The Top 10 Myths about the Virginia Tech Massacre

There have been some very strong reactions among the American citizenry, not to mention the South Koreans who feel a collective sense of guilt (needlessly) about Cho's Virginia Tech murders and suicide. The expected calls for stricter regulations and the finger-pointing emerged immediately while relatives, friends, and fellow students grieved for their lost ones. But who is offering real solutions? Are most people thinking rationally, considering the facts, at this stage?

Henry Lee Lucas, America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Henry Lee Lucas's life is chilling to the bones like cold wine on a winter night. As a child, he was abused by his mother who was a hooker and made Lucas witness her escapades with her 'clients.' She hated her child Lucas for reasons unknown.

David Berkowitz - the Son of Sam

David Berkowitz, America's notorious serial killer called himself ‘Son of Sam’. He confessed to six killings and wounding many others but police estimate his killings to be much more than six. He was born to Betty Broder and Joseph Klienman, with whom she had an affair while married to Tony Falco. David Berkowitz’s original name was Richard David Falco.

How to Grow a Soldier

The ingredients necessary to grow children into adults willing to do violence to other human beings. As a person with both behavior management expertise and over three decades in the martial arts, I may have a slightly different perspective than the average person does. Let's put a completely fictitious society together designed to increase violence in their children to the point where they are willing to kill other human beings.

Internet Crimes Against Children - A Growing Threat

The Internet can be the most wonderful and dangerous place for children to play. In spite of all of the warnings by the media and police agencies, the problem seems to be growing. Just about everyone of the articles and documenteries addressing this problem come up with the same solution - parents! They need to get much more involved with what their children are doing while surfing the web.

Imprisonment - What is the Point?

Imprisonment in modern society is on the increase, therefore certainly a topic worth writing about. Punishment is depicted as an intense collective phenomenon driven by irrational forces. It was seen as rituals expressing the furious moral outrage of the group against those who had violated its sacred moral order.

An Insane Criminal Justice System

To this day, the definition of insanity comes from the M'Naghten Rules [1843]. To prove legal insanity it is necessary to show that, 'the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not to know he was doing what was wrong.'

Gateway Drugs On The Rise In Charlotte Schools

Charlotte, North Carolina has a reputation as an affluent banking community where southern hospitality still exits, and a gentile lifestyle pervade. Of course, Charlotte Schools are also trying to educate one of the larger city populations in the country. So it depends on who you ask whether or not a recent report on increased drug use among school age children in Charlotte Schools is a shock or not.

Crime and Corruption Update

We need to change society's view of corruption and instill in them the knowledge that they can do something constructive about putting a stop to it. Investigate the possession of property disproportionate to a person's present or past known sources of income or assets.

Now That The Shoe Is On The Other Foot

The carnage that happened at Virginia Tech was horrific, but it pales in comparison with what is taking place in Iraq on a daily basis.

Prison Ministry - The Challenge

Recent newspaper headlines reported that the number of inmates in our corrections facilities now exceeds 2 million. You may be one of over 2,000,000 families who have become spectators and victims as the criminal justice system pulls us into an irreversible web of shame, hopelessness and futility. The trauma, tragedy, and heartbreak faced by these families are almost insurmountable. Parents approach the struggle with a mixture of guilt, lost pride, and fear.

Who Helps The Victims

Thousands of people around the world are becoming victims to these cyber crimes like Phishing, Identity theft, and Nigerian scams but what happens after these people become victims. When my wife and I became victims of a Nigerian scam with Identity theft wrapped into it very few if any offered us any type of assistance. Victims of crimes like these are being revictimized by local law enforcement, banks, and mortgage companies. The re victimization is after these people first become victims of one of these cyber crimes. It isn't the cyber crime that destroys these victims but instead it is because of the ignorance of local law enforcement.

Stuffing Envelopes Home Business Scam

How many companies could profit if they paid people $4 to stuff an envelope? Why would a company pay somebody to stuff envelopes when there are machines that can quickly stuff thousands of envelopes in a short period of time?

Gangland Chicago - The Historical Allure Of The 1920s

What is it about Chicago's notorious gangland 1920s that never fails to capture the national imagination?