“What bothers me about being one of the few is that we keep becoming fewer.” – John Farnam Last week the world lost Dr. William Aprill to a brain tumor. If you had the honor to train with William you’ll understand the void that now exists. His research and presentations on the criminal mind were [...]
"No one is going to be digging my bullets out of anyone's back." - John Farnam This week a news story from 2017 was being recycled over social media, spurring a whole new round of outrage and irresponsible commentary. Of course, few can be bothered to look at the dates of stories they re-post, but [...]
As a person who uses and benefits from the internet, I curse it daily. The web was a new thing when I started teaching; then it wasn't something most had access to, or used for commerce and communication. Students still called to get signed up - checks were written and sent in by mail - [...]
[Part 3 of the post-Ferguson series] “We each only get a piece of the elephant” – Massad Ayoob Ask anyone who works in the judicial system and they’ll tell you that witness testimony is completely unreliable. People rarely see what they think they see and are prone to filling in the gaps where memory fails [...]
