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Ambert, A-M (2015.). Family violence, abuse and neglect in changing families: Relationships in context (3rd Canadian ed.). Toronto: Pearson.
A very systematic analysis of research findings on violence in families. The chapter deals with themes such as dating and courtship violence, verbal and physical abuse, child sexual abuse, and sibling violence.
Benforado, Adam. (2015). Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice. New York, NY: Broadway Books.
Benforado is a law professor who explores the ways in which the criminal justice system fails to uphold our social values. Through an array of practical solutions, Benforado offers solutions to this broken system.
Cullen, David. (2009). Columbine. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
On April 20, 1999 Columbine High School faced an atrocious massacre. In this telling story, Cullen dictates two stories: one about the perpetrators leading up to the shooting and the other about the devastating aftermath.
Forman, James. (2017). Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.
In the 1970s, America’s Criminal Justice began a ‘war on crime’ that saw it locking up a disproportionate number of black people. In Locking Up Our Own, DC defendant, James Forman, offers a historical analysis of this punitive system and how we might be able to reform the system to make it more just.
Pfaff, John. (2017). Locked In: The True Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group.
Pfaff looks at incarceration in America. He explores where the system lost its humanity and where we have an opportunity to create further justice.
Stevenson, Bryan. (2014). Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. New York, NY: Spiegel & Grau.
Stevenson is a lawyer who offers equitable legal services to those in greatest need. His story is one of compassion and by extension an attempt to reform a justice system into one that can exercise empathy in how it treats its delinquents.
Vigil, J.D. (2010). Gangs, poverty and the future. In G. Gmelch et al. (Eds), Urban life: Readings in the anthropology of the city (5th ed.) (pp. 232–242). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
The author examines urban street gangs in the context of impoverished neighborhoods where Chicanos and other ethnic groups are concentrated in Los Angeles. How street gangs emerge as a consequence of marginalization, destabilization, and fragmentation of people’s lives are explored. A good primary reading about street violence.
Robbins, R.H. (2014). Peasant protest, rebellion, and resistance. In Global problems and the culture of capitalism. Toronto: Pearson Education.
This chapter examines how people’s movements beginning with non-violent protests turn into violent confrontations. Examples from Malaysia, Kenya, and Mexico are given in the discussion. The author argues that it would take a major overhaul of the world economy to reverse the concentration of agricultural wealth in few hands which becomes the genesis of rebellion and protest.
Recommended Videos
ISIS: The Start of World War III? David Icke http://youtu.be/HK5ZAapfylQ
This YouTube documentary presents interesting connections between the newly established ISIS and a possible Third World War.
I was human trafficked for 10 years. We can do more to stop it | Barbara Amaya | TEDxMidAtlantic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_kXuQHZmWs
Barbara Amaya was a run-away child addicted to heroin. She found herself on the streets of Washington, quickly swept up into the human trafficking industry. Now she is an anti-human-trafficking advocate, writer and journalist.
Dirty Money is a Netflix TV series that traces corporate crimes. Each episode looks at a different white-collar crime and provides an in-depth look into the major corporations involved.
Amanda Knox: https://www.netflix.com/title/80081155
In this documentary, Amanda Knox tells her story of being wrongfully accused of the murder of her roommate in Italy. She considers how evidence can be distorted to fit the pre-conceived ideas of who is guilty in the eyes of the justice system.
Recommended Websites
Prison Policy: https://www.prisonpolicy.org
The Prison Policy Initiative is a not-for-profit that provides research and resources that outline the social harm of mass incarceration.
The American Civil Liberties Union: https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/racial-profiling
Despite entering a “post-racism” era, injustices still exist in the policing system based on race. The American Civil Liberties Union has been working for 100 years on combating these injustices in the judicial system.
Ending Violence: http://endingviolencecanada.org/about-us/
Ending Violence is a not for profit organization that hopes to provide aid and resources to those experiencing gender-based violence in Canada.
White Collar Crime Cheat Sheet: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-white-collar-crimes-cheat-sheet.html
This article provides an easy to use ‘cheat sheet’ on better understanding the various forms of white-collar crime. The article explores check fraud, ‘pump and dump’ scamming, off-shore trading, insider trading, and money laundering.
What is Human Trafficking: https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/human-trafficking/
In this article, part of the broader mandate of Anti-slavery, activists against human trafficking explore the concept at large. They touch on the various aspects of human trafficking including what it involves, the difference between smuggling and trafficking, and statistics on human trafficking around the world.