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Experts: Brazen bandit seeks infamy, careless of victim’s psychological scars

Edit Boston Herald 18 May 2016
“I would think that she would have a lot of trouble going back to work,” Northeastern University criminology and sociology professor Jack Levin told the Herald ... Although the woman managed to survive the terrifying ordeal without injury, Levin said the horrifying experience will probably become a distressing memory that will haunt her for years to come ... “Many criminals seek infamy,” Levin said....

Portrait of a Texas serial killer

Edit Naples Daily News 06 May 2016
DALLAS — The prisoner paced the pasture, unsettling the earth with each shackled step. In a thicket of tall, yellow grass, he examined the ground and his memory ... On a morning run ... Why? ... But serial killer expert Jack Levin doesn't buy such a pure motive. "Getting it off his chest because he's proud of it — not because he feels he is guilty of anything," said Levin, a professor emeritus at Northeastern University in Boston ... ....

Letters to the editor: ‘Obstructionism’ not a dirty word

Edit Tampa Bay Online 23 Mar 2016
‘Obstructionism’ not dirty. Regarding “Senate misplays its hand in childish stance against nominee,” Our Views, March 17). I strongly disagree. President Obama named Merrick Garland as his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. This nomination not only represents Obama’s liberal legacy, it would cause irreparable damage for decades. Garland’s record on the D.C ... What goes around comes around ... 8 ... Jack Levine....

Bromsgrove edge QEGS Wakefield to retain title (The RFU - Rugby Football Union)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Mar 2016
Teams ... Harry Ferguson, Henry Walker (capt), Harrison Fowke, Jack Weston, Lawrence Weston, Joe Morrice, Harry Lloyd-Jones, Beck Cutting; George Wootten, James Taylor, Cooper Bent, Joe Hunt, Blake Edwards, Christophe Fostier, George James ... Nathan Youngs, Jack Levine, Jacob Glover, Tom Kay, Elliot Ward, Harry Watts, Joe Selim, Harvey Clarke; Sam Tovey, Tom Stephenson, Seb Wood, Tom Allott (capt), Connor Field, Joe Gatus, George Thompson....

FBI will start tracking cases of animal cruelty — will it catch the next serial killer?

Edit New York Post 27 Feb 2016
Along with its annual count of homicides, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults, the FBI last month added a new category it will track — animal cruelty ... Serial killers frequently begin by torturing and killing animals ... Jack Levin is co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University, and Arnold Arluke is vice president and director of research for Forensic Veterinary Investigations in Boston. ....

Cicilline Introduces Legislation to Close Hate Crimes Loophole (David Cicilline)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Feb 2016
(Source. David Cicilline). WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David N ... 'The link between hate crimes and gun violence is clear ... 'This is a really simple concept ... As Northeastern University researchers Jack Levin and Jack McDevitt say, 'If the original criminal response fails to elicit the desired retreat on the part of the victim, then the offender frequently escalates the level of property damage or violence ... Original Document ... (noodl....

What's in a Name? Plenty for Artists

Edit Huffington Post 22 Feb 2016
"Now that is what it is ... Moore Gallery ... 2." ... Art critic Clement Greenberg devised poetic names ("Lavender Mist," "Cathedral" or "Alchemy") for some of Jackson Pollock's paintings - the artist himself had only given them numbers ("Number 27, 1950," for example) - and Jack Levine credited his wife with providing the title for his painting "Gangster Funeral," which now resides in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art ... ....

Vandals trash a million-dollar Windermere, Florida home

Edit WPTV 16 Feb 2016
(WESH/NBC NEWSCHANNEL) A million-dollar Florida home has been trashed by vandals ... "The satanic signs are not particularly encouraging," says Jack Levine, a concerned neighbor ... Read more ... ....

Man Who Slashed 71-Year-Old Grandma Faces The Music

Edit Opposing Views 29 Jan 2016
Damon Knowles, 21, has been charged with slicing a 71-year-old woman in the face on a New York City subway. The victim and grandmother-of-nine, Carmen Rivera, needs 30 stitches in her face after the attack on the 6 train that happened on Jan. 25 ... 26, according to Daily Mail ... “They want to create anxiety, to feel powerful, to laugh at the results,” said criminologist Jack Levin of Northeastern University ... On Jan ... ....

On knife edge: Random slashings sow fear across New York City

Edit South China Morning Post 29 Jan 2016
Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang was carrying groceries down a Brooklyn street when he felt like he got hit in the back of the head. He suddenly couldn’t walk straight. “I kept veering into a wall, then a parked car ... Butterfly, said this week ... Is this a new phenomenon?” ... “They want to create anxiety, to feel powerful, to laugh at the results,” said criminologist Jack Levin of Northeastern University, who studies the crime....

Recent spate of stabbings has New Yorkers on edge

Edit The Examiner 28 Jan 2016
Even street savvy New Yorkers who tend to be aware of their immediate surroundings in the city of strangers are unsettled by a recent spate of random stabbings in New York City ... According to criminologist Jack Levin of Northeastern University who studies crime, “they want to create anxiety, to feel powerful, to laugh at the results.” Experts say the idea of a “thrill crime” makes the perpetrator feel empowered ... ....

Spate of random slashings across New York City sows fear

Edit WPXI 28 Jan 2016
Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang was carrying groceries down a Brooklyn street when he felt like he got hit in the back of the head. He suddenly couldn't walk straight. "I kept veering into a wall, then a parked car ... Butterfly," said this week ... Is this a new phenomenon?" ... "They want to create anxiety, to feel powerful, to laugh at the results," said criminologist Jack Levin of Northeastern University, who studies the crime....

Victims wanted: the shocking number of murders linked to Craigslist advertisements

Edit South China Morning Post 12 Jan 2016
“It will not be my last thou [sic].” ... And that is a serious issue.” ... “Traditionally, the majority of murders were committed by killers who knew their victims,” said Jack Levin, a Northeastern University criminologist ... There are two things that make Craigslist a particularly attractive platform to would-be killers and other criminals, Levin said ... There's one more thing that makes Craigslist appealing to criminals, Levin explains....
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