tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post7322903284880117390..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: Rethink thatTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-63967971710114263352011-11-09T20:20:05.438-06:002011-11-09T20:20:05.438-06:00Cash,
Wow. I'm impressed. I never realized t...Cash,<br /><br />Wow. I'm impressed. I never realized that a renowned criminologist from the University of Chicago was a central Nebraska native. Nothing quite like the Sandhills cranes at sunrise on the Platte at the Overton exit.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-17891599447384658492011-11-09T20:14:04.202-06:002011-11-09T20:14:04.202-06:003:24,
Good. There was just that one little refere...3:24,<br /><br />Good. There was just that one little reference to someone's personal quirk in there that bothered me enough to remove the comment. <br /><br />Oh, and I'm not mocking Edwin Sutherland, Marvin Wolfgang, or what's-his-first-name Becker. To some extent, I think all these theories of crime have some validity. But from my standpoint, the theory that I find most persuasive--and that leads to the clearest police intervention--is Routine Activities, from which the whole approach of situational crime prevention flows.<br /><br />2:56,<br /><br />Trust me, I forget my keys and my reading glasses ten time a day.<br /><br />I actually read that article. Believe it or not, I subscribe to Popular Science. The online edition, naturally. Good press relating to technology may be a function of effective PR as much as it is innovation. Good for Santa Cruz!Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-16680924266517922582011-11-09T19:50:58.088-06:002011-11-09T19:50:58.088-06:00Director,
Your 12:53 comments led me to google som...Director,<br />Your 12:53 comments led me to google some of the terms you used and click on your link THINKING. I have never taken any formal classes in Criminology but I have read a lot of the various textbooks and articles on the topic. <br /><br />I do a lot of reading. I don't want to get involved in a religious discussion but I am always amazed when I read the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. Our society may have access to high technology but the basic human problems have not changed in the past 3,000 years. Today we have drunk drivers but I imagine a few drunken Camel riders caused a lot of mayhem in Moses' time. Too much alcohol has been a problem for thousands of years. We still have thieves and murderers among us. You would think we would learn our lessons but it seems like each generation has to screw it up on their own.<br /><br />Gun NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-13716744326141963172011-11-09T19:13:34.160-06:002011-11-09T19:13:34.160-06:00Tom-I'm impressed. We're the same age and ...Tom-I'm impressed. We're the same age and went to the same school, yet all I can seem to remember is that the best dancing was at Little Bo's and Sweep Left was the first place in town to serve Miller Lite. I guess that's why you are where you are and I'm a salesman...... <br /><br />By the way, if you haven't seen it, the November Popular Science magazine has a great article on predictive policing in Santa Cruz. Sounds like they invented it but we all know better.<br /><br />256Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-25143905575120282972011-11-09T15:24:34.390-06:002011-11-09T15:24:34.390-06:00Didn't mean to mock anyone...sometimes as pare...Didn't mean to mock anyone...sometimes as parents we make decisions that make our children think we are mean. (From their perspective) I suppose I didn't need to add the HA HA...it really wasn't intended to be mocking or spiteful, I guess I should have signed it, a parent who cares for their child.<br /><br />Oh, by the way, isn't that last comment mocking someones theory?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-73532842385646163122011-11-09T14:37:54.375-06:002011-11-09T14:37:54.375-06:00Theories are like ...
Well, everybody has one.
S...Theories are like ...<br /><br />Well, everybody has one.<br /><br />Some pass muster...others just pass gas.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-79723796280386937242011-11-09T13:13:53.459-06:002011-11-09T13:13:53.459-06:0012:53,
Never blogged about it, but I had to endu...12:53, <br /><br />Never blogged about it, but I had to endure a few semesters of various criminal justice and sociology classes in the 1970's, when Sutherland's theory was in vogue, along with Wolfgang's subcultural theory, Becker's labeling theory, and so forth. I always tended towards the classic rationale choice theory, until Felson & Cohen's routine activities theory came along and pretty much crystallized my <a href="http://lpd304.blogspot.com/2008/11/theory-and-practice.html" rel="nofollow">thinking</a>.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-70641052658267030942011-11-09T12:53:36.950-06:002011-11-09T12:53:36.950-06:00Kind of off topic but Gun Nut's comment made m...Kind of off topic but Gun Nut's comment made me think of this; have you ever done a blog post on differential association? I learned about it during my CJ undergrad and it's remarkable the number of places in life that it appears to apply. Seems like a guy from Overton came up with the theory so it's always stuck with me.Cashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-25515077358799188122011-11-09T06:50:07.275-06:002011-11-09T06:50:07.275-06:006:41,
I thought it was mocking someone, and not m...6:41,<br /><br />I thought it was mocking someone, and not me, so after about 10 seconds, I sent it to the timeout room. You must be very quick!Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-64136641822363688092011-11-09T06:41:09.356-06:002011-11-09T06:41:09.356-06:00What happened to the last comment? Or did I imagi...What happened to the last comment? Or did I imagine that?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-18266366943671939472011-11-08T20:51:32.226-06:002011-11-08T20:51:32.226-06:00Chief, I couldn't agree with you more.Chief, I couldn't agree with you more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-9673760477528147242011-11-08T14:10:41.232-06:002011-11-08T14:10:41.232-06:00Looking back choosing friends is probably one of t...Looking back choosing friends is probably one of the most important decisions a person can make.<br /><br />Gun NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-21943914492091807912011-11-08T09:00:09.613-06:002011-11-08T09:00:09.613-06:00In my day, we feared what our parents would do to ...In my day, we feared what our parents would do to us more than what the law would do if we got caught doing something. It didn't always stop us, but I'll guarantee you our parents weren't likely to believe us before they would a police officer. It's not that they had no faith in us, but they realized the police were the good guys, not the enemy.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.com