tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835Thu, 19 Aug 2021 05:53:38 +0000In The NewsSCOTUSCrimesPunishmentCorrectionsDeath PenaltyCrime as Political CapitalCorrectional-Industrial ComplexEconomic SociologyLaw EnforcementWhite-Collar CrimeThe ConstitutionWar on TerrorRacial IssuesWar on DrugsEducationGuns and ViolenceCultureAcademeCyber CultureJuvenile DelinquencyWar on PoorSuicideSmoke BreakSociology of StupidityPolitical SociologyYouTubeBig PharmaBig MediaPsychiatric-Industrial ComplexWar on CrimeCollective BehaviorForeclosure FraudMilitary CultureSentencingSurveillanceInvisible PunishmentsMedicalization of DevianceSociology of GenderThe PresidencyWar on ImmigrantsDon't Mess With TexasSociology of Entertainment'16 Presidential RaceCrime RatesImmigrationSociological PerspectiveFBI/UCRMoral PanicsSportsPrivatization PaeansThe 4th AmendmentMedia Coverage of CrimeStandardized Testing Gone WildThe Pharma Solution'12 Presidential RaceAthensQotDThe Second AmendmentSocial ControlTechnocorrectionsHousekeepingBloggingLas VegasSociology of HealthThe SyndicateBeauty and Body ImageCommunity CorrectionsCycles of GenerationsObituariesTotally Bats'08 Presidential RaceInequalitySociology of HumorConflict TheoryCrime PreventionDurkheimProbation/ParoleScienceTortureAging IssuesInterrogationLGBT IssuesRobberyWar on DrinkingReligionSocial-PsychologyThe 6th AmendmentUGA CommunityBooksBruhCriminal Justice ReformSexual AssaultThe 1st AmendmentAdministrative SegregationFrontlineO.J. (again)Social MediaSociology of the FamilySubstance-Abuse CounselingThe Outrage-Industrial ComplexCriminological TheoryWar on TruthWrongful ConvictionsEvolutionModern ProhibitionRehabilitationThe Porn IndustryBereavementCivil DisobedienceHomelessness and CrimeGang DelinquencyMarxResearch MethodologyThe InterwebsWar CrimesBoot CampsBureaucracyConcentration CampsDemographySociological GobbledygookStratificationDrankin'Faith-Based PrisonsIRS'20 Presidential RaceBig MedicineCollectivhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife BehaviorDebt Collector Bottom FeedersDemon RumIdentity TheftRussiaSpace The Final FrontierTreasonSocial Process and Social Facts in 21st Century Societyhttp://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Todd Krohn)Blogger1054125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-9009961476346439767Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:53:00 +00002019-06-26T11:53:36.180-07:00'20 Presidential RaceCorrectional-Industrial ComplexCorrectionsCrime as Political CapitalCrime RatesPunishmentRacial IssuesWar on DrugsWar on PoorJoe Biden and The Get Tough Reckoning: In September 1994, as President Bill Clinton signed the new Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act in an elaborately choreographed ceremony on the south lawn of the White House, Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat directly behind the president’s lectern, flashing his trademark grin. For Mr. Clinton, the law was an immediate follow-through on his campaign http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2019/06/lock-sobs-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-2145670243903829168Sat, 06 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +00002018-10-06T08:00:14.198-07:00SCOTUSSexual AssaultSociological GobbledygookSociology of EntertainmentThe ConstitutionWar on Drinking80's Movies Show Boys Had It Made, Girls Were The Joke: The top movie of 1982, by a wide margin, was “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” Steven Spielberg’s fantasy about a group of boys who try to get an alien back to outer space. Below it, at No. 5, was “Porky’s,” about a group of boys who try to have a lot of sex. It coasted on the pre-J.F.K.-assassination nostalgia that made huge hits of “http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/10/porkys-ii-lets-see-your-scotus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-5144052667805352001Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:05:00 +00002018-09-13T12:12:56.231-07:00Concentration CampsCorrectional-Industrial ComplexCrime as Political CapitalImmigrationMoral PanicsPrivatization PaeansWar on ImmigrantsNearly 13,000 Children Held in U.S. Concentration Camps: Even though hundreds of children separated from their families after crossing the border have been released under court order, the overall number of detained migrant children has exploded to the highest ever recorded — a significant counternarrative to the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the number of undocumented families http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/09/concentration-camp-update-fisher-price.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-406458391526290130Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:33:00 +00002018-09-13T13:37:25.859-07:00Guns and ViolenceSociology of StupidityThe Second AmendmentTotally BatsU.S. Wants Students to Learn Bleeding Control Methods for School Shootings: In a nod to the sad reality that shootings at the nation’s schools are far too prevalent, the United States government will award a $1.8 million grant to create a program to teach high school students proper bleeding-control techniques. The goal of the program, called School-Age Trauma Training, is “to enhance a http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/08/gross.