Faculty Lounge Stealing from Wal-Mart isn’t a Crime, says College Administrator Spencer Irvine August 24, 2015 The Director of Community Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made this claim, which is ridiculous when you think of…
Perspectives INFOGRAPHIC: The Dangers of Sanctuary Cities Spencer Irvine July 28, 2015 After the Kate Steinle murder at the hands of an illegal immigrant, Hans von Spakovsky dug into the numbers and…
Perspectives Corrosion of Sanctuary Cities Malcolm A. Kline “Sanctuary cities” that refuse to turn over deportable felons to the feds are frequently located in college towns. Yet and…
Perspectives Teaching Moment on Baltimore Missed Malcolm A. Kline June 30, 2015 Here’s what so-called “teachable moments” in academia generally miss—the decade those moments are in. “There is a revolution taking place…
Perspectives Professors for Empty Prisons Malcolm A. Kline June 28, 2015 Professors who rail against the imprisonment of blacks rarely show as much interest in black victims of crime. “In 1980,…
Perspectives Academics Fix Another Problem Malcolm A. Kline May 30, 2015 How many academics does it take to fix America’s criminal justice system? Twenty. That’s how many participated in a National…
Faculty Lounge University of Minnesota says it won’t include Race in Crime Alerts on their campuses Spencer Irvine February 28, 2015 This isn’t a joke. The university won’t use race in their crime alerts, but doesn’t that do more harm than…
Faculty Lounge New York Times Columnist Screams Racial Profiling after Son is Detained by Yale Police Spencer Irvine January 28, 2015 A burglary suspect fled the scene of a crime, and the Yale police ended up pulling aside the son of…
Events, News The Obama Administration’s anti-“One Strike” Crime Policy Spencer Irvine December 6, 2014 The Center for American Progress (CAP) has attempted to tackle a growing bipartisan issue: over-criminalization and over-incarceration. A recent panel…