Crime experts in the spotlight
October 22, 2002 7:53 AM Subscribe
Crime experts in the spotlight - The sniper shootings are an ugly mark against society, but they've been a boon for my alma mater's criminal justice program and the likes of James Fox, Jack Levin and Edith Flynn. It has to be quite a contradiction for people in this line of work: The longer the killing spree goes, the more attention they get, but more innocent victims die.
Mediaman, your Post link didn't reference any of the people you mentioned.
You can't throw a rock without hitting someone who profited off of tragedy. Who do you think Greta Van Susteren and Johnnie Cochran owe their millions to?
posted by PrinceValium at 8:16 AM on October 22, 2002
You can't throw a rock without hitting someone who profited off of tragedy. Who do you think Greta Van Susteren and Johnnie Cochran owe their millions to?
posted by PrinceValium at 8:16 AM on October 22, 2002
messages from criminals can be obtusely written or rife with grammatical errors that may or may not be intentional.
That kind of sounds like Mefi posts.
posted by toothless joe at 10:55 AM on October 22, 2002
That kind of sounds like Mefi posts.
posted by toothless joe at 10:55 AM on October 22, 2002
yeah, i don't get the connection between those 3 folks and the sniper investigation. have they been on TV lately? only the Fox guy specializes in serial/mass murder.
anyway, i haven't read much information about the police work, but i think the longer this goes on, the worse these folks look b/c they can't catch him/them.
posted by mrgrimm at 11:23 AM on October 22, 2002
anyway, i haven't read much information about the police work, but i think the longer this goes on, the worse these folks look b/c they can't catch him/them.
posted by mrgrimm at 11:23 AM on October 22, 2002
Already I've heard more than one of these talking heads say, roughly, "This isn't CSI, and won't be solved in an hour."
There's a bit of a moral dilemma there, but it pales in comparison to that of the investigators -- as public safety officials they naturally hope there will be no more murders, but only more murders will bring more clues. There's got to be a perverse sense of uplift at each new incident.
posted by dhartung at 12:02 PM on October 22, 2002
There's a bit of a moral dilemma there, but it pales in comparison to that of the investigators -- as public safety officials they naturally hope there will be no more murders, but only more murders will bring more clues. There's got to be a perverse sense of uplift at each new incident.
posted by dhartung at 12:02 PM on October 22, 2002
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I hardly think that is an issue to these people.
posted by Eirixon at 8:11 AM on October 22, 2002