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Interview Archives: Crime
Thursday May 17, 2012, 10:06 AM
Cybersecurity
Jay Kesan, J.D., Ph.D., H. Ross & Helen Workman Research Scholar Director, Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law, College of Law, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
President Obama has declared that the cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation. But, University of Illinois Law professor Jay Kesan says the public is more concerned about the loss of internet freedoms. Is there a policy that can address both concerns? Jay Kesan will be out guest and we’ll look at what government is doing to guard against cyber-attacks both in terms of protecting the country from attack and punishing successful hackers.
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Categories: Crime • Technology • Internet
Wednesday April 25, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con
Amy Reading, Ph.D., Writer
Host: David Inge
Con men rely on one thing: victims who are ashamed of having been conned won't report the crime. But Frank Norfleet was not a man to go quietly. He was a prosperous Texas rancher who lost everything in a stock swindle. And he decided to get even. Over a four year period he traveled the country hunting down the men who had cheated him, eventually sending them to jail and becoming famous in the process. Amy Reading shares the story of Frank Norfleet and his reverse-con, the subject of her book "The Mark Inside."
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Categories: Crime • History • United States history
Thursday June 23, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Mirage Man: Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War
David Willman, Investigative Journalist; Pulitzer Prize-winner, 2001; Journalist, Washington Bureau, The Los Angeles Times
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Crime
Tuesday January 04, 2011, 11:06 AM
Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age
Adrian Johns, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Chicago; Prize Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History • Crime • Entertainment • History • Politics • Europe • United Kingdom
Tuesday September 07, 2010, 10:06 AM
Current Events in Mexico
Sam Quinones, Author and Award-Winning Journalist; currently Journalist with the LA Times
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Crime • Government • Politics • North America • Mexico
Wednesday August 25, 2010, 11:06 AM
Denial: A Memoir of Terror
Jessica Stern, Ph.D., Policy Consusltant on Terrorism; Serves on the Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Behavior • Crime • Health • PTSD
Tuesday July 20, 2010, 11:06 AM
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment
Mark A.R. Kleiman, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy, and Director Drug Policy Analysis Program, University of California at Los Angeles
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Crime • Criminal Justice • Community Corrections • Incarceration • Parole • Government
Tuesday April 27, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s March 2010 Report: "Patriot" Groups, Militias Surge in Number in Past Year, and Militias in the News
Mark Potok, Director, Intelligence Project, Southern Poverty Law Center
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Civil Rights • Crime • Government • Law • Terrorism • Hate Groups/Militias
Monday April 19, 2010, 11:06 AM
Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet
Joseph Menn, Award-Winning Journalist currently covering cybersecurity and technology issues for the Financial Times
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Business and Economy • Crime • Technology • Internet
Friday April 02, 2010, 11:06 AM
Is Bullying Increasing, or Finally Being Taken Seriously ?
Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Behavior • Children and Parenting • Crime • Education • Health • Mental Health • Psychology
