Diane Dimond's New Site
There are some citizens who, in this season of Thanksgiving, believe America is going to hell in a handbasket. I am not one of them.
From my perch in the world of crime and justice I find more than 686-thousand reasons to be thankful. That’s the number of full-time law enforcement officers employed in the United States. 686,665 sworn officers, to quote the latest statistics, who go out every day to help keep us safe.
What do you think of when you hear the word “whistleblower?” Perhaps “tattletale” or “snitch” pop into your mind. Maybe the word conjures up the image of a person who, at great personal risk, comes forward to reveal illicit activity the public needs to know.
Either way, as you have likely noticed, the term whistleblower has been in the news a lot lately. [Read more…]
Here’s a word from the field of crime I’m betting you’ve never heard before: Hybristophilia. It is pronounced HIGH-briss-toe-feel-ee-uh and it is such an obscure word some dictionaries don’t even include it – yet.
Expert criminologists and mental health professionals define hybristophilia in a scientific way: a syndrome in which sexual arousal and attraction to another depends on having a partner known to have committed an outrage such as armed robbery, rape or murder. [Read more…]
Congresswoman Katie Hill didn’t have to resign, but she did. She had not been found guilty of sexual impropriety, although the House Ethics Committee had launched a formal investigation into whether the married California representative had engaged in an affair with a congressional staffer. [Read more…]
Remember the name Ed Stack. As the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, a chain of 727 stores nationwide, he has shown more leadership in trying to solve the nation’s gun violence problem than all the politicians in Washington combined. Stack, 65, is not just talking the talk, he’s walking the walk down the path of citizen involvement – even though it has cost his company dearly. [Read more…]
As odd as it might seem suicide used to be against the law in the United States. Odd because how in the world could you punish a dead person for taking that final, fatal act? Still, some states continue to have laws on the books labeling attempted suicide as a criminal act, although prosecutions have been rare.
The latest statistics show more than 47,000 people killed themselves in the United States in 2017. Historically that number climbs higher every year. Who are these people and what is driving them to snuff out their lives? [Read more…]
There are some citizens who, in this season of Thanksgiving, believe America is going to ...
What do you think of when you hear the word “whistleblower?” Perhaps “tattletale” or “snitch” ...
Here’s a word from the field of crime I’m betting you’ve never heard before: Hybristophilia. ...
Congresswoman Katie Hill didn’t have to resign, but she did. She had not been found ...
Remember the name Ed Stack. As the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, a chain of ...
