John
Jay in the Media
is an e-publication of the Office of Marketing and Communications that
informs the campus community about the impressive coverage that our
faculty, staff, students and alumni frequently receive in the media. The
newsletter includes links to highlights of John Jay College's media
coverage.
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KNX-AM • June 1, 2021
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KNX-AM Radio
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Professor
Robert McCrie discussed why there was a double digit increase in mass
shootings over the past year.
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WCBS-TV • June 1, 2021
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CBS Evening News With Norah O'Donnell
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Assistant
Professor Christopher Herrmann commented on the numerous mass shootings
on Memorial Day weekend and explained why there was a spike in gun
violence in 2020 and 2021.
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Bloomberg Television • June 1, 2021
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Bloomberg Markets
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Associate
Professor of Economics J.W. Mason's opinion on using direct payments
during economic crises was discussed.
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NewsNation • June 1, 2021
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NewsNation Prime
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Attorney
Dmitriy Shakhnevich, a constitutional law professor at John Jay,
explored the possibility of clemency for Rolf Kaestel, who is serving a
life sentence for robbing an Arkansas taco restaurant using a toy water
gun.
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WABC-TV • June 2, 2021
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Hackers breached several of MTA's computer systems in
April
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Adjunct
Professor John Bandler, who was written two books on cybersecurity,
discussed how the recent massive cyberattacks on the MTA is part of a
larger pattern of superpowers targeting America's major industries.
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WNYW-TV • June 2, 2021
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Good Day Wake Up
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Director
of John Jay's Research and Evaluation Center Jeffrey Butts explained
the 2020 NYS bail reform law and his research on the number of people
rearrested while awaiting trial.
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KNX-AM • June 2, 2021
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KNX-AM package
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Professor
Robert McCrie discussed how employees can identify signs of a mass
shooter as the nation faces an increase in workplace shootings over the
past year.
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WNYW-TV • June 2, 2021
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Good Day New York
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Director
of John Jay's Research and Evaluation Center Jeffrey Butts explained
the 2020 NYS bail reform law.
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KHNL-TV • June 2, 2021
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Hawaii News Now First at 4:30PM
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Assistant
Professor Christopher Herrmann discussed the factors involved in why there
are numerous mass shootings nationwide.
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WINS-AM • June 2, 2021
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1010 WINS-AM
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Assistant
Professor of Public Policy and attorney Adam Scott Wandt discussed how
the MTA defended itself against the recent hacker cyberattack.
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CNN International • June 2, 2021
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The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
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Assistant
Professor Christopher Herrmann discussed the factors involved in the
numerous mass shootings happening across America.
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WNPR-FM • June 2, 2021
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Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR)
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Associate
Professor of History Sara McDougall explained the history of royal
bastards, the subject of her book, "Royal Bastards: The Birth of
Illegitimacy, 800-1230."
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WXMI-TV • June 3, 2021
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Fox 17 Morning News
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Assistant
Professor Christopher Herrmann discussed the factors involved in why
there are numerous mass shootings happening across America.
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WRIC-TV • June 3, 2021
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8 News at 9AM
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Adjunct
Professor John Bandler, who was written two books on cybersecurity,
explained how the recent massive cyberattacks on the transit systems in
NY and MA is part of a larger pattern of superpowers targeting
America's major industries.
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WNYW-TV • June 3, 2021
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The 10 O'Clock News
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Assistant
Professor Christopher Herrmann discussed the factors involved in why
there are numerous mass shootings in NYC.
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WFYI-TV • June 4, 2021
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DW The Day
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Professor
of Sociology Lucia Trimbur discussed race-norming in the NFL—the racist
idea that Black patients have a lower level of cognitive functioning
than white patients—which served to disqualify Black players from
receiving compensation from concussions.
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Court TV (WFTX-DT5) • June 4, 2021
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Crime Time
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Adjunct
Assistant Professor and former NYPD Sergeant Special Assignment Dr.
Keith Taylor gave an in-depth interview on the nine-year-old driver
involved in a semi-truck head-on crash.
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WCBS-TV • June 6, 2021
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CBS Sunday Morning
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Academic
Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld
discussed how police training in the United States differs from
training in European nations.
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MSNBC • June 6, 2021
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The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
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Director
of John Jay's Research and Evaluation Center Jeffrey Butts debunked
bogus theories on the causes of violent crime and discussed how to
ensure public safety beyond policing.
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WNBC-TV • June 8, 2021
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News 4 New York at 7
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Assistant
Professor of Public Policy and attorney Adam Scott Wandt discussed the
privacy dangers Amazon's new internet network raises.
