Comments for Critical Justice http://criticaljustice.org critical examination of criminal and social justice Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Sociology vs. Criminology by Bruce Nicometo http://criticaljustice.org/?p=315&cpage=1#comment-455 Bruce Nicometo Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:21:31 +0000 http://criticaljustice.org/?p=315#comment-455 Sociology is a disciple that has application to all fields of study. Criminal actions are not purely psychological in nature and may be influenced by social forces. To exclude sociology from criminal justice studies would be a shame. Sociology is a disciple that has application to all fields of study. Criminal actions are not purely psychological in nature and may be influenced by social forces. To exclude sociology from criminal justice studies would be a shame.

]]> Comment on Criminal turned criminologist John Irwin dies by Verana Tamara Wallis http://criticaljustice.org/?p=241&cpage=1#comment-397 Verana Tamara Wallis Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:27:23 +0000 http://criticaljustice.org/?p=241#comment-397 My most memorable professor has died! I am in such pain–what a stellar individual he was, my heart goes out to his family –his lovely wife and children. He was such an amazing individual...so few people evolve, but Dr. Irwin did; he was the epitome of the renaissance man. America, Canada, the world is so much less now that his voice has been silenced. John Irwin had such a profound effect on me... I always meant to tell him... but never got around to it. I graduated from SFSU in 1991. I spoke to my uncle about him less than two months ago. My uncle was a Bank robber and turned his life around, although not as impressively as Dr. Irwin- of him ...I looked in my computer documents and found I have the file entitled "John Irwin" dated Jan. 2, 2010 this was the first time I ever looked him up on the internet... I just found out he died the very next day...Coincidence? perhaps... there are those who say there are no coincidences.... Bless you John Irwin, I shall remember you always. Great thinker, Great Scientist, Great Criminologist, great human being..... leading voices of prison reform...I am sorry I did not tell you how much you affected me. My most memorable professor has died!
I am in such pain–what a stellar individual he was, my heart goes out to his family –his lovely wife and children. He was such an amazing individual…so few people evolve, but Dr. Irwin did; he was the epitome of the renaissance man. America, Canada, the world is so much less now that his voice has been silenced.
John Irwin had such a profound effect on me… I always meant to tell him… but never got around to it. I graduated from SFSU in 1991.
I spoke to my uncle about him less than two months ago. My uncle was a Bank robber and turned his life around, although not as impressively as Dr. Irwin- of him …I looked in my computer documents and found I have the file entitled “John Irwin” dated Jan. 2, 2010 this was the first time I ever looked him up on the internet…
I just found out he died the very next day…Coincidence? perhaps… there are those who say there are no coincidences….

Bless you John Irwin, I shall remember you always.
Great thinker, Great Scientist, Great Criminologist, great human being….. leading voices of prison reform…I am sorry I did not tell you how much you affected me.

]]> Comment on Cartels Face an Economic Battle by Fred Evil http://criticaljustice.org/?p=91&cpage=1#comment-3 Fred Evil Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:07:59 +0000 http://criticaljustice.org/?p=91#comment-3 Simple. You want to hamstring the Mexican cartels overnight, and provide AMERICAN farmers with a real cash crop? LEGALIZE CANNABIS! After a 40 year 'War on Drugs' NO ONE can say it has had ANY affect, can they? If they think it's done ANYTHING, they either work for it, or are so prohibition-minded they can't see the forest for the trees. NO, drugs aren't good for you, but prohibition is WORSE. 26 MILLION Americans used cannabis last year. With only 3 million prison beds, where does the DEA and ONDCP propose we put them all, if we managed to 'win' the 'War on Drugs?' WHERE? Bottom line is the WoD is UNWINNABLE. We CANNOT win the WoD. So instead of trying our darndest to flush 26 million Americans lives away, perhaps we ought to recognize the futility of this 'War' and think about reaping some tax money from an industry we CAN NOT make go away? Pragmatism works best, when your idealism fails. Stop oppressing nearly 10% of the American populace. STOP making the Mexican Cartels richer through the ignorance and futility of the DEA and ONDCP. They've failed, but they will NEVER admit it! Simple. You want to hamstring the Mexican cartels overnight, and provide AMERICAN farmers with a real cash crop?

LEGALIZE CANNABIS!

After a 40 year ‘War on Drugs’ NO ONE can say it has had ANY affect, can they? If they think it’s done ANYTHING, they either work for it, or are so prohibition-minded they can’t see the forest for the trees.

NO, drugs aren’t good for you, but prohibition is WORSE.

26 MILLION Americans used cannabis last year. With only 3 million prison beds, where does the DEA and ONDCP propose we put them all, if we managed to ‘win’ the ‘War on Drugs?’ WHERE?

Bottom line is the WoD is UNWINNABLE. We CANNOT win the WoD.

So instead of trying our darndest to flush 26 million Americans lives away, perhaps we ought to recognize the futility of this ‘War’ and think about reaping some tax money from an industry we CAN NOT make go away?

Pragmatism works best, when your idealism fails.

Stop oppressing nearly 10% of the American populace. STOP making the Mexican Cartels richer through the ignorance and futility of the DEA and ONDCP. They’ve failed, but they will NEVER admit it!

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