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Bryan Vila: A Criminologist Comments on ‘Canaries in a Coal Mine’
December 18, 2012 by SEF Editor
Hello Peter, I’ve read the blog post and think it’s an interesting and well-presented idea. But before the evolutionary-ecologist/criminologist/historian in me could accept this as plausible, I’d want to account for three sets of causal forces. Here they are, in rough: I. Theoretical construct: Opportunity/Routine Activity: Any type of criminal act will tend to increase […]
Joe Anoatubby: Cycles of violence in the United States
August 8, 2012 by SEF Editor
I’ve always made argument with my colleagues and students that there are indeed cyclical patterns in US History. I also believe that part of that phenomenon is related to the reality that younger generations lose touch with the implications of violence and political upheaval as witnessed by those generations that did experience them and who […]
Guest Blog by Yasha Hartberg. Rules as Genotype: Let’s not declare the idea dead too quickly
May 14, 2012 by SEF Editor
I was another participant at the Rules as Genotype workshop held at Indiana University recently. Unlike Peter Turchin, however, I came away with a very different perspective on the usefulness of the metaphor. I am undoubtedly somewhat biased since some of my own research explores the idea of a sacred text as a kind of […]
March 15, 2013 by SEF Editor
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