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The Criminologist

Host Joseph Arvidson brings criminologist, practitioners, academics and those with lived experiences from around the world together to discuss the age old dilemma of responding to society's criminal element. Merging established correctional policy with emerging desistance models, this show illustrates how adopting a holistic lens and constantly questioning established approaches can best serves justice involved individuals.

EP 238: Making Good—and Staying Good | Paul Doke on Long-Term Desistance

70 hours 11 mins; March 29, 2026

A TIDES Update & and R-N-R Remix with Brad Bogue!!!

60 hours 37 mins; January 08, 2026

EP 236: Tech, Truth, and Transformation...A conversation with Kam Stevens!

86 hours 31 mins; November 12, 2025

Becoming the Brave One: Amanda Carrasco on Surviving Trauma, Embracing Restorative Justice, and Reclaiming Her Voice

62 hours 32 mins; October 11, 2025

Killer in the Family: Understanding Intra-Familial Homicide with Dr. Jerrod Brown

59 mins; August 23, 2025

EP 233: From Minnesota to Montevideo: Fulbright Reflections and RNR in Motion

7 mins; August 01, 2025

Episode 232 | Beyond Supervision: A Conversation with Laura Elliott

49 mins; July 01, 2025

The Core 4: Redefining Social Support in Community Supervision, with Shawn Trusten and Phillip Galli!

77 hours 34 mins; June 10, 2025

EP 230: The Sociology of Survival...A Conversation with Dr. Charlie Barnao

50 mins; May 13, 2025

Supervision in the Digital Age: A Global Conversation with Professor K. Jaishankar

62 hours 4 mins; April 29, 2025

EP 228: Gut Instincts: The Brain, the Body, and Building Resilience in Justice-Involved Populations

55 mins; April 19, 2025

EP 227: From Crime to Connection....Arman Vestad on Identity, Resilience, and the Power of Social Support

80 hours 32 mins; March 29, 2025

EP 226: From Incarceration to Inspiration...The "Why Not Mindset" with Rustin Pangburn.

53 mins; March 12, 2025

EP 225: From Probation to Podcasting... Lucy Bentley on Justice, Lived Experience, and stories that matter

50 mins; March 01, 2025

EP 224: : A Desistance Christmas Carol: Lessons in Change and Belonging!

22 mins; January 21, 2025

Pioneering Probation: Veronica Cunningham on APPA's 50th Anniversary and Future Vision

61 hours 38 mins; January 11, 2025

EP 222: Inside Juvie, Paul MacNamara's Eye-Opening Journey Through Juvenile Detention.

64 hours 54 mins; December 10, 2024

P 221: Creativity, Connection, and Change: How Edd Flanigan and John Reed Inspire Desistance

62 hours 6 mins; November 26, 2024

BEST OF! Exploring the TIDES Supervsion Model! Trauma Informed, Desistance Focused, Neuro-Science backed!!

45 mins; November 12, 2024

EP 219: False Confessions, Neurocriminology, and the Hiden Impact of Nutrition on Justice, with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

44 mins; October 29, 2024

EP 217: Transforming Probation in Turks and Caicos...A Conversation with Jaron Harvey!

78 hours 4 mins; October 15, 2024

EP 216: Unlocking the Power of Belonging with Gaelin Elmore!

59 mins; October 01, 2024

EP 215: Empowering Change with Annie Stocksdale-A forward thinking approach to high risk supervision.

49 mins; September 17, 2024

EP 214: Revolutionzing Corrections. A Conversation with Brad Bogue and Guy Bourgon.

84 hours 15 mins; September 04, 2024

EP 213: Reflecting on the Past to Shape the Future...Insights from The Criminologist Podcast.

34 mins; August 20, 2024

EP 212: Resilience and Hope...Rick Mereness' Path to Recovery

56 mins; August 05, 2024

EP 211: Tailoring Justice-Insights from Pakistan's Arshad Mahmood!!!

60 hours 46 mins; July 20, 2024

EP 210: Hollywood Tales and AI Insights...A Conversation with Director and Author James Cox!

44 mins; July 06, 2024

EP 209: The Transformative Power of Prison Education. A Conversation with Thomas Wuthrich!!!

