ABSTRACT
Crime and criminals capture the attention of nearly everyone. The public fascination with these matters has not escaped the news and entertainment media. From the tragic killing spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012; the bombing of the 2013 Boston marathon; the hundreds of billions of dollars lost to cybercrime annually; and on to the racially charged shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the curiosity is continuous. Sometimes people romanticize criminals so that outlaws like Robin Hood and Jesse James become folk heroes. Other criminals, or alleged offenders, are demonized and become outlets for anger, fear, and other emotions. In other scenarios, those claiming to be victims are vilifi ed, or angry debate ensues over who is the “criminal” and who the victim.