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-2602983958065659325Fri, 10 Aug 2018 19:34:00 +00002018-08-14T13:21:51.143-07:00Death PenaltyDon't Mess With TexasDrankin'Sociology of StupidityThe ConstitutionNebraska Plans First Execution in 21 Years: Carey Dean Moore, who faces the death penalty next week for killing two taxi drivers in Omaha in 1979, has stopped fighting his looming execution. But his life may be extended by a German drugmaker that says it produced two of the drugs that are to be injected into Mr. Moore’s veins. Fresenius Kabi, one of Germany’s largest companies, has asked http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/08/nebraska-corn-hustle-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-1643938256820717633Sat, 04 Aug 2018 12:52:00 +00002018-08-04T05:53:44.742-07:00Crime as Political CapitalDeath PenaltyIn The NewsReligionThe ConstitutionPope's Death Penalty Ban Won't Stop Nebraska Execution, Catholic Governor Says: When Nebraska lawmakers defied Gov. Pete Ricketts in 2015 by repealing the death penalty over his strong objections, the governor wouldn’t let the matter go. Mr. Ricketts, a Republican who is Roman Catholic, tapped his family fortune to help bankroll a referendum to reinstate capital punishment, a measure the http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/08/execute-and-burn-in-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-471036403123984498Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:41:00 +00002018-07-05T11:41:43.907-07:00Concentration CampsConflict TheoryCorrectional-Industrial ComplexCrime as Political CapitalImmigrationIn The NewsWar on ImmigrantsSo, while the country was up in arms over the Trump administration's "crackdown" on migrants and their children coming over the border, sharper eyes were noticing the connection between this latest fracas, private detention companies, and Wall Street (because, as I've noted for more than a decade on this blog, ALWAYS follow the money): Many of the nonprofits, corporations and religious groups http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-scam-of-private-detention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-5015343744726958627Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:01:00 +00002018-06-22T11:01:13.493-07:00Concentration CampsCorrectional-Industrial ComplexCrime as Political CapitalInvisible PunishmentsPrivatization PaeansRacial IssuesWar on ImmigrantsOperating Concentration Camps for Migrant Children Extremely Lucrative: The business of housing, transporting and watching over migrant children detained along the southwest border is not a multimillion-dollar business. It’s a billion-dollar one. The nonprofit Southwest Key Programs has won at least $955 million in federal contracts since 2015 to run shelters and provide other services http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-billion-dollar-concentration-camp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-6487042099248096536Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:02:00 +00002018-06-21T14:02:00.652-07:00Crime as Political CapitalImmigrationPrivatization PaeansPunishmentTotally BatsWar on ImmigrantsTrump Caves on Separating Families At Border: President Trump caved to enormous political pressure on Wednesday and signed an executive order meant to end the separation of families at the border by detaining parents and children together for an indefinite period. “We’re going to have strong — very strong — borders, but we are going to keep the families together,” Mr. Trump said as he http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/06/down-at-border.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-302938968650869489Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:46:00 +00002018-06-19T10:46:05.545-07:00Correctional-Industrial ComplexCorrectionsImmigrationPrivatization PaeansPunishmentSafety Concerns Grow in Federal Prisons: As the shortage of correctional officers has grown chronic under President Trump — and the practice of drawing upon other workers has become routine — many prisons have been operating in a perpetual state of staffing turmoil, leaving some workers feeling ill-equipped and unsafe on the job, according to interviews and internal documents from the http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/06/death-by-budget-cuts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-7097570922324384337Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:51:00 +00002018-06-21T10:47:25.229-07:00Collective BehaviorDurkheimGuns and ViolenceSocial MediaSuicideSuicide Rates Continue Climbing Across The Nation: Suicide rates rose steadily in nearly every state from 1999 to 2016, increasing 25 percent nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday. In 2016, there were more than twice as many suicides as homicides. The figures were released two days after the death of celebrity designer Kate Spade. The New York Cityhttp://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-stealth-plague.