Scams Series
New Film Features Victims of a Book to Film Scam Telling Their Stories
Once they had dreams of Hollywood fame. They believed they had a once-in-a-lifetime dream of having a big studio produce their film. They imagined red carpet introductions and film audiences worldwide seeing a dramatic film made from their book. Then, their fantasy...
Videos
I Was Scammed Series Released
If you, like the rest of America, watched The Tinder Swindler, then you have probably come to the same terrifying reaction: is this how easy it is to be scammed? Gini Graham Scott, America’s scam expert, was watching too, but she wasn’t surprised because she knows all about common scams just like Simon Leviev’s.
Media & Press Releases
Life Is Like a Card Game: How to Become a Better Player
Since I began creating card games about everyday life experiences, such as scams in Scamalot, and life in prison in Life Behind Bars and Love in Prison for ALB Games, I began thinking about how life is like a card game. We are dealt different hands to begin with, but...
Immigration Reform
Hispanics Commit More Violent Crime than Whites
While I have previously pointed out that blacks commit the most violent crimes , Hispanic still commit considerably more crimes than whites. Let me explain how I have reached this conclusion through a careful analysis of crime statistics.
The Opioid Crisis
How China Is Using the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers: An Approach that Works
Like Singapore, China has had a long history of capital punishment as a legal penalty for murder and drug trafficking, though unlike Singapore, China uses lethal injection or a gunshot. China executes more prisoners than any other country each year, in part because it...
The Citizen-Police Divide
WHAT HAPPENS TO A COP AFTER A POLICE SHOOTING
The Many Hearings a Cop Faces to Determine Guilt or Innocence Many citizens commonly think that the police are getting off easy after an officer shoots a citizen and is judged to not be at fault. While they attribute this result to a biased criminal justice system...
Author Paul Brakke is a scientist based in Central Arkansas. He became interested in studying the criminal justice system when his life was turned upside down after his wife was falsely accused of aggravated assault