Crime and punishment: what are prisons for?
Crime is currently in the news even more than usual, following numerous high profile events that took place during the summer months. In July, we heard detailed revelations of the illegal activities of...
View ArticleCan extra judicial killing ever be just?
This year has seen the killing of three wanted men, all active in politics in their own peculiar ways: Osama bin Laden of al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, the Islamist internet preacher based in Yemen, and...
View ArticleAnders Breivik: Narcissist. Murderer. Insane?
The case of Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Oslo and the island of UtØya in July 2011 is unusual, to say the least. Not only were the killings horrific in their calm and calculated brutality,...
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