This study examined differences in reported campus criminality on selected community college campuses in the years between 2005 and 2016 representing the years preceding and succeeding the implementation of Mississippi’s 2011 concealed carry legislation. Each campus included in this study was a public-funded community college in Mississippi.  Using a significance level of 0.05 and an analysis of variance approach, the hypothesis testing showed five statistically significant findings reflecting the cases of Copiah-Lincoln, East Central, Jones County, Mississippi Delta, and Northeast Mississippi Community Colleges. Regarding these outcomes, an analysis of the means showed overall lowered crime reports.

Thisarticleconsiderssocialmediaasaradicalizationvenuewithinthecontextofterrorism.The 2016extremist/terroristattackinOrlando,FloridashowedthepotentialofanISIStypeextremist organizationtoleveragesocialmediatowardalethaloutcomewithinAmericansociety.Whilethe ISISorganizationoriginatedoverseasinacultureofwhichmainstreamAmericansocietyisunfamiliar, itisinmanywaysremarkablethelevelofsuccesstheyquicklyachievedconnectingglobally.Their effortsreflectthepotentialofsocialmediatomarketamessageofradicalismworldwidetoward generatingmurderousconvertswhoarewillingtotraveltojointhefightorattackathome.Given thesenotions,thisarticleconsiderstheuseofsocialmediaasanextremistcyber-recruitmenttool.

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Although the goals of the press and terrorists are not the same, the two groups engage in a mutually beneficial relationship that often appears confusing to scholars and the public. Both the press and the terrorists need and crave the attention of the public. In this paper the authors examine the motives and the methods that the media and the terrorists attempt to achieve their goals. The terrorists need the attention to create terror and spread their propaganda to further their political causes. The media needs the sensationalism created by the terrorists to attract viewers or readers and to positively effect ratings. The study found that the stories about terrorism increased media ratings while unintentionally benefiting the terrorist by publicizing the terrorist cause.

This article describes how, generally, the majority of inmates will recidivate again within five years of being released from incarceration. Recidivism represents cyclical criminality that affects all American communities. Despite substantial expenditures toward the warehousing of inmates within the corrections system, less emphasis is directed toward leveraging vocational and career educational programs as resources through which recidivism rates may be reduced societally. However, in 2015, the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program was announced as an experimental program whereby prisoners may access Pell funding for educational purposes. Given the advent of this experimental program, this article reviews some historical literature and recommends future directions regarding education among corrections settings.