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
Episodes
What are the global costs of trafficking in wildlife?
What is the age crime curve in criminology?
How is coercive control a risk factor for family annihilation?
Does rehabilitation work?
Does rehabilitation work?
In this episode, we discuss some of the critical concerns from the global community in access to clean and safe water.
We're back after the holidays with an episode on the get tough era and associated politics!
What should you consider before gifting a puppy this Christmas?
What is Interpol and how does it work?
What is gerrymandering and how does it impact our democracy?
What is the ICC and what is their role in global justice?
Happy Halloween!
We are celebrating Halloween month with a two-part episode on supervillains and horror movies.
We are celebrating Halloween month with a two-part episode on supervillains and horror movies.
We expand on the paraphilic disorders episode with a discussion of necrophilia.
In this episode, we break down superhero vigilante representation in pop culture.
How did these nurses assist in groundbreaking research that helped save my mother's life?
In this episode, we explore some of the more famous vigilante representations in popular culture.
What are some key concerns with deciding to become a whistleblower?
What are problem solving courts and how do they contribute to the criminal legal system?
What is the food justice/sovereignty movement?
What (and who) are digital vigilantes (digilantes)?
We explore the sophistication of pig butchering scams the the link to labor trafficking.
What is chemical castration and how often is it used with convicted sex offenders?
Why are pornography websites blocked in some states, including Virginia?
Go ahead. Make my day. Is Dirty Harry a bad cop or vigilante?
Do you feel lucky punk? What is'Dirty Harry' ethics?
In this episode, we discuss some of the major nuclear meltdowns and the relationship between nuclear power and justice.
What are some concerns with bail and pretrial detention in the U.S.?
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.
Why has South Africa taken Israel to the ICJ?
Who is John Rawls and what did he say about justice?
What is the difference between probation and parole?
What are paraphilias and paraphilic disorders?
Are the concerns over private prisons in the U.S. justified?
In this episode, we ruin Christmas toys for our listeners.
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.'
What are conspiracy theories and why do people believe them?
What are conspiracy theories and why do people believe them?
Happy Halloween! What is the satanic panic?
Are you a psychopath? Probably not!
What is the difference between jails and prisons?
Step right up! What is dark tourism? What are dark destinations?
We explore the concept of victimization as an area of study in this episode.
Join us as we oversimplify a complex issue in the spirit of keeping our episodes under 30 minutes!
Are you a "crime junkie?" A "murderino?" We explore the ethics of true crime in this episode.
What is serial murder?
What is fast fashion and how is it harmful?
What is the castle doctrine? What are stand your ground laws?
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.
What is police brutality?
What is climate justice?
How do we prevent mass murder?
We completely failed in getting this one under 30 minutes and we still didn't cover everything!
How do we define vigilantism?
How do we define mass murder? What are family annihilators and workplace avengers?
What is solitary confinement and how it is used in jails and prisons in the U.S?
What is distributive, environmental, and procedural justice? How does it relate to ocean trash?
- Listen to Episode 2: Ocean trash and justice
- Advancing Ocean Justice (Ocean Conservancy)
- U.N. agrees high seas treaty to protect ocean life (Washington Post)
- Environmental justice impacts of marine litter and plastic pollution (United Nations)
What is criminology? What are some of the misperceptions about the discipline?
- Listen to Episode 1: What is Criminology?
- Criminology and the Idaho murders (NY Times)
- CSI Effect (Cornell Law School)
