 mass shootings so far in 2018. That's almost one a day in the U.S. according to the Gun Violence Archive.**   Crime Investigation and the FBI. So, the FBI is heck-a-busy doing crime investigation and other things  on top of … [Read more...]

Announcing the Criminology Research Tutorials series.

September 27, 2018 By Karl 6 Comments

Criminology research tutorial. Pic collage from Making a Murderer, Netflix

I’ve expanded the original scope of this site from bullying and discrimination to include criminal justice, starting with this Criminology Research Tutorials series. I am a criminology professor, so I have a lot of great info to share. Today I’m excited to announce a new series of tutorials on criminology research. Expect genuinely useful tips for writers, journalists and criminal justice students...mixed in with gallows humor from time to time. Not sold? Here are seven reasons you should … [Read more...]

White economic privilege impacts crim justice system.

November 25, 2017 By Karl Leave a Comment

Black and white poster with "Let's talk" re White privilege statistics.

  White privilege statistics. I've been writing a memoir of late about how four murders seriously changed my career as a criminologist. So, how do white privilege statistics come into play? Well, among the many reasons the murders changed my worldview was the fact that the crim justice system treated the killers well. They were  all white and given remarkably light sentences  in comparison to black killers who committed similar crimes. This was back in the late 1960s and 1970s, … [Read more...]

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  • Seven Psychopaths – McDonagh’s comedic film
  • Again, Baldwin and Armorer named in ‘Rust’ legal case.
  • Visual-Snow Effects/Mental Illness-Defenses for Kohberger?
  • Psychopaths in C-Suites Thrive
  • Implicit Bias against People with Facial Differences?

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Seven Psychopaths – McDonagh’s comedic film

This website  covers an important term used by most of us at one time or other: psychopath. Unlike other blogs of mine here and here, this post delves into a comedic take on the term and subject of psychopathy. So, here without further ado or comment is a recent movie review by Brian … [Read More...]

Halyna Hutchins. New people named in 'Rust' legal case.  

Again, Baldwin and Armorer named in ‘Rust’ legal case.

I recently posted my skepticism about whether justice would be served in the settlement Alec Baldwin made with Halyna Hutchins husband and son. The deal, valid in its provision for support of her son, seemed odd since it also allow Baldwin and other financiers to resume shooting of 'Rust."Apparently … [Read More...]

Kohberger and Victims

Visual-Snow Effects/Mental Illness-Defenses for Kohberger?

MENTAL HEALTH – DEFENSES FOR KOHBERGER? "The ringing in my ears and the fuzz in my vision is simply all of the demons in my head mocking me " – statement attributed to the Idaho multicide suspect, Bryan Kohberger.   Allegedly visual snow plus tinnitus (ringing in the ears from an … [Read More...]

Psychopath in the C-Suite?

Psychopaths in C-Suites Thrive

  Nine years ago, author and  psychologist Fred Kiel reported on his research about psychopaths in leadership positions at a Tedx Talk. Psychopaths in C-Suites Kiel  titled his talk, "Psychos in the C-Suite." The term  C-suite usually refers to a company's top management positions, where … [Read More...]

Implicit Bias re race and face?

Implicit Bias against People with Facial Differences?

  Implicit bias is a phrase for the idea that we're all probably at least a little bit biased, even if we really don't want to be. It's a term that describes what's happening when, despite our best intentions and without our awareness, stereotypes and assumptions creep into our minds and … [Read More...]

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