While the early theories are long abandoned in criminology, there is a surprising resurgence of these pseudo-scientific ideas. Read this article – The disturbing junk science of craniometry is enjoying a resurgence. Should we be worried that the technology of facial recognition relies on these outdated ideas?

1.While the early theories are long abandoned in criminology, there is a surprising resurgence of these pseudo-scientific ideas. Read this article – The disturbing junk science of craniometry is enjoying a resurgence. Should we be worried that the technology of facial recognition relies on these outdated ideas?
link: https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2019/10/disturbing-junk-science-craniometry-enjoying-resurgence

2.Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSbFbv2Bs_0 Please watch the following video: Why Are We Using Prisons to Treat Mental Illness? • OverCriminalized • BRAVE NEW FILMS (BNF)
Also, please read the article about the stabbing spree on the subway in February: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/nyregion/rigoberto-lopez-nyc-subway-stabbings.html?smid=url-share
How can we overcome the current practice and the long-standing legacy of overcriminalization of mental illness?

3.In The Philadelphia Negro (1899), W.E.B. Du Bois stresses “Crime is a phenomenon of organized social life, and is the open rebellion of an individual against his social environment” (p.235). What is Du Bois’s argument about the causes of crime in Black communities? Do these causes of crime still persist in Black communities in the 21st century?

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