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WCPT-AM • June 8, 2021
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Radio clip from WCPT 820
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Assistant
Professor of Public Policy and attorney Adam Scott Wandt commented on
the success of an FBI worldwide investigation which used an encrypted
messaging app to identify criminal enterprises around the globe.
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WBZ-FM • June 9, 2021
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Radio clip from 98.5 The Sports Hub (WBZ-FM)
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Assistant
Professor of Public Policy and attorney Adam Scott Wandt commented on
the success of an FBI worldwide investigation which used an encrypted
messaging app to identify criminal enterprises around the globe.
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WHKT-AM • June 9, 2021
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Town Hall
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Assistant
Professor of Public Policy and attorney Adam Scott Wandt explained the
worldwide law enforcement investigation of a criminal cyber ring
involved in drugs, corruption, money laundering and conspiracy to
commit murder.
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Spectrum News NY1 • June 9, 2021
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Inside City Hall
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Associate
Professor of Political Science Susan Kang discussed the state of the
NYC mayoral and comptroller race.
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Court TV (WFTX-DT5) • June 11, 2021
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Crime Time
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Adjunct
Assistant Professor and former NYPD Sergeant Special Assignment Dr.
Keith Taylor analyzed and commented on the police's use of force and
use of restraint in an altercation with an armed individual.
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Court TV (WFTX-DT5) • June 11, 2021
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Crime Time
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Adjunct
Assistant Professor and former NYPD Sergeant Special Assignment Dr.
Keith Taylor emphasized how smartphone videos can incriminate suspects
in the case of a Las Vegas teen couple who filmed themselves admitting
to murdering the teenage girl's father.
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CBS Newspath • June 14, 2021
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CBS 8
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Warren
Eller, Chair of John Jay's Pubic Management Department, discussed the
mass shootings happening nationwide this year.
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CBS Newspath • June 14, 2021
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WKYT
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Warren
Eller, Chair of John Jay's Pubic Management Department, discussed the
mass shootings happening nationwide this year.
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WNYW-TV • June 14, 2021
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THE 5 O'CLOCK NEWS
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Professor
and former NYPD lieutenant Ralph Cilento commented on footage of police
Tasing a teenager in order to enforce a vaping ban.
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Bloomberg Radio Network • June 14, 2021
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Bloomberg Radio
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Manhattan
District Attorney candidate Lucy Lang, the former Director of the
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution, was profiled for her
progressive reforms in prosecution.
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NewsNation • June 15, 2021
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Banfield
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Professor
Emeritus Lawrence Kobilinsky discussed the weapons used in the double
murder of two members of the prominent Murdaugh family in South
Carolina.
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Bloomberg Quint • June 1, 2021
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The Covid Trauma Has Changed Economics-Maybe Forever
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Associate
Professor of Economics J.W. Mason explained why direct payments to
low-income households can be used in future economic downturns, as it
was during the coronavirus pandemic-related recession.
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Crime Report • June 1, 2021
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Does Science Still Matter at the Supreme Court?
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Assistant
Professor of Psychology and director of the Youth Law and
Psychology Lab at John Jay Emily Haney-Caron co-authored an
essay on the U.S. Supreme Court's April decision on Jones v.
Mississippi.
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Bloomberg News Online • June 1, 2021
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The Revolution Is Here to Stay
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Associate
Professor of Economics J.W. Mason was quoted for his comment on direct
payments to low-income households during economic crises.
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WABC-TV Online • June 2, 2021
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Hackers breached several of MTA's computer systems in
April
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Adjunct
Professor John Bandler, who was written two books on cybersecurity,
explained how the recent massive cyberattacks on the transit systems in
NY and MA and the world's largest meat supplier, is part of a larger
pattern of hackers targeting America's major industries.
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University Business Online • June 3, 2021
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More than 250 colleges agree to Biden Vaccine Challenge
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John Jay
College has signed on to take the COVID-19 College Challenge, which
asks colleges to take three key actions to help get their campus
communities vaccinated: engaging every student, faculty, and staff
member; organizing their college communities; and delivering vaccine
access for all.
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Crime Report • June 3, 2021
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Don't Defund Police, Spend More on Training
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Department
Chair and Professor Maria Haberfeld discussed how police training
academies in the United States differ from other democratic nations.
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World Magazine Online • June 3, 2021
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No keeping the peace
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Professor
Peter Moskos attributed the rise in gun violence last year to the death
of George Floyd and nationwide protests.
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Our Town • June 4, 2021
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Eli's Final Chapter
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Copyright 2021 Our Town.
All Rights Reserved.
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Former
Professor of History Eli Faber passed away from pancreatic cancer in
April 2020. His last book and his conviction on writing it was
explored. It is about the case of George Stinney, a fourteen-year-old
black teen who was accused of and executed by electric chair for
murdering two white girls in South Carolina in 1944.
