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Victimology vs. Violence in the Study of Criminology | Opinion

“What we teach is ‘how come?’ Not ‘how,'” noted James Allen Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University. “Studying Criminology is not going to make you a criminal, and it’s not going to make you a better criminal.”
ProPublica

Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google

“This is an entirely new era,” said Ari Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University. “We’re moving to a modern surveillance state where every website we visit is tracked. We have yet to conceptualize the entire body of laws that could be used to criminalize people getting abortions.”
Express UK

Masks could return as health experts warn of wave of illness with new Covid variant spike

Experts at Northeastern University in Massachusetts have predicted that the transmissibility of XBB.1.5 will spark another wave of illness in the US — although it is not expected to overwhelm hospitals and emergency rooms.
Daily Express

King Charles’ grasp on Commonwealth in peril as major country threatens exit

Nicola Aljoe, professor of English and Africana studies at Northeastern University, said: “They have a completely different relationship with her.”
NECN

Boston Globe to Lay Off 30 Print Workers in Taunton

The loss of the New York Times contract was first reported this weekend by Northeastern University Journalism professor Dan Kennedy. According to that report, posted to his blog, Media Nation, the Times will now be printed at a plant owned by Dow Jones & Co. Inc., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, in […]
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Gov. Healey’s opportunity to drive transformative change

Authors, Jennie Stephens is Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Tiffany Joseph is an associate professor of sociology at Northeastern University.
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‘If it’s not data driven, it’s a dog and pony show’: Wu’s new violence prevention guru shares his vision

Faulk got involved in street outreach work in his early 20s after seeing too many people not reach their 21st birthday. Faulk, who holds a doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University, said he wanted to “give back to a neighborhood that had given me so much.”
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Marveling at ‘The Embrace,’ Bostonians celebrate a ‘superhero’ on Martin Luther King Day

The Northeastern University student was underwhelmed when she saw photographs online of “The Embrace,” a 20-foot-tall sculpture depicting the interlocking arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, in brown patinated bronze.
Boston.com

Having some trouble sticking with creative 2023 resolutions? This local musician has 3 pieces of advice

Max Morton, the 20-year-old Northeastern University music major originally from Evanston, Illinois, has some advice on creative projects as his three-song EP is being released Jan. 20.

Wu considers 10% cap as part of rent control proposal

Northeastern University Professor Emeritus Barry Bluestone has studied housing policy for decades and traditionally opposes rent control measures. But he said Wu’s proposal reconciles tenant rights and developer interests.
Salon

“Problematic and dangerous”: Websites selling abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google

“This is an entirely new era,” said Ari Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University. 
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Black WWII soldiers asked a White woman for doughnuts. They were shot.

“This finding reverses a decision that is as wrong today as it was 82 years ago,” Margaret Burnham, founder of Northeastern University Law School’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which tracks such cases, wrote in an email. “It is never too late.”