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Month: April 2018

106: Effect & Cause

Posted on April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by JamesRenner

We want so desperately to go back in time and stop a crime from happening. But we can’t change the past. Or can we?

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105: Does Everyone Have the Capacity to Kill?

Posted on April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by JamesRenner

You’re not a murderer, right? You wouldn’t even hurt a fly, would you? Don’t be so sure.

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104: How Should the Media Cover Crime?

Posted on April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by JamesRenner

A brief history of crime reporting and how we screwed it up in America.

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103: What is Occam’s Razor?

Posted on April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by JamesRenner
One of the most important tools to detectives is a heuristic known as Occam’s Razor. But you must wield it carefully or you end up hurting the wrong people.

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102: Are Killers Born Bad or Are They Made That Way?

Posted on April 25, 2018April 27, 2018 by JamesRenner

Nature or nurture? What makes a man evil? Is it genetics or is it their environment? And is there even such a thing as free will?

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101: Why Is True Crime So Popular?

Posted on April 23, 2018April 27, 2018 by JamesRenner
Where does our fascination with true crime come from? When did this obsession begin? Renner traces it all back to the “true crime singularity.”

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