About the Podcast
Hosts:
Dr. Taimi Castle is a Professor of Justice Studies and Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at JMU. She is the mother of two panther knights: Sir Davos & Sir Brienne.
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: Jenna Polk & Zachary Williams
Music: Nick Branson
Suggest a topic or say hello!
Email: gandhicenter@jmu.edu
Instagram: @gandhicenterjmu
X/Twitter: @JUSTaminutepod
Episode 19: Satanic panic
Episode description:
Happy Halloween! What is the satanic panic?
Links:
QAnon Revives the Satanic Panic
QAnon and the Rebirth of the Satanic Panic in the Digital Age
Episode 18: Psychopathy
Episode 17: Jails/prisons
Episode description:
What is the difference between jails and prisons?
Links:
Mass Incarceration 2023
Episode 16: Dark tourism
Episode description:
Step right up! What is dark tourism? What are dark destinations?
Links:
Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre
Episode 15: Victimization
Episode description:
We explore the concept of victimization as an area of study in this episode.
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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!
Links:
United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention
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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Episode 12: Serial murder
Episode description:
What is serial murder?
Links:
Serial Killer Statistics – Radford/Florida Gulf Coast Database
Episode 11: Fast fashion
Episode description:
What is fast fashion and how is it harmful?
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Episode 10: Stand your ground
Episode description:
What is the castle doctrine? What are stand your ground laws?
Links:
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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Episode 8: Police brutality
Episode Description:
What is police brutality?
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Episode 7: Climate justice
Episode Description:
What is climate justice?
Links:
Episode 6: Mass murder prevention Part 2
Episode Description:
How do we prevent mass murder?
Links:
Episode 6: Mass Murder Prevention Part 1
Episode 5: What is a vigilante?
Episode Description:
How do we define vigilantism?
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Episode 4: What is mass murder?
Episode Description:
How do we define mass murder? What are family annihilators and workplace avengers?
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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?
Links:
- Administrative Segregation in US Prisons (NIJ)
- Mental Health Issues in Confinement (Crime & Delinquency)
Episode 2: Ocean trash and justice
Episode Description:
What is distributive, environmental, and procedural justice? How does it relate to ocean trash?
Links:
- 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)
Episode 1: What is Criminology?
Episode Description:
What is criminology? What are some of the misperceptions about the discipline?
Links:
- Criminology and the Idaho murders (NY Times)
- CSI Effect (Cornell Law School)
Introduction
