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.
Videos
Books, Films, and Games on Scams
Books, Films, and Games on Scams features a series of books on scams that were turned into films and games on scams. One of the latest books is The Big Con, about a books to film scam, that was turned into Conned: A True Story...
Media & Press Releases
Author Gini Graham Scott Launches New Book Examining Facebook’s Decline & the Push for Social Media Regulation
Author and advocate Gini Graham Scott, PhD has launched her new book ” The Facebook Problem…And How to Fix It: Jury Verdicts, the Campaign Against Facebook, and Writing to Congress,” a timely examination of how Facebook has lost an entire generation of younger users while facing growing calls for federal regulation over its impact on children and teens.
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