Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies
Video and Multimedia
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Video Link
Video 1: The 30 Cities With the Highest Murder Rates in the US
Description: Despite a 20-year downward trend for violent crime in the United States, murder rates have gone up in the past 2 years. Here’s a look at the cities that currently have the highest murder rates in the country.
Video 2: Woman Reports Violent Sexual Assault on Stanford Campus
Description: A woman has reported that she was the victim of a violent sexual assault on the main campus at Stanford University.
Audio Link
Audio 1: Steubenville Teen Rape Case
Description: Steubenville Schools head, others charged in teen rape case.
Audio 2: Who Are America’s “Homegrown Terrorists”?
Description: CNN’s Peter Bergen describes how the Internet and social media have been used to radicalize and recruit Americans to jihad--and how some new jihadists then use those same tools to draw in others.
Web Resources
Web Link 1: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports
Web Link 2: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)