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-3559546120085793149Wed, 30 May 2018 17:43:00 +00002018-05-30T10:46:41.789-07:00BruhGuns and ViolenceSociological GobbledygookSociology of EntertainmentThe 1st AmendmentActive Shooter Game Is Pulled After Outcry: The online game unfolds from the point of view of an attacker, aiming a weapon down a school corridor or throwing a grenade into an auditorium. The character creeps around corners and up staircases. Bullets spray, blood spatters. SWAT team members are shot dead. Civilians are splayed out on the floor. The game, Active Shooter, was scheduled to http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/05/video-games-and-school-shootings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-8837256793072169361Wed, 30 May 2018 17:12:00 +00002018-05-30T10:14:22.711-07:00Law EnforcementSCOTUSThe 4th AmendmentPolice Need Warrants for Driveway Searches: The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that police officers must generally have warrants to enter a home’s driveway in search of stolen vehicles. The question for the justices was whether the Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches, allowed this one. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the search was proper under “the automobile exception http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/05/get-off-my-lawn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-6615554426876700453Tue, 08 May 2018 19:11:00 +00002018-05-08T12:14:30.648-07:00Big PharmaDeath PenaltySuicideThe ConstitutionTotally BatsStates Turn to an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas. Hamstrung by troubles with lethal injection — gruesomely botched attempts, legal battles and growing difficulty obtaining the drugs — states are looking for alternative ways to carry out the death penalty. High on the list for some is a method that has never been used before: inhaling nitrogen gas. Oklahoma, Alabama and http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/05/experiments-in-bone-and-flesh-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-2264108539648243227Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:48:00 +00002018-04-02T09:48:04.155-07:00Correctional-Industrial ComplexCorrectionsPrivatization PaeansPunishmentSocial ControlWar on PoorWhen Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion: As commercial bail has grown into a $2 billion industry, bond agents have become the payday lenders of the criminal justice world, offering quick relief to desperate customers at high prices. When clients like Mr. Egana cannot afford to pay the bond company’s fee to get them out, bond agents simply loan them the money, allowing them to http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-extortion-of-bailbond-racket.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-4021769337838607521Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:00:00 +00002018-03-16T13:15:10.125-07:00Death PenaltyPunishmentThe ConstitutionTortureTotally BatsOklahoma Turns To Gas for Executions: Oklahoma announced Wednesday that after failing to obtain lethal injection drugs, it will seek to execute inmates on death row by asphyxiating them with nitrogen gas. If the plan is approved by state and federal authorities and courts, Oklahoma would be the first state to put prisoners to death using this method.  The state has 49 inmates on http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/03/laughing-gas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-7703036093309011517Tue, 06 Mar 2018 18:14:00 +00002018-03-06T10:14:41.136-08:00Death PenaltyPunishmentSCOTUSAre Some Inmates Too Old To Be Executed? The nation’s death rows are starting to look like geriatric wards. Condemned inmates in many states are more likely to die of natural causes than to be executed. The rare ones who are put to death often first spend decades behind bars, waiting. It turns out that executing old men is not easy. In November, Ohio called off an attempt to execute Alva http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/03/its-hip-to-be-silver.