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= Evaluate an Article- White Collar Crime =


 * Is everything relevant?
 * Comparing how other countries deal with white collar crime may not be relevant. Every country deals with its crime and criminals differently.
 * Was there anything distracting?
 * Explaining what other crimes are was distracting. I get why they did it, but if I was a random person looking up white collar crime, I would not care about other crimes.
 * Was there any out of date information?
 * The examples are not terribly out of date, but there could be some newer ones.
 * Is there anything that could be added?
 * I think it would be interesting to have information on white collar criminal who did not serve any jail/prison time.
 * What else could be improved?
 * There could be an explanation under the “relationships to other types of crime” heading to explain what they are doing.
 * Explain that there are different types of white collar crimes.
 * Is the article neutral?
 * yes
 * Do any of the claims seem biased?
 * no
 * Sources
 * There are a mix of time periods.

= Public Criminology Notes =


 * better explain the criticisms of public criminology
 * better examples and more explanations of them
 * add the source for one of the points under criticisms

Current Public Criminology Project
Criticism plan and draft text

Project
Despite these widespread calls for public criminology, many criminologists have voiced concerns regarding the challenges facing the emerging discipline. Uggen and Inderbitzin highlight the structural disincentives towards practicing public criminology including concerns about the "out-left political agenda of many public sociologists... which is a perceived retreat from scientific standards and methods, and the perception that public sociology is ineffectual as organized and practiced." Within even the definition of public criminology there have been differing opinions on what public criminology should aim to do: should it be aimed at policy change; should it be aimed at informing the general public about criminological issues; or should it be focused on the underlying socioeconomic process that shape criminal justice? Criminologists like Paul Rock have voiced concerns regarding criminologists lack of experience in policy making, as well as questioning the integrity of public criminology if it is to be subject to the political spectrum. In contrast, criminologist Emma Bell takes issue not with public criminology itself but with the system under which it would operate. Emma Bell believes that in order for a public criminology to be effective it must shed light to the problematic criminal justice system itself.

In addition, many scholars have struggled with the best ways to reach the public in a meaningful way. Criminologists Carrie Sanders and Lauren Eisler found it hard to engage the public when they opened a college course on criminology up to the public. Public criminologists have also taken issue with how little criminologists engage in news reporting. Daniel Crépault acknowledges that while criminological news and research is frequently reported, it is often being picked through to serve a partisan agenda and then reported by non-criminologists. In a similar way, anthropologistSindre Bangstad recognizes social media as an easy way to perform public scholarship, but worries that the soul of academic disciplines who so engage will be lost in the vast sea of information.

Despite these widespread calls for public criminology, many criminologists have voiced concerns regarding the challenges facing the emerging discipline. Uggen, Christopher and Inderbitzin highlight the structural disincentives towards practicing public criminology, including concerns about the "out-left political agenda of many public sociologists... which is a perceived retreat from scientific standards and methods, and the perception that public sociology is ineffectual as organized and practiced.[3]" Within even the definition of public criminology there have been differing opinions on what public criminology should aim to do: should it be aimed at policy change;[5] should it be aimed at informing the general public about criminological issues; or should it be focused on the underlying socioeconomic process that shapes criminal justice?[18] Criminologists like Paul Rock have voiced concerns regarding criminologists lack of experience in policy making, as well as questioning the integrity of public criminology if it is to be subject to the political spectrum. Rock addresses the public misconception of victim precipitation as victim blaming.[5] In contrast, criminologist Emma Bell takes issue not with public criminology itself but with the system under which it would operate, believing that in order for public criminology to be effective it must shed light to the problematic criminal justice system itself.[18] Criminologist Kenneth Land argues there are limited resources for public criminology to ideally reach the public, outside of the academic territory. He states that there are few chances to study and learn about public criminology outside of the academic area. Land stresses his concern that there are few employment opportunities for public criminology in regard to staying employed and staying relevant for a full-time career. Criminologist Daniel Mears writes that there is little evidence to support the need for public criminology research. He believes that research should not be publicized. He relates public criminology to political dimensions and with wrong information given to the public, it can create a political backlash.

In addition, many scholars have struggled with the best ways to reach the public in a meaningful way. Criminologists Carrie Sanders and Lauren Eisler found it hard to engage the public when they opened a college course on criminology up to the public.[19] Public criminologists have taken issue with how little criminologists engage in news reporting. Daniel Crépault acknowledges that while criminological news and research is frequently reported, it is often being picked through to serve a partisan agenda and then reported by non-criminologists.[20] In a similar way, anthropologist Sindre Bangstad recognizes social media as an easy way to perform public scholarship but worries that the soul of academic disciplines who engage will be lost in the vast sea of information.[21] Others, like French Sociologist Loïc Wacquant, believe that the "public" label of public criminology, is nothing more than an American sideshow and a hindrance on the debate on knowledge and politics, and also confuses professional politics with normal citizen life. It is important to acknowledge the critiques and differing viewpoints when studying the field within public criminology to fully understand what it is.