The Criminologist

This week we share our interview Dr. Lukas Carey, joining us all the way from Perth Australia! Lukas is host of his own podcast, Talking Time with Lukas and Alicia. He is a trainer, educator, teacher and academic who believes that a person's mistakes do not necessarily represent who they are. Lukas wants to use his own lived experiences to provide a voice for those people.

https://www.lukascarey.com.au/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1d_twLd7CdnDgS7amNpuQ

We welcome back friend of the program Dr. Jerrod Brown of Concordia University! Dr. Brown shares his amazing insight with us once again, this time looking at the issue of autism in the criminal justice system. Learn of the signs and symptoms of autism, the reasons why some persons with autism become involved in the CJ system, best practices for interviewing persons with autism in a criminal justice setting, and so much more!

MA Program: https://catalog.csp.edu/graduate/programs/human-services-emphasis-trauma-resilience-self-care-strategies-ma/

Grad Certificate: https://catalog.csp.edu/graduate/programs/trauma-resilience-cert/

The Criminologist channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1d_twLd7CdnDgS7amNpuQ

This week, we chat with Dr. Vincent Figliomeni joining us from his home in Calabria Italy! Learn of his unique pedigree which lead him from the University of Iowa, to the the US military, to his home country of Italy. Dr. Figliomeni shares some of his works with us, which have covered topics as varied as piracy off the coast of Africa, to his passion of Italian organized crime. Aspiring criminologist can learn so much from Vincent, as he has consistently leveraged his prior educational experiences to whatever his current passion project may be.

Publications: https://vcfigliomeni5.wixsite.com/mysite/publications

The Criminologist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1d_twLd7CdnDgS7amNpuQ

This week, we bring you another inspiring story of one's journey into and out of criminality. Brian Pierce, member of mensa, shares his journey from a small town in Minnesota, to correctional facilities in his home state, to Georgia as well. His experiences in those jails and prisons, to his milestone of law school graduation, are all highlighted in this episode. Brian's pathways into and out of crime are not typical, but exemplify that the process is rarely linear. Enjoy this saga of growth and resilience!

We love promoting the themes of desistance from crime on this program, which is why we are so thrilled to be bringing you the insights of one of the world's leading thinkers on the topic. Dr. Fergus McNeill, University of Glasgow, has been behind some incredibly innovative initiatives in his career. From the ground breaking documentary, The Road From Crime, to his Distant Voices project, Dr. McNeill is never satisfied with the status quo as to our approaches around crime and reintegration. Get a glimpse into the future of what our correctional and rehabilitative efforts may look like moving deeper into the 21st century.

Distant Voices: https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/

The Road from Crime: https://vimeo.com/45631057

Pervasive Punishment: https://www.amazon.com/Pervasive-Punishment-Making-Sense-Supervision/dp/1787564665

Many of us learned most of what we know as to the mafia and organized crime from sources such as The Godfather movies or The Sopranos TV show. Hear from a true subject matter expert on the topic as we speak with Dr. Anna Sergi, Senior Lecturer from the University of Essex. How close are the Five Families of New York still linked with the Italian Mafia? How has the secrecy around organized crime factored into our understanding of this topic? These and so many other intriguing topics covered in this myth busting episode of #thecriminplogistpodcast.

Publications: https://essex.academia.edu/AnnaSergi

Global Initiative Against Org Crime: https://globalinitiative.net/experts/anna-sergi/

From Mafia to Organized Crime: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319535678

'Ndrangheta: The Global Dimensions of the most powerful Italain mafia: http://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319325842

After such a fantastic response to our recent interview with Brad Bogue, in which we re-examined the sanctity of the Needs Principle, we decided to go back and highlight portions of that episode. Brad speaks of how Low Self Regulation and Social Support are critical in the change process for justice involved individuals...and human service clients in general. Are we asking too much of practitioners who abide by the Risk-Need-Responsivity model? Would it behoove us to get really good at one thing, rather than "just OK" at several tasks? And what would that look like moving forward? Listen and learn my friends!!

Self Care strategies for the Helping Professional are covered in Part 3 of our three part series with Dr. Jerrod Brown. Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue are one of many relevant topics discussed in the final segment of this trilogy with Dr. Brown. Listen and learn of some important yet simple things we can all do to address the cost of doing business for many practitioners.

https://online.csp.edu/academics/master-of-arts-in-human-services-trauma-resilience-self-care-strategies/

Dr. Jerrod Brown: [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1d_twLd7CdnDgS7amNpuQ

Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is highlighted in Part 2 of our three part series with Dr. Jerrod Brown of Concordia University. Whether your are in the field of Criminal Justice or the array of other helping professionals, you need to be aware of and learn more as to trauma informed care. Trauma is the rule rather than the exception with justice involved individuals. This is a great start to augment your human capital around this very important topic.

On-line MA from Concordia University in Human Services: Trauma, Resilience and Self-Care. https://online.csp.edu/academics/master-of-arts-in-human-services-trauma-resilience-self-care-strategies/

Dr. Jerrod Brown: [email protected]

The Criminologist channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1d_twLd7CdnDgS7amNpuQ

This week we welcome Dr. Craig Waleed to the podcast! Learn of his incredible journey from the New York penal system to the world of academia and publishing! Dr. Waleed is passionate about disrupting the community to prison pipeline and reducing post-incarceration recidivism. Hear about his experiences from Sing Sing prison to his current role as a mentor, coach, and a participant of panel discussion, workshops, podcast guest and so much more!

https://www.amazon.com/Prison-Promise-Chronicle-Healing-Transformation/dp/B08F6JZ2QB

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1d_twLd7CdnDgS7amNpuQ