Puerto Ricans pays taxes but can't vote in Presidential Elections. While in Chicago, between 2006 and 2016, 199 dead voted from beyond the grave! So how does voting law really work in the United States?

Substance abuse and addiction are terrible for addicts health, and they're really tough on family and friends. Addiction also drives up the violent crime rate, and the rate of property crime. This week on Healthcare Triage, Aaron Carroll...

Elizabeth Loftus is a professor at the University of California, Irvine, specializing in the intersection of psychology and law. In this video, she focuses on the reliability of eyewitness testimony and its impact on wrongful convictions.

In 1921, John Augustus Larson invented a machine to help detectives determine if someone was telling the truth - or lying. He called it - the Polygraph.

In this program students will learn that the sixth amendment to the constitution guarantees the rights of people accused of a crime. Viewers will learn about those rights and how they protect citizens. Students will also learn how the...

As our understanding of the consequences of drug abuse has improved, so America’s relationship with drugs has changed. From Nixon to Trump, the so-called 'War on Drugs' has cost the US government billions – but will there ever be an end...

Can some forms of crime be effectively managed through the control of physical space? Painter and Farringtonês seminal Stoke-on-Trent street-lighting study suggests they can and Kate Painter explains how continuities and changes in the...

This Video Explains Common Defenses to Criminal Conduct

Many of us can probably remember hearing "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" playing in the background at some point while Cops was on TV for more than 30 seasons. The reality show was the...

Today I’ll talk about 4 of my favorite podcasts about crime, to help you prepare for this IELTS topic.







Crime is definitely something you should know how to discuss and think...

Hear a native group conversation about the pros and cons of true crime.

Impeachment is the process of removing the President from office. But what does it really take to get fired as Commander-in-Chief?

Phoenix, Arizona March 13, 1963 Police arrest Ernesto Miranda, a suspect linked to the kidnapping and rape of an 18-year old woman ten days earlier. In a police lineup, the victim identified Miranda as the attacker. For two hours,...

This Video Explains Types of Punishment for Criminal Activity

In this video, Elizabeth Loftus, a professor of psychology and law, discusses the intersection between psychology and the legal system, particularly focusing on the fallibility of eyewitness testimony and the prevalence of false...

Viewers will learn that the Fourth Amendment begins with the assumption that citizens have the right to live free from unreasonable interference from the government. Students will come to understand that the amendment provides...

Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions for teenage students

Law enforcement leaders from the E.U. and U.S. set out the challenges of pursuing cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers and their latest thinking on working with the private sector.

5 simple case studies to help students discuss and understand how deviance is socially constructed.

This video outlines Zimbardo's most famous experiment - the Stanford Prison Experiment - which has to be called off within a week because it proved to be too dangerous to continue.

Part one of the Magna Carta explains how William Marshal, first Earl of Pembroke, rode to Runnymede in 1215 to witness King John sign the Magna Carta and explains why the Magna Carta was needed

Examines the establishment of Roanoke in 1585; the successful settlement of Jamestown, Virginia; the roles of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan; the settlement of Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620; Plymouth Rock and the...

This Video Introduces Criminal Law

This is the introductory vide in this series on anti-money laundering basics for international employees. What is Money Laundering? Who is involved? Why is it done?