The Z Files Professor Zhang
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Calling all crime enthusiasts! The Z Files podcast is your space to learn the nitty gritty details about crime in order to improve your personal safety, remove anxiety about victimization, and satisfy that weird curiosity we all have about law breakers. Criminology and Sociology professor Tiffany Zhang exposes the anatomy of all things criminal from shoplifting to wrongful convictions to crimes of the government. Episodes will cover the mafia, torture in the US, the CIA, juvenile delinquency, wrongful convictions, exonerations, white collar crime, environmental crime, health crimes, mass shooters, and general information about the criminal justice system. Download an Episode and subscribe to the channel to keep the episodes coming!
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Not Your Average Serial Killer Episode
This episode includes a scholarly, graphic discussion of serial killers. Content Advisory: Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, Physical Assault, Cannibalism, Murder
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Welcome To Class-Four Explanations of Crime
Biology Theories, Routine Activities Theory, Life Course Theories, or Reintegrative Shaming, which explains crime the best?? Tune in and let us know what you think!
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Ending Mass Shootings
The title really says it all, tune in to hear what we can do to end mass shootings.
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Welcome to Class-Explaining Crime with Social Bond Theory
Cults, homicide, serial killing, property crime, and more? Can one theory explain why all these actions occur? Listen to our discussion of Travis Hirshi's Social Bond Theory and foster your own perspective. Join us as we apply this theory to a variety of topics.
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Welcome to Class-Explaining Class with Strain Theory
Strain Theory explains criminal behavior as an illegal response to stress from society. The theorist Robert Merton originally designed the theory to describe crimes with financial motives, but as you will hear in our discussion, we believe it is applicable to many other forms of crime including torture and homicide.
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Welcome to Class-Explaining Crime with Labeling Theory
Ready to learn about why criminal behavior happens? Tune in to our live classroom discussion about Labeling Theory! This is your chance at a crash course in crime theory without the tuition costs or the homework!