Crime | US Represented

by Rose Gilbert
March 21, 2016
in Analysis, Opinion, Perspective for Hire
tags Crime, Environment, Fukushima, Justice, Kuratong Baleleng, Mafia, Opinion, Rose Gilbert, yakuza
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Helping or Hurting? Organized Crime’s Role in Times of Distress

by Rose Gilbert
March 21, 2016
in Analysis, Opinion, Perspective for Hire
tags Crime, Environment, Fukushima, Justice, Kuratong Baleleng, Mafia, Opinion, Rose Gilbert, yakuza
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Whether or not people want to admit it, organized crime has and will continue to meet a need in society, often during the most desperate times. In Japan, for instance, organized crime has been known as the “yakuza.” This tight-knit, secretive organization is the Japanese version of the Italian Mafia. They operate by strict ethical standards, much like the Samurai, a collection of feared Japanese warriors who practiced Bushido, a rigorous military code of moral conduct that emphasized self-discipline, courage, and loyalty.

by Jenny Reid
November 15, 2015
in Analysis, Opinion
tags Analysis, Crime, Domestic Violence, Jenny Reid, Justice, PTSD, restraining order, stalker, stalking
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The Unseen Observer

by Jenny Reid
November 15, 2015
in Analysis, Opinion
tags Analysis, Crime, Domestic Violence, Jenny Reid, Justice, PTSD, restraining order, stalker, stalking
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In America, most stalking cases don’t even make it to trial. Often, the victim can’t or won’t go to the authorities. In other cases, the victim asks the law for help, but the authorities are either unable or unwilling to intervene. Sometimes, the stalker can’t even be found. In worst-case scenarios, the stalker eventually takes action. This occurred in rapid-fire succession recently in Ohio when two women were brutally murdered by stalkers. On March 25th, 2013 in Toledo, 20-year-old

by Michael Allison
September 4, 2015
in Analysis, Opinion
tags Court, Crime, felon, Justice, Michael Allison, NAACP, Politics, prison, The Sentencing Project
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Felons and the Vote

by Michael Allison
September 4, 2015
in Analysis, Opinion
tags Court, Crime, felon, Justice, Michael Allison, NAACP, Politics, prison, The Sentencing Project
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In the Digital Age, a felony conviction will follow an offender for the rest of his life and will continue to be stapled to every job application he fills out. Convictions are public record, and anyone can access this information from any of a dozen websites that provide the particulars about the offense committed, the current status of the offender, and in some cases the offender’s current address. During the application

by Brittany Everett
July 13, 2015
in Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Perspective for Hire, Weekly Features
tags Brittany Everett, Colorado, Crime, Domestic Violence, Justice, Memoir, Perspective for Hire, PTSD, Weekly Features
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Reaching Back to Help

by Brittany Everett
July 13, 2015
in Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Perspective for Hire, Weekly Features
tags Brittany Everett, Colorado, Crime, Domestic Violence, Justice, Memoir, Perspective for Hire, PTSD, Weekly Features
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I remember the first day I met Josh at a friend’s house in Colorado. He never seemed to care about anything going on around him, or anyone, for that matter. His lack of compassion appalled many, yet somehow it appealed to me. His infectious laugh could fill a room. He was an intense person with a dark and mysterious energy. I was attracted to him. On the outside, he appeared fun-loving and pleasant, but

by Mike Yordy
March 22, 2015
in Analysis, Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing
tags Colorado, Colorado Springs, Crime, Mike Yordy, Odessa, Russia, Russian Mafia, Supermax, Ukraine, vor v zakone
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American Hospitality, Russian Style

by Mike Yordy
March 22, 2015
in Analysis, Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing
tags Colorado, Colorado Springs, Crime, Mike Yordy, Odessa, Russia, Russian Mafia, Supermax, Ukraine, vor v zakone
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A few friends and I show up to a nondescript storefront on the corner of a busy intersection surrounded by food chains and major corporations. Waiting in anticipation for the store to open, we organize our reading material and discuss our plan for the day. Between the three of us, we’ll pour through several Russian-language newspapers, eat food unique to the area, talk with the shop owners and their guests,

by Mike Yordy
March 2, 2015
in Analysis, Perspective for Hire, Weekly Features
tags Analysis, Crime, Justice, Mike Yordy, Moscow, Perspective for Hire, Politics, Russia
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Boris Nemtsov’s Untimely Death and the Ongoing Threat to Dissidence in Russia

by Mike Yordy
March 2, 2015
in Analysis, Perspective for Hire, Weekly Features
tags Analysis, Crime, Justice, Mike Yordy, Moscow, Perspective for Hire, Politics, Russia
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Early in the morning of February 28th, Moscow time, unknown assailants gunned down Boris Nemtsov – physicist and strong supporter of liberal democratic reforms – on a popular bridge just down the hill from the Kremlin and Red Square. This is the same bridge where, in 1993, Boris Yeltsin positioned tanks in an attempt to prevent communist hardliners from overthrowing the government. Nemtsov was a smart, brash, and pugnacious individual.

Tag Crime

Helping or Hurting? Organized Crime’s Role in Times of Distress

The Unseen Observer

Felons and the Vote

Reaching Back to Help

American Hospitality, Russian Style

Boris Nemtsov’s Untimely Death and the Ongoing Threat to Dissidence in Russia