Scams Series
New Documentaries on the Latest Scams
While action-adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, crime, and animated films may rule at the box office, documentaries have been growing in popularity on online platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Max, and Amazon. Especially popular are true crime documentaries, featuring the latest investigation, legal ins and outs, and story of a tragic victim.
Now, two films I developed in this genre have joined this true crime category in a big way. They both feature scams and have interviews with victims, scammers, investigators, and lawyers who are part of this true crime world.
Media & Press Releases
FACEBOOK’S PROBLEM OF TOO MANY ADS
I recently wrote a series of articles on the problems with using Facebook and published them in a book WHAT’S WRONG WITH FACEBOOK: THE GROWING PROBLEMS OF FACEBOOK WITH SELFIES, SCAMS, AD FAILURES AND FRAUDS.
I thought I had covered all the major problems, but when I talked about my book with my banker, I discovered another serious problem I left out – too many ads in their feed that is turning off users and leading many to leave the platform.
And if users are angry about seeing too many ads, that’s also a problem for advertisers, since not only can users leaving reduce their target market for viewing their ad, but many users are trying to hide or avoid seeing their ads.
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