Anthropology Of Crime

Today's episode explores the concept (and many faces) of poison pen writings, why they are similar, how they are connected to crime, and, of course, the currently most famous anonymous writings of Lady Whistledown.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation and Ashot Danielyan on Pixabay

An interview on how refugee status, minority status and trafficking intersect with each other and other topics.

Just a friendly note : like with many interviews done online, the sound isn't as good as otherwise.

Interview - Helidth Ravenholm and Giuliana Inturrisi

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay

How do victim's rights feature in the discussion on privacy? What about tech? What is necessary to consider when we use technological advances to solve crime?

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation and Ashot Danielyan on Pixabay

Cold cases and historic cases form a staple of true crime. But what *are* they, and how do we decide if a case is cold or already part of history? In this episode, we look at how our relationship to violence of the past is formed... and more.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

In the last episode, we spoke about transnational crimes and how they differ from international crimes. In this one, we'll discuss how we came by the definition of international crimes and the Declaration of Human Rights that enshrined them into social conscience.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation and Ashot Danielyan on Pixabay

We often talk about crime that spans over more than one country as "international". But what are international and transnational crimes, really, and are they a separate issue, or linked?

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation and Juan Sanchez from Pixabay

Cultural heritage crime is crime. So why don’t we hear about it?

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation, soundbay and Samuel F. Johanns from Pixabay

So far we have discussed crime as true crime genre often uses it - a staple of specific violent crimes. But what about other crimes, and what influence do they have on humans in general and on us in specific?

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation, Ashot Danielyan and Pumpupthemind from Pixabay

Sound effects by Pixabay

Following from the previous episode, we look at crime, criminalisation and criminality in minority context.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation and Ashot Danielyan from Pixabay

Sound effects by Pixabay

What is the relationship between crime, criminalisation and criminality? What do they mean in social and cultural context? How do they influence human rights? This episode explores those questions.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation and Ashot Danielyan from Pixabay

Sound effects by Pixabay

The second part of episode 2 focuses on historic and modern cases. It is not an easy episode, featuring discussion of abuse and human rights violations, including racism and rape. Please proceed with care.

Note : while many of these topics remain sadly relevant today, we are focusing on historic aspects here and how they influence perceptions of crime then, and how that can feature today, but we do not specifically delve into topics of eg racism today, and so the discussion is predominantly on and around the past. This does not mean that we do not recognise the importance of understanding the impact of these issues today... only that we are discussing a very specific issue here, an issue without which today's problems likely would not exist. Understanding the past can help us work for a better present, as can widely spread allyship.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay, Sound effects by pixabay; additional music by Patrick Richmond from Pixabay

What decides how we feel about crime, victims, perpetrators? In this two part episode, we will look at some of the factors influencing our behaviour.

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What does anthropology have to do with crime? Better yet- what do social and cultural anthropology have to do with crime?

In this first episode, we discuss what this podcast will be about; we delve into how crime, true crime and anthropology are connected, and touch upon a real case that illustrates why anthropology can help us understand why we think about crime the way we do.

This episode was researched, written and narrated by Helidth Ravenholm

Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid

Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay, Sound effects by pixabay and solarmusic; additional music by stereocode

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