Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach

Philippines · Michael Braun, PhD

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Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach highlights the social-ecological aspects of everyday life and its relevance to crime.

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Strategies For Change
8 Aug· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This podcast discusses strategies for change to reduce violence in the United States.
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Why Doesn't Deterrence Work?
3 Aug· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This podcast explores why deterrence doesn't work to reduce crime.
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Are We Soft On Crime?
1 Aug· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This podcast explores the relationship between severity of punishment and crime rates.
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What's Race Got To Do With It?
29 Jul· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This episode explores the impact race has on poverty and details the role work, welfare, and housing discrimination had on current wealth and disparity of Black Americans.
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Why Aren't People Working?
25 Jul· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
We discuss the reasons why people aren't working and the kinds of jobs they get when they do.
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The Jobs Problem
22 Jul· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This episode explores the problems with how the US measures the official unemployment rate.
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Why are we here?
5 Jul· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This podcast explores why it's important to understand the social context of crime.
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Crime and Society: An introduction
2 Jul· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This is the first lecture in a podcast series explaining the contextual issues that give rise to crime in communities.
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Welfare: Myths and Realties
14 Oct 2020· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This episode explores the myths about welfare in the United States and the results of the mid-90s welfare reform (PRWORA).
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Poverty and Inequality in the US and the World
26 Sep 2020· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
In this episode we compare poverty in the United States to the rest of the world.
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Poverty: Myths and Realities
19 Sep 2020· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This episode explains three main myths about poverty in the United States.
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How many people are struggling with poverty in the US and how do we know?
12 Sep 2020· Criminology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
This podcast examines how many people are struggling with poverty in the United States, how we calculate that number, and whether the numbers provide us an accurate assessment of the reality of poverty in the US.
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