Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?
Video and Multimedia
Video Resources
Video 1: Flint’s Deadly Water
Description: Five years after the start of Flint’s water crisis, FRONTLINE exposes its hidden toll.
Video 2: The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
Description: Daniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn't we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate?
Video 3: Wrongful Convictions
Description: Rob Warden examines the phenomena of false confessions and how they can be attributed to half of all murder cases.
Audio Resources
Audio 1: “Tide Starts to Turn Against the ‘Crime’ of Being Homeless”
Description: Some local laws make it illegal to sleep or eat outside. Advocates have fought these laws in court. Now, the federal government is taking a stance, pushing ways to help, not criminalize, the homeless.
Audio 2: Author Podcast: Behavior and Society
Description: The author discusses an article on offender stereotyping and shoplifting and the racial profiling debate.
Web Resource
Web 1: Restorative Justice
Description: Official website for the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation