Crime and Punishment

When one has a past profession and a new one, there is the opportunity for those worlds to collide.  And so it has happened.  My decades as a professor of criminology have met my current world as a nonprofit executive.  But the cause for the intersection is nothing to celebrate.  

In the aftermath of a criminal conviction, as the judge is weighing sentencing options, victims, their family and friends, are allowed to testify or have statements read about the impact of Read more