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-1959644564035964772Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:22:00 +00002018-02-19T12:27:30.524-08:00CultureCyber CultureCycles of GenerationsGuns and ViolenceThe Second AmendmentA Mass Shooting Generation Says Enough: This is life for the children of the mass shooting generation. They were born into a world reshaped by the 1999 attack at Columbine High School in Colorado, and grew up practicing active shooter drills and huddling through lockdowns. They talked about threats and safety steps with their parents and teachers. With friends, they wondered darkly whether http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-igen-moves-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-153030818038823859Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:54:00 +00002018-02-17T17:21:22.636-08:00Guns and ViolenceSociology of StupidityThe Second AmendmentTotally BatsGunfire Erupts At School. Leaders Offer Prayers. Children Are Buried. Repeat: Once again a nation sends thoughts and prayers, because it has happened once again. The flak-jacketed police storming an American school in lockdown. The anguished parents pressing against the police cordon, the morning’s hurried goodbyes suddenly precious. The assembled media unfolding camera tripods and chasing http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/02/thoughts-and-prayers-and-stfu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-2171031166123356968Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:07:00 +00002018-02-10T13:08:40.881-08:00Guns and ViolenceLas VegasLas Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery: Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old gunman who killed 58 concertgoers in Las Vegas last October in the worst mass shooting in modern American history, had not had a stroke, brain tumor or a number of other neurological disorders that might have helped explain his actions, a recent autopsy and examination of the remains of his brain showed. http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-happened-in-vegas-shouldnt-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-8387049200350567179Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:28:00 +00002018-02-02T12:28:00.300-08:00Guns and ViolenceThe 1st AmendmentThe Second AmendmentSchool Shooting Simulation Trains Teachers: Teachers across the country will soon be able to train for an active shooter on school grounds using a computer simulation that includes realistic details like gunfire, shattered glass and the screams of children. This vivid and realistic digital simulation was created by the federal government. It was modeled after a real school and includes 20http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/02/further-evidence-weve-surrendered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-6874416771123181877Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:24:00 +00002018-01-29T11:25:11.458-08:00Collective BehaviorEconomic SociologySexual AssaultSocial ControlSociology of GenderHow the Finance Industry is Cashing in on #MeToo: Accusations of sexual harassment have felled dozens of executives, but in one quiet corner of the financial world, the #MeToo movement looks like a golden opportunity. Companies that offer money to plaintiffs in anticipation of future legal settlements are racing to capitalize on sexual harassment lawsuits. That is setting off alarms in http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/01/me-three.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-4989291022007448194Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:45:00 +00002018-01-24T12:48:09.699-08:00Guns and ViolenceThe ConstitutionThe Second AmendmentTotally BatsWith Gunfire: On Tuesday, it was a high school in small-town Kentucky. On Monday, a school cafeteria outside Dallas and a charter school parking lot in New Orleans. And before that, a school bus in Iowa, a college campus in Southern California, a high school in Seattle. Gunfire ringing out in American schools used to be rare, and shocking. Now it seems to happen all the time. The scene http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/01/ringing-school-bell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-1381442799224736690Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:36:00 +00002018-01-08T11:38:07.283-08:00Crime RatesCrimesFBI/UCRLaw EnforcementThe U.S. Has Lower Crime: Does That Mean Fewer Police? With the close of the year, the tally was in: Crime was down in the 30 largest cities in the United States, and even a worrisome uptick in urban murders had subsided. More than two decades of safer cities has cleared the way for major changes in the nation’s criminal justice system: fewer prisoners, shorter sentences and more http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2018/01/should-lower-crime-less-police.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896723623714859835.post-2278484525846698072Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:12:00 +00002017-12-27T08:15:52.552-08:00Guns and ViolenceSuicideThe Second AmendmentThe Gun Lobby Is Hindering Suicide Prevention: In August 2006, my father fatally shot himself with a gun he pilfered from a friend’s bedroom. I wanted to do something positive in my mourning, so I went on a suicide-prevention walk organized by a nonprofit organization called the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Santa Monica, Calif. I was proud of my efforts and of my http://thepowerelite.blogspot.com/2017/12/suicide-prevention-and-gun-control.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0