65 hours 18 mins; June 22, 2024

EP 208: Profiling Gary Ridgway. Lessons for Practitioners with Dr. Jerrod Brown.

59 mins; June 08, 2024

EP 207: Reimagining the Future of Corrections, with Brian Koehn and Paul Sheldon!

61 hours 42 mins; May 25, 2024

EP 206: Unleashing AI in Corrections. Transforming Rehabilitation,with Finland's Pia Puolakka!!!

65 hours 6 mins; May 11, 2024

EP 204: An APPA Special Edition! Reflections from the 6th World Congress on Probation and Parole!!

39 mins; April 27, 2024

Unravelling the Mind of a Serial Killer: The Case of Dennis Rader (BTK) with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

56 mins; April 13, 2024

EP 202: Jackie Dunn and Jonathan Fisher...Empowering Justice Narratives

67 hours 13 mins; March 30, 2024

EP 201: Stian Estenstad, Championing Prison Reform and Reintegration

51 mins; March 16, 2024

Episode 200!!! A Milestone Conversation with Dr. Dena Hanley

56 mins; February 24, 2024

EP 199: Beyond the Profile...Dr. Jerrod Brown on the Realities of Criminal Profiling.

48 mins; February 17, 2024

EP 198: Beyond Boundries...Jochum Wildeman and the Global Probation Dialogue!

43 mins; February 10, 2024

TIDES Rising: How Trauma-Informed Care Enhances Correctional Efficacy!

33 mins; February 03, 2024

EP 196: Art Behind Bars. Suzanne Costello's Journey in Dance and Rehabilitation!

52 mins; January 27, 2024

EP 195: Global Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform. Insights from Nairobi, Kenya!!!

61 hours 55 mins; January 20, 2024

Year in Review Part 2: A further look back at 2023!!!

79 hours 14 mins; January 13, 2024

The Criminologist Podcast-Year in Review, Part One!

56 mins; January 06, 2024

Bridging Perspectives: A Crossover Episdoe with the Evolving Prisons podcast!!!

43 mins; December 30, 2023

Justice Redefined. A Conversation with Deborah Koetzle!!!

50 mins; December 23, 2023

From Shadows to Light: Billa Nanra's Journey of Resilience and Redemption, Part Two

39 mins; December 16, 2023

EP 189: Billa Nanra's Journey from Despair to Hope-Part 1

46 mins; December 09, 2023

EP 188: Harmonzing Crime and Theory...A Musical Dive into Criminological Evolution!

23 mins; December 03, 2023

EP 187: Unveiling the Mind.....Myths and Mechanisms of Serial Killers

54 mins; November 25, 2023

EP 186: The Heartbeat of Change. Revolutionizing Probation with Nervous Sysem Awarness. Our conversation with Ireland's Jane Mulcahy!!

75 hours 50 mins; November 18, 2023

EP 185: Tackling Food Insecurity in the Justice System with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

48 mins; November 11, 2023

EP 184: Unmasking the Villian...A Deep Dive into Darth Vader's Path to Redemption!

32 mins; November 04, 2023

A Down Under Dialogue: Criminolgy, Corrections and Connections in Sydney.

18 mins; October 28, 2023

EP 182: Bridging Borders. Insights with Eva Ribbers, another APPA Special Edition!

41 mins; October 21, 2023

EP 181: The Barcelona Chronicles..A Confluence of Correctional Mastery and Global Insights!

18 mins; October 14, 2023

EP 180: Designing Rehabilitation. Salutogenic Architecture in Prisons, with Helena Pombares!

50 mins; October 07, 2023

EP 179: Change Agents in Probation...A Deep Dive with Marcus Hodges!

64 hours 25 mins; September 30, 2023

EP 177: Data, Justice, and a Mother's Quest. An intimate conversation with Jackie Dunn

75 hours 42 mins; September 23, 2023

EP 177: Decoding Ed Gein. A Neuro Criminology Perspective

49 mins; September 16, 2023

EP 176: Educating Behaind Bars. A Deep Dive with Australia's very own Paul A. MacNamara!!!