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Nepali Times • June 4, 2021
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Bonhams cancels auction of Nepali antiquities
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Professor
of Art Crime Erin Thompson commented on the black market in stolen
Nepali religious objects, after France's Bonhams withdrew five
600-year-old stolen Nepali statues from an ongoing auction.
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Federation for the Humanities and Social
Sciences • June 4, 2021
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The Discrimination against Black Co-ops
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Professor
of Community Justice and Social Economic Development Jessica Gordon
Nembhard gave a presentation on the economic sabotage of Black co-ops.
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Indoor Voices Podcast • June 7, 2021
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Episode 61: The urban optimism of Sunnyside Gardens
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John Jay
librarian and historian Jeffrey Kroessler, a Sunnyside Gardens
resident, discussed his new book “Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and
Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb.”
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Honolulu Civil Beat • June 7, 2021
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When Should Police Bodycam Footage Be Released?
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Adjunct
Lecturer, former prosecutor and NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell commented
on Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm's decision not to release
any police body camera evidence until he's made a charging decision.
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ABC News Online • June 7, 2021
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Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that
way?
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Alissa
Marque Heydari, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan District
Attorney's Office and deputy director of the Institute for Innovation
in Prosecution, explained how the pandemic spurred incarceration
reforms.
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City Limits • June 9, 2021
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Advocates Urge NYC to Ban Criminal Background Checks for
Apartment Applicants
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The John
Jay College Institute for Justice & Opportunity supports the
passage of the Fair Chance for Housing Act, which would bar landlords
and brokers from conducting criminal background checks on prospective
tenants, a barrier to housing for the formerly incarcerated and their
families.
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Law360 • June 9, 2021
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How The Manhattan DA Hopefuls Stack Up On Financial
Crime
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Manhattan
District Attorney candidate Lucy Lang, the former Director of the
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution, explained her plan to tackle
fraud and other financial malfeasance arising from the pandemic.
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The Chief • June 11, 2021
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Mayor's Rikers Island Fantasy
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Adjunct
Assistant Professor and former NYC Department of Correction Assistant
Deputy Warden Marc Bullaro wrote a letter to the editor criticizing the
move to end punitive segregation in NYC jails.
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Hyperallergic • June 13, 2021
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The Met Will Repatriate Two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Professor
of Art Crime Erin Thompson commented on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's
plan to repatriate two brass plaques from its collection, part of the
group of West African artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria.
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Greenfield Recorder • June 14, 2021
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DA, sheriff join 'Beyond Big Cities' national initiative
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The
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal
Justice recently launched the Beyond Big Cities initiative, which aims
to to promote innovative practices in prosecutors' offices in non-urban
communities.
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TheNiche • June 14, 2021
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US to return two stolen Bronze pieces to Edo Museum
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Professor
of Art Crime Erin Thompson commented on the Metropolitan Museum of
Art's plan to repatriate two brass plaques from its collection, part of
the group of West African artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes, to
Nigeria.
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The Markup • June 14, 2021
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Why Is Ransomware on the Rise?
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Assistant
Professor of Public Policy and attorney Adam Scott Wandt explained how
to stop ransomware attacks.
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The New Yorker Online • June 14, 2021
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The Rise of Black Homeschooling
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Associate
Professor of Public Policy Heath Brown, author of “Homeschooling the
Right: How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State,” explained
the history of the homeschooling movement.
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The Wall Street Journal • June 15, 2021
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Will Crime Keep Rising? Not Necessarily
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Professor
Emeritus Barry Latzer explained why the spike in violent crime may be
an aberration rather than a new trend.
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The News Gazette • June 15, 2021
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Scott Reeder | Police interrogation tactics must embrace
truth
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Psychology
Professor Saul Kassin discussed the Illinois Legislature's new bill
prohibiting police from using deceptive methods during interrogations
of juveniles. Assistant Professor of Psychology Emily Haney-Caron
explained why juveniles are particularly vulnerable during
interrogations.
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NowPlaying Nashville • June 15, 2021
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Music and Spirituality: Live Concert and Talk
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Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Music Noé Dinnerstein will host a live concert
and talk on Jul 29th at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. He will be performing Hindu
and Muslim devotional songs, Indian classical raga performance on
sitar, and Buddhist inspired secular songs from Ladakh and Tibet.
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Davis Vanguard • June 15, 2021
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Plans to Reshape Manhattan DA Have Current Prosecutors
on Edge
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Alissa
Marque Heydari, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan District
Attorney's Office and deputy director of the Institute for Innovation
in Prosecution at John Jay, explained what the proposed budget cuts to
the Manhattan District Attorney's Office means.
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