About the Podcast

Hosts:

Dr. Taimi Castle is a Professor of Justice Studies and Director of the Gandhi Center at JMU. 

Dr. Benjamin Meade is an Associate Professor of Justice Studies at JMU. He has an interest in many things geek-related, particularly Star Trek, Godzilla, Batman, and gaming.

Production: JMU Media Libraries (Jenna Polk & Zachary Williams)
Music: Nick Branson

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Email: gandhicenter@jmu.edu

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The Black nurses of Sea View Hospital

Episode description:

How did these nurses assist in groundbreaking research that helped save my mother's life?

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How Black Nurses Were Recruited to Staten Island to Fight a Deadly Disease

Episode 40: Pop Culture Vigilantes

Episode description:

In this episode, we explore some of the more famous vigilante representations in popular culture.

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Dig Two Graves: The Five Best Vigilantes in Fiction

Episode 39: Whistleblowers

Episode description:

What are some key concerns with deciding to become a whistleblower?

Links:

Whistleblower Protection Program

10 Most Famous Whistleblowers in U.S. History

Episode 38: Problem solving courts

Episode description:

What are problem solving courts and how do they contribute to the criminal legal system?

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NIJ's Multisite Adult Drug Court Evaluation

Problem-Solving Courts: Fighting Crime by Treating the Offender

Episode 37: Food justice/sovereignty

Episode description:

What is the food justice/sovereignty movement?

Links:

Global Food Security Index 2022

Jubille Climate Farm

Student Project on Mapping Food Justice for Dr. Case Watkins' class

Episode 36: Digilantism

Episode description:

What (and who) are digital vigilantes (digilantes)?

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Who Scams the Scammers?

Ethical Scambaiting?

Introducing Digital Vigilantism

Episode 35: Pig butchering and cyberslavery

Episode description:

We explore the sophistication of pig butchering scams the the link to labor trafficking.

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How to Avoid Falling for a Pig Butchering Scam

Hundreds of Thousands Trafficked to Work as Online Scammers in SE Asia

Episode 34: Chemical Castration

Episode description:

What is chemical castration and how often is it used with convicted sex offenders?

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Chemical Castration for Sexual Offenders: Physician's View

Episode 33: Pornography Age Verification Laws

Episode description:

Why are pornography websites blocked in some states, including Virginia?

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Online Age Verification Laws Could Do More Harm Than Good

Episode 32: Dirty Harry Ethics Part 2

Episode description:

Go ahead. Make my day. Is Dirty Harry a bad cop or vigilante?

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Dirty hands and Dirty Harry: Can a code of ethics clean up the police?

Episode 31: Dirty Harry Ethics Part 1

Episode description:

Do you feel lucky punk? What is'Dirty Harry' ethics?

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Dirty Harry Ethics

Episode 30: Nuclear Disasters

Episode description:

In this episode, we discuss some of the major nuclear meltdowns and the relationship between nuclear power and justice.

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Chernobyl: Assessment of Radiological and Health Impacts (2002)

Episode 29: Bail and pretrial detention

Episode description:

What are some concerns with bail and pretrial detention in the U.S.?

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Prison Policy Initiative - Research on Pretrial Detention

Happy Birthday to JUST a minute!

This week marks one year since we first began recording the podcast! Thank you to all of our listeners, our community for topic suggestions, and JMU Media Libraries Jenna Polk & Zach Williams. 

Find out more about the making of our podcast here.

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Episode 28: International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Episode description:

Why has South Africa taken Israel to the ICJ?

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International Court of Justice

Episode 27: Rawls' Theory of Justice

Episode description:

Who is John Rawls and what did he say about justice?

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The Philosophy of John Rawls

Episode 26: Probation and Parole

Episode description:

What is the difference between probation and parole?

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Probation and Parole as Punishment

Episode 25: Paraphilias

Episode description:

What are paraphilias and paraphilic disorders?

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Paraphilic Disorders – American Psychiatric Association

Episode 24: Private Prisons

Episode description:

Are the concerns over private prisons in the U.S. justified?

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Private Prisons in the United States

Episode 23: Christmas Toys
Episode 22: Native Americans and the FBI

Episode description:

In this episode, we explore the relationship between Native Americans and the FBI on the heels of the Indigenous Peoples Day celebration and release of 'Killers of the Flower Moon.'  

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Largely forgotten Osage Murders Reveal a Conspiracy against Wealthy Native Americans

COINTELPRO plot to destroy the American Indian Movement (AIM)

Episode 21: Gender depictions in comics

Episode description:

What are conspiracy theories and why do people believe them?  

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Female superhero representation in comics

In 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' the women are a force to be reckoned with

Episode 20: Conspiracy Theories

Episode description:

What are conspiracy theories and why do people believe them?  

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Why some people are willing to believe conspiracy theories

People drawn to conspiracty theories share a cluster of psychological features

Episode 19: Satanic panic

Episode description:

Happy Halloween! What is the satanic panic?  

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Episode 18: Psychopathy

Episode description:

Are you a psychopath? Probably not!  

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A broader view of psychopathy

Episode 17: Jails/prisons

Episode description:

What is the difference between jails and prisons?  

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Episode 16: Dark tourism

Episode description:

Step right up! What is dark tourism? What are dark destinations? 

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Episode 15: Victimization

Episode description:

We explore the concept of victimization as an area of study in this episode.

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NCVS

Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice

Episode 14: What is state crime?

Episode description:

Join us as we oversimplify a complex issue in the spirit of keeping our episodes under 30 minutes!

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United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention

Malaysian Airlines Flight 17

Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: A Case Study of State-Corporate Crime

Episode 13: True crime

Episode description:

Are you a "crime junkie?" A "murderino?" We explore the ethics of true crime in this episode.

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Are you an ethical true crime fan?

Episode 12: Serial Murder

Episode description:

What is serial murder?

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FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units

Episode 11: Fast fashion

Episode description:

What is fast fashion and how is it harmful? 

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What is Fast Fashion

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Episode 10: Stand your ground

Episode description:

What is the castle doctrine? What are stand your ground laws?

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Stand Your Ground Laws Are Proliferating. And More People Are Dying (Reveal)

The Dangerous Expansion of Stand-Your-Ground Laws and its Racial Implications (Duke Center)

Episode 9: Plea bargaining

Episode description:

This episode focuses on plea bargains, which is when a defendant agrees to plead guilty and avoid a trial in exchange for concessions from the prosecutor.

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2023 Plea Bargain Task Force Report

Episode 8: Police brutality
Episode 7: Climate justice

Episode Description:

What is climate justice?

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Episode 6: Mass murder prevention Part 2

Episode Description:

How do we prevent mass murder? 

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Free Off-Ramp Trainings for School and Workplace Violence 

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Episode 6: Mass Murder Prevention Part 1
We completely failed in getting this one under 30 minutes and we still didn't cover everything!
Episode 5: What is a vigilante?
Episode 4: What is mass murder?
Episode 3: What is solitary confinement?

Episode Description:

What is solitary confinement and how it is used in jails and prisons in the U.S?

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Episode 2: Ocean trash and justice

Episode Description:

What is distributive, environmental, and procedural justice? How does it relate to ocean trash?

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Episode 1: What is Criminology?

Episode Description:

What is criminology? What are some of the misperceptions about the discipline?

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Introduction

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