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What’s your zombie apocalypse survival plan?”The question invites the liveliest discussions of the semester. I teach acourse on social movements in fiction and film at West Virginia University,where George Romero’s first film, “Night of the Living Dead,” is on thesyllabus. The film was groundbreaking in its use of horror as […]
Nightlife precincts in Australian cities have come under intense scrutiny inrecent years following a spate of “one punch” assaults and other incidents.Places like Sydney’s Kings Cross, Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley and Perth’sNorthbridge have been framed as unsafe and unruly “problem spaces” – thekind of places that parents warn their teenage children […]
There has been a rise in global statistical initiatives that measure and rankcountries in terms of various aspects of the human condition. Some of themore prominent examples include the World Governance, the Global Peaceand the Corruption PerceptionsEach ranks countries according to a series of indicators, or a compositeindicator, and tracks […]
Just last week, the significance was given to Akon Guode, a mother whokilled three of her children after driving her car into a lake in Melbourne.The main reason for the 81⁄2 year sentence reduction was that the trialjudge had not sufficiently taken Guide’s major depression into account.While the circumstances of […]
All instances of criminal law-making (or promising) deserve scrutiny –especially if they raise concerns that politicians might be politicising the lawfor electoral advantage. However, it would be a mistake to assume this isthe only way criminal laws are made.We are part of a examining how, when and why criminal laws […]
This is very different from the law and order duties of the police. Theprinciple of minimum force is alien to a soldier. As the chief of SouthAfrican National Defence Force General Solly Shoke, recently stated, thearmy is trained to “skiet and donner” (“shoot and beat up”), The SouthAfrican government appears […]
The initial response to the recent deployment of the South African army toareas of Cape Town hit hard by gang violence evoked relief that peace andstability would be But this has been replaced with a much more nuancedview. Some community leaders claim the deployment has fallen well shortof . The […]
Their protest actions may make us feel uncomfortable, annoyed or worse.But it is important that the general public understands the reasoning thatunderpins civil disobedience and why this radical strategy is being deployedthis week.Law-abiding citizens are right to be concerned about others deliberatelybreaking the law to advance their social, political or […]
Geographic, cultural differencesConsidering that populations may be widely dispersed among urban areasand rural, remote and very remote areas, it’s reasonable to considerwhether these geographic and cultural differences impact how people viewthe role of punishment in the criminal justice system. To explore this, we examined data from 2004, 2008, 2011 and […]
The assassination of political figures in South Africa has a long and horriblehistory. That the practice has continued since the country became ademocracy is deeply disturbing.by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime between2000 and 2017 ranked one province in South Africa – KwaZulu-Natal –well ahead of the other eight […]
As students’ undergraduate careers come to an end, many are realizing that they will not meettheir goal of having a job lined up before graduation. For some, this may represent the veryfirst time they did not reach an important milestone they had set out to achieve. For thosewho will be […]
We are now in July, peak internship season. If you are interning this summer, now is a greattime to review your performance and success thus far. If you approach this process the rightway, hopefully you can parlay this internship opportunity into an offer of full-timeemployment after college graduation.To position yourself […]
The start of any new school year is the perfect time to develop yourself in new ways that willcontribute to your future success in life. Preparing for college in a thoughtful way is far moreinvolved than stocking up on dorm room essentials. As you get ready for your move toschool, […]
Fall semester is the time to organize your thinking; not only about your academics, but alsoyour career plan. Whether you’re a Freshman with the opportunity to thoughtfully approachcollege with a career in mind, a Senior who needs to get serious about the job search, or astudent somewhere in between – […]
For students in the midst of Fall Semester, as well as graduates targeting employmentopportunities, it’s vital to consider the kinds of skills that will increase employability.Students must think intentionally about how academic work needs to be coupled withtargeted skill-building outside the classroom to help them become job-search ready, andgraduates must […]
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