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Since first contact Indigenous people have faced violence from settlers. The violence has spanned centuries and is even more insidious and complex now, say advocates.
Dog the Bounty Hunter from 2004-2012. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images When you think of bounty hunters, you probably conjure up images of “Wanted” posters and cowboys tracking down fugitives in the Wild West. While the title has an attachment to that time period, there is a lot more to know about bounty hunting than what's usually portrayed in popular media. Here are some rewarding facts about this fascinating and controversial profession. 1. A bounty hunter’s job revolves around bail money. When someone is arrested, they have the opportunity to leave jail until their court date by paying ...
Introduction In trying to understand how aggression works, as well as aggressive emotions like anger, I decided to go to the animal literature. Human psychology research is all too prone to being determined by researchers’ preconceptions, and we all have a lot of firsthand experience and personal agendas when it comes to theorizing about human behavior. It’s easier to get some distance when thinking about animals; we have less stake in any particular theory of how animal emotions work. It’s also easier to set up experimental conditions with animals that would be hard to do ethically w...
Don Hummer (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is co-author/editor of, The Culture of Prison Violence (2008, Pearson), Handbook of Police Administration (2008, Taylor & Francis: CRC Press), and the forthcoming The Technology Revolution in Criminal Justice (Palgrave-MacMillan). His work, focused primarily on offender treatment and control, has appeared in peer-reviewed outlets such as Aggression & Violent Behavior, Probation Journal, Law & Policy, and The Prison Journal. Experience