Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Survivor Producer a Suspect in Wife’s Murder in Mexico

April 9, 2010 by Sarah Ward  
Filed under Celebrity, Criminal Justice

Bruce Beresford-Redman, former producer of the reality TV show Survivor, is suspected in the murder investigation of his wife, who was reported missing on Tuesday in Cancun, Mexico. On Thursday, Monica Beresford-Redman’s body was found in the sewer of the Moon Palace resort where their family was vacationing.  According to a coroner’s report, the cause [...]

International Police Officer Uniforms

July 30, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Criminal Justice

Women like to joke about the whole “man in uniform” thing but contrary to My Colleges and Careers usual style of reveling in the unimportant but interesting, we are going to take things a little deeper today. What does it mean to wear a uniform? Is there a certain power that comes with it? In [...]

Criminal Justice Careers Interview: Fred Hunting

July 30, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Career, Criminal Justice

Criminal justice is a hot career right now and there are actually many careers besides a police officer available in this exciting field. Sure the cops can catch bad guys, but someone has to keep track of them afterwards. My Colleges and Careers would like to introduce you to a very important person in the [...]

Criminal Justice Careers: Are Cop Stereotypes True?

July 29, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Career, Criminal Justice

Cops. You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. But has society painted them with too broad of a brush? Are all New York City cops tough-talking and all tiny town cops patriarchal heroes?A recent study by Springfield College decided it was time to put all the stereotypes to  rest. They surveyed 830 randomly selected [...]

Guilty as Charged: Hollywood’s Hottest Cops

July 14, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Criminal Justice

A wise man once said, “perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.” Fictitious police officers are all the rage these days and My Colleges and Careers has compiled a list of Hollywood’s Most Wanted Officers. Sometimes they play good cops. Sometimes they play [...]

Computer Forensics: Donut-Eating Cops turn to Cookies to solve Crime.

June 2, 2009 by Kate Lehnhof  
Filed under Criminal Justice

The stereotype that all cops love donuts is about to get turned on its head. It’s all about  cookies these days.  I’m not talking about the chocolate chip variety though, I’m talking about internet cookies.  An internet “cookie,” is a piece of text that a Web server can store on a user’s hard disk. Cookies [...]