The Criminology Academy

Hi! If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we spoke with Joan Reid who is a professor in the Depart of Criminology at the University of South Florida. We discuss a truly heartbreaking topic: human trafficking, specifically the exploitation of children. Joan tells us generally what human trafficking is and what it looks like, we then discuss a paper she co-authored, and we then talk about the dark web.   Joan is the author of two books, Human Trafficking: Contexts and Connections to Conventional Crime and A Girls’ Pathway to Prostitution: Linking Caregiver Adversity to Child Susceptibility. In addition, she has published in journals such as Justice Quarterly, Sexual Abuse, and Child Maltreatment.  You can find Joan on Twitter @JAReid2016   Please remember to rate and review us wherever possible (iTunes, Spotify, and Audible). You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @thecrimacademy. Email us at thecrimacademy@gmail.com or visit our website at thecriminologyacademy.com

If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we speak with Jennifer Ortiz, a professor of Criminology at Indiana University Southeast, and Grant Tietjen, a professor of Criminology at St. Ambrose University. They're both members of the ASC Division of Convict Criminology. Convict Criminology and the debate surrounding the word "convict" are the center of this episode. Jennifer and Grant tell us about the criticisms and why they chose to call themselves convict criminologists.    You can find Grant @tietjengrant and Jennifer @ortiz_phd on Twitter and at crimcon.org.   Please remember to rate and review us wherever possible (iTunes and Spotify). You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @thecrimacademy. Email us at thecrimacademy@gmail.com or visit our website at thecriminologyacademy.com

Join us for this short-and-sweet episode as we review our exciting Fall 21 slate if episodes and preview our equally as exciting Spring 22 episodes. We will have a fun time discussing what we've recorded and were we plan on going in the future. It's a good time as we wing it this time with no outline! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TheCrimAcademy. Also visit our website The Crim Academy Website. Please rate and review on iTunes!!!

If you're new here, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we speak with Jared Joseph who is a doctoral candidate at UC Davis' Department of Sociology. Jared talks to us about topics surrounding corruption, organized crime, and network analysis. Specifically, we talk about corruption and networks in Chicago pre and during prohibition and the lessons we can learn from this.  Jared has published in journals such as Criminology. You can find Jared on Twitter @epsian and at jnjoseph.com   You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you are new, welcome!  If you're not, welcome back! This week we don't have a guest. Jenn and Jose discuss what it is like being a teaching assistant, a research assistant, and engaging in service for the field and our department as graduate students. *We say HIPAA violation a few times in the episode, we mean FERPA*    You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we spoke with Martin Bouchard who is a professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Simon Fraser University. We ask Martin about the social nature of gangs and gang members. He tells us why he thinks gangs are a very social and not necessarily anti-social phenomenon. Martin then discusses the network analysis method and why it may be useful for the study of crime. We then discuss a paper Martin wrote discussing the ways in which network analysis can aid in the study of organized crime.  Martin has published in journals such as Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Global Crime. You can find him on Twitter @MBouchardCrim. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you're new, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! This week we speak with Sally Simpson who is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. We ask Sally to reflect back on her career as a criminologist starting with why she chose to be a criminologist in the first place. Her experience as ASC president and department chair. Sally also talks to us about her research interests and the work she has done in juvenile justice and her transition to white collar and corporate crime. Finally, Sally tells us what she thinks about the current state of the field and where she thinks it should go.    Sally has been published in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. You can find her on Twitter @SallySueSimpson.   You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you're a first time listener, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! In this episode we talk to Kristin Lloyd, a professor at Georgia Southern University's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Vivian Aranda-Hughes, a doctoral candidate at Florida State's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Alex Nur, a doctoral candidate at Penn State's Department of Sociology and Criminology. We talk to them about building a network at conferences like the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. We also talk about trying to network during the pandemic and some of the strategies we have used to build our social networks.  You can find them all on Twitter @kristinlloyd3, @mvivianhughes, and @alexvnur0818 You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you're a first time listener, welcome! If you're not, welcome back! In this episode we talk to Wim Huisman who is is a professor of criminology and the head of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam School of Criminology. Wim talks to us about white-collar crime and corporate crime. Crimes that are committed by people who are typically thought of as having respectable jobs or of respectable status. We also talk about atrocity crimes committed by corporations and their involvement even if not directly. How hard is it to police white-collar? This is a topic Wim talks about in this episode as well.  Wim has been published in journals such as European Journal of Criminology, Food Control, and Crime, Law, and Social Change.   You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you're a first time listener, welcome! If not, welcome back! In this episode we talk to Bredan Lantz who is an Assistant Professor at Florida State's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Brendan talks to us about what exactly is a hate crime? How do we punish hate crimes? And should we even have punishment enhancements? We also talk about one of his recent articles studying whether hate crimes against Asian people increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we go international as Brendan talks to us about hate crimes outside of the United States. It was a great and informative discussion.  Brendan has been published in journals such as Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Criminal Justice and Behavior. You can find him on Twitter @LantzBrendan.   You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @TheCrimAcademy. Please visit our website www.thecriminologyacademy.com. Whether or not you have an iPhone or iTunes, please rate and review us there. These are the lifeblood of the podcast. Thanks for listening!