Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach

Strategies For Change 08.08.2024 30:21 ↓

This podcast discusses strategies for change to reduce violence in the United States.

Why Doesn't Deterrence Work? 03.08.2024 38:50 ↓

This podcast explores why deterrence doesn't work to reduce crime.

Are We Soft On Crime? 01.08.2024 29:43 ↓

This podcast explores the relationship between severity of punishment and crime rates.

What's Race Got To Do With It? 29.07.2024 26:58 ↓

This episode explores the impact race has on poverty and details the role work, welfare, and housing discrimination had on current wealth and disparity of Black Americans.

Why Aren't People Working? 25.07.2024 29:08 ↓

We discuss the reasons why people aren't working and the kinds of jobs they get when they do.

The Jobs Problem 22.07.2024 25:46 ↓

This episode explores the problems with how the US measures the official unemployment rate.

Why are we here? 05.07.2024 16:39 ↓

This podcast explores why it's important to understand the social context of crime.

Crime and Society: An introduction 02.07.2024 16:12 ↓

This is the first lecture in a podcast series explaining the contextual issues that give rise to crime in communities.

Welfare: Myths and Realties 14.10.2020 36:59 ↓

This episode explores the myths about welfare in the United States and the results of the mid-90s welfare reform (PRWORA).

Poverty and Inequality in the US and the World 26.09.2020 35:12 ↓

In this episode we compare poverty in the United States to the rest of the world.

Poverty: Myths and Realities 19.09.2020 14:49 ↓

This episode explains three main myths about poverty in the United States.

How many people are struggling with poverty in the US and how do we know? 12.09.2020 23:42 ↓

This podcast examines how many people are struggling with poverty in the United States, how we calculate that number, and whether the numbers provide us an accurate assessment of the reality of poverty in the US.