In 2011, Ross Ulbricht, a.k.a. Dread Pirate Roberts founded the Silk Road marketplace in the Dark Web where illegal drugs could be purchase anonymously. We will explain what happened, how the site was eventually taken down, Ulbricht arrested and charge and how we can link the criminological theory of Space Transition to try and explain why Ulbricht felt motivated to create and illegal site.

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El abuso sexual a través de imágenes, más comúnmente conocido como Pornografía de Venganza, continúa afectando a mujeres y niñas de todo el mundo. ¿Qué motiva a los hombres a usar imágenes íntimas para vengarse de las mujeres? Discutiremos esta práctica y la teoría que puede ayudarnos a comprender las motivaciones del abusador.

The crime of Familicide always elicits shock and intense pain amidst and outside any community. The idea of a family member ending the lives of the people closest to them, to later commit suicide, leaves people wondering how could such a tragedy could have happened and wondering, where there any signs we didn't see? In this episode of Crime Theories 101, I will talk about the tragedy of the Hart Tribe, using the Criminological theory of General strain as a possible explanation of what could lead a person to commit such a devastating crime.      

Image-based sexual abuse, most commonly known as Revenge Porn continues to plague women and young girls around the globe. What motivates men to use intimate images to take revenge on women? We will discuss this practice and the theory that can help us understand the abuser's motivations.

¿Por qué sigue prevaleciendo el matrimonio infantil en las comunidades empobrecidas de todo el mundo? Utilizando el ejemplo de República Dominicana y la teoría Criminológica y Sociológica de la Desventaja Acumulativa, intentaré entender por qué la práctica continúa siendo aceptada y normalizada.

Why does child marriage continues to prevail in impoverished communities around the world? Using the example of the Dominican Republic and the Criminological and Sociological theory of Cumulative Disadvantage, I will attempt to understand why the practice continues to be accepted by many.