https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/public/ recent bookmarks from matthewmcvickar 2018-12-01T23:08:19+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/27/style/what-is-inside-this-internet-rabbit-hole.html matthewmcvickarWhere does this strange empire start or stop?]]> amazon business crime https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:29e720996e0c/ 2018-09-20T07:24:52+00:00 http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/true-crime-ethics.html matthewmcvickarThe “true-crime boom” of the mid- to late 2010s is a strange pop-culture phenomenon, given that it is not so much a new type of programming as an acknowledgement of a centuries-long obsession: People love true stories about murder and other brands of brutality and grift, and they have gorged on them particularly since the beginning of modern journalism.]]> crime culture https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:0b67d718e37a/ 2018-04-10T19:25:24+00:00 https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/larry-krasner-philadelphia-da/ matthewmcvickarKrasner’s mass incarceration memo outlining criminal justice reforms is a dream come true.]]> activism crime law prison jail police https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:d9f723c878e4/ 2016-11-30T17:47:32+00:00 http://theweek.com/articles/642568/biggest-crime-waves-america-isnt-what-think matthewmcvickar america crime economy https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:61d7e34584d8/ 2015-11-21T07:26:36+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/a-matter-of-black-lives/399386/ matthewmcvickarSince 1980, more than 260,000 black men have been killed in America. Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, is on a crusade to stop the killing.]]> racism america history crime https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:8a8b2f91418c/ 2013-11-24T19:23:53+00:00 http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/30393216796/what-happens-to-stolen-bicycles matthewmcvickarBike thievery is essentially a risk-free crime.]]> crime economics theft https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:5bc29797f3eb/ 2013-07-18T20:44:00+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/on-the-killing-of-trayvon-martin-by-george-zimmerman/277773/ matthewmcvickarAn intelligent, self-interested observer of this case, who happens to live in Florida, would not be wrong to do as George Zimmerman did—buy a gun, master the finer points of Florida self-defense law, and then wait.]]> crime racism america history https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:a8fcde8205f1/ 2013-03-02T19:52:01+00:00 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Unsuccessful-Plot-to-Kill-Abraham-Lincoln-187172301.html?c=y&story=fullstory matthewmcvickarOn the eve of his first inauguration, President Lincoln snuck into Washington in the middle of the night, evading the would-be assassins who waited for him in Baltimore.]]> history crime America https://instapaper.com/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:669aa902b47a/ 2012-03-28T10:48:41+00:00 http://nplusonemag.com/raise-the-crime-rate matthewmcvickarAbolishing prisons and releasing all the prisoners would amount to a deregulation of criminal punishment. 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In high finance, the laissez-faire approach has proved to be a disaster; for petty crime, it would be a boon.]]> crime ethics politics prisons https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:a95c159c318b/ 2011-12-11T03:27:28+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/opinion/for-29-dead-miners-no-justice.html?hp matthewmcvickar business government crime corporations https://instapaper.com/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:6e18089621b6/ 2011-01-11T06:09:16+00:00 http://www.csgv.org/issues-and-campaigns/guns-democracy-and-freedom/insurrection-timeline matthewmcvickar crime politics guns history https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:145ca0863f9c/ 2010-12-12T08:01:01+00:00 http://thechicktionary.com/post/2136937727/julian-assange-captured-by-worlds-dating-police matthewmcvickar cablegate assange wikileaks rape sex crime society feminism misogyny https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:ef93cfddeee0/ 2010-06-30T10:55:08+00:00 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/12/071112fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all matthewmcvickar crime psychology https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:e120ac59f442/ 2010-06-25T00:15:40+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/magazine/13dogfighting-t.html?pagewanted=all matthewmcvickar society animals family psychology america crime children https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:763ddcf3aded/ 2009-03-15T04:03:53+00:00 http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=all matthewmcvickar crime story history security diamonds theft heist https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:fc71d7bedcb4/ 2008-06-29T04:11:10+00:00 http://harpers.org/archive/1929/06/0013929 matthewmcvickar society psychology crime culture https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:4429942076f5/ 2008-03-28T19:37:45+00:00 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759 matthewmcvickar culture crime npr nyc people society audio https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:8799ca3dd309/ 2007-12-10T19:46:37+00:00 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean's_Eleven_(2001_film)#Cons_described matthewmcvickar movies trivia crime https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:cb86e913a7ef/ 2007-05-24T15:56:52+00:00 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3839 matthewmcvickar mafia mob law crime https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:418d87861bc1/