tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415015639692216699.post290122867473632394..comments2008-04-30T11:22:57.560-04:00Dr. Huginkisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18273740636415633205noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415015639692216699.post-55264792384862883262008-04-30T11:22:00.000-04:002008-04-30T11:22:00.000-04:002008-04-30T11:22:00.000-04:00Okay, great post. First off, I've never heard of Papoose, but it seems like I should know him!!<BR/>Second, who the heck is Laura Branigan :)<BR/>Third, here are a few from Patch's and my list:<BR/><BR/>50 Cent - Heat - Rational Choice<BR/><BR/>Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun - Murder, Child Abuse<BR/><BR/>Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young - Hedonistic Calculus<BR/><BR/>Blink 182 - Adams Song - Suicide<BR/><BR/>Bon Jovi - Its My Life - Rational Choice Theory<BR/><BR/>We should just play music in our Crim/CJ class for a week, and talk about each song. That would rule.Paphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02548724381693534694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415015639692216699.post-51273108897653121592008-04-30T09:53:00.000-04:002008-04-30T09:53:00.000-04:002008-04-30T09:53:00.000-04:00Yes - Pap and I have been compiling a list of songs relevant to specific criminological theories over the past several years. I have a folder with about 50 songs that are somehow related to crime. As most of you know, I am partial to the 80s and early 90s: <BR/><BR/>Laura Branigan "Self-Control" (GTC)<BR/>Skee-Lo "I Wish" (Strain)<BR/>NWA "Straight Outta Compton" (Disorganization)<BR/>Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" (That song is so good it should be criminal!)<BR/><BR/>You get the drift. Back to work...Patchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17393250370819051216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415015639692216699.post-74721564085244358052008-04-29T23:43:00.000-04:002008-04-29T23:43:00.000-04:002008-04-29T23:43:00.000-04:00I was ordered to post a comment to this, so here goes. I will list songs from my favorite band, The Grateful Dead. I know what you're thinking...isn't the entire premise of the Dead the use of illegal mind-altering Schedule 1 Narcotics? Work with me though. This list is by no means exclusive.<BR/>Casey Jones--illegal drug use<BR/>Friend of the Devil--ballad of a fugitive attempting to run from the long arm of the law<BR/>Truckin--consent to a search<BR/>Brown-Eyed Women--bootleg whiskey and family crime enterprises<BR/>Me & My Uncle--armed robbery and murder<BR/>Jack Straw--train robbery and murder<BR/>Mexicali Blues--underage Mexican prostitution and murder (anyone seeing a pattern here?)<BR/>Dupree's Diamond Blues--armed robbery and capital punishment. This one also interjects gender issues as Dupree commits his crimes in order to impress his female companion...I call second author on that one<BR/>Mama Tried (original lyrics by Merle Haggard)--I will leave the precise classification to you PhDs out there but the gist is as follows. Young man turns "21 in prison doing life without parole. No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried. Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied. That leaves only me to blame cause Mama tried." I am sure there is a criminological theory out there to classify this; if not, I call dibs on it.The Trailing Spousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04221268190580882163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415015639692216699.post-86918318011947157732008-04-29T22:38:00.000-04:002008-04-29T22:38:00.000-04:002008-04-29T22:38:00.000-04:00I had a student in a deviance and social control course I taught this past summer talk about the hip hop artist Papoose and his song "Law Library" which comes in three parts. It's an attempt to educate people (especially urban, African American youth) of their rights when confronted by police, which for many is rather common. Here's the link to the YouTube video:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KelDeJMbV_0Stevehttp://homepages.uconn.edu/~sfo00001/noreply@blogger.com