54 mins; September 09, 2023

EP 175: The Silent Impact of Excess Sugar on Rehabilitation, with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

53 mins; September 02, 2023

EP 174: Riding the TIDES! Transforming Rehabilitation with Nicole Kimerley Staeheli!

60 hours 29 mins; August 25, 2023

EP 173: From Rikers to Reformer. The Inspiring Story of Glenn E. Martin

64 hours 9 mins; August 19, 2023

EP 172: Global Insights with Tim Chapman: Shaping Criminology's Future!!

49 mins; August 12, 2023

EP 171: Unraveling the Mind of a Mass Murderer. Charles Whitman Case Study and the Power of Neurocriminology with Dr. Jerrod Brown!!!

68 hours 19 mins; August 05, 2023

EP 170: Delivering Probation Services During Wartime: Margarita Potseluiko reports from Kiev, Ukraine!

46 mins; July 29, 2023

EP 169: Discover the secrets to the success of the Norwegian Prisoin approach...with Nina Hanssen!!

53 mins; July 22, 2023

EP 168: Kaigan Carrie of the Evolving Prisons podcast and the Rise of Happiness publication!!!

47 mins; July 15, 2023

EP 167: Dr. Jerrod Brown's profile and case study of Richard Ramirez AKA The Nightstalker!!

65 hours 8 mins; July 08, 2023

EP 166: Our Interview with Brittany Jackson AKA "Your Favorite PO".

31 mins; July 01, 2023

EP 165: APPA Presents! An Interview with Joe Winkler, Assistant Secreatary of the Florida Department of Corrections!

64 hours 44 mins; June 24, 2023

EP 164: Dr. Rafael Ventura of Los Angeles County Probation!

70 hours 45 mins; June 17, 2023

EP 163: APPA Presents! An interview with CEP's Secretary General Jana Spero, and Vice President Iuliana Carbunaru!!!

38 mins; June 10, 2023

EP 162: Robin Moore and Tammie Burroughs joining us from the United Kingdom! A Mega Episode not to be missed!!

84 hours 7 mins; June 03, 2023

EP 161: APPA Presents! An interview with Marcel Oudshoorn, joining us from the Netherlands!

37 mins; May 27, 2023

EP 160: Artificial Intelligence in the world of Corrections, Probation and Parole!

34 mins; May 20, 2023

EP 159: Neuro Science and our Recidivism Reduction Efforts, with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

63 hours 13 mins; May 13, 2023

EP 158: Veronica Glueck of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice!!!

37 mins; May 06, 2023

Our Jesse Pomeroy case study. Become Neuro Science Informed!

73 hours 8 mins; April 29, 2023

EP 156: Jonathan Fisher, Writer & Director of, "In a Whole New Way."

50 mins; April 22, 2023

EP 155: Nina Hansen, author of "The Norwegian Prison System: Halden Prison and Beyond"

44 mins; April 15, 2023

EP 154: Serial Killer Fred West case study, with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

65 hours 34 mins; April 08, 2023

EP 153: Martin Bean, Executive Director of anti-recidivism.com. Part Two!

44 mins; April 01, 2023

EP 152: Martin Bean, Executive Director of anti-recidivism.com

44 mins; March 25, 2023

EP 151: Kenny Robinson of Freedom Fighting Missionaries. Assissting the Formeraly Incarcerated.

36 mins; March 18, 2023

EP 150: Paul Sheldon Part II. Dream Development, Desistance, Planting Justice and more!!!

46 mins; March 11, 2023

EP 149: Our Ted Bundy Case Study with Dr. Jerrod Brown!

69 hours 3 mins; March 04, 2023

EP 148: Our interview with Paul Sheldon, Part I. Dream Development, Desistance from Crime, and Sustainable Prison Practices!!!!.

59 mins; February 25, 2023

EP 147: Fetal Alcohol Specturm Disorder and the Risk Need Responsivity model.

44 mins; February 18, 2023

EP 146: The effects of Trauma in the delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, with Nicole Kimberley-Staeheli!!!

49 mins; February 11, 2023

EP 145: "Prison to Promise" podcast crossover edition!

43 mins; February 04, 2023

EP 142: APPA Presents! An interview