Scams Series
A New Black Market for Selling and Buying Stolen Facebook Groups
Facebook and other social media account holders have another thing to worry about. Their Facebook groups and their account can be stolen, and then it can turn up for sale on the black market. And the owners of accounts on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and...
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
What’s Wrong with Facebook: A New Privacy Settlement and a New Book on Facebook’s Problems
Facebook has evolved from a...
Immigration Reform
Department of Justice Stats Show that Illegal Immigrants Commit More Crimes
Some newly released stats show that illegal immigrants really do commit more crimes, despite liberal claims that they commit less. That liberal claim may be true for older illegals who really are less likely to be criminals, just as crime declines generally for older...
The Opioid Crisis
Considering the Death Penalty to Solve our National Opioid Crisis
Today America is suffering from a drug crisis that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, affected millions more, and cost the economy many billions for the costs of interception, incarceration, medical treatment, and lost wages. The worst of the problem is due...
The Citizen-Police Divide
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE GROWING CITIZEN-POLICE DIVIDE
Why There Is a Wrong Perception about the Number of Shootings of Citizen By Cops The Real Number is Much Lower Today, there is an apparent uptick in the number of fatal shootings of citizens by cops. However, as discussed in my book Cops Aren’t Such Bad Guys, this...
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