Crime

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The new Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, which opened in February 2023, was built to detain thousands suspected gang members.
Marching Back to the Past: Militarism in El Salvador
The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.
A Woman Scorned?
Cover of The Anatomy Murders by Lisa Rosner
The Anatomy Murders
A U.S. Coast Guard sailor stands guard over more than 40,000 pounds of Latin American cocaine seized in 2007 and valued at around $500 million.
The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drug Trafficking
Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff stands before an image of her mentor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula).
South America’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Wakes: Brazil’s 2010 Election
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh.
A Question of Power, Not Sex
Jaycee Dugard was found in August, 2009 18 years after her abduction. While most child abductions by strangers do not end so well, historian Paula Fass points out that stranger abductions comprise only a small percentage of child kidnapping cases even though they receive the lion's share of media attention. Fear over stranger abductions has grown in the United States since the 19th century, and often results more from general fears about society than the actual safety of individual children.
Child Kidnapping in America
Drawing/wood engraving of the state capitol of Illinois at Springfield.
Can Illinois Again Lead by (Bad) Example?
The West Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair, also known as "Old Sparky."
The Truth About Capital Punishment: It’s Inherently Cruel
The historic Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.
Marcus Dixon or Strom Thurmond: Which Is the Predator?
A 1960s photo of a hallway inside the Philadelphia County Prison.
Have We Learned Nothing About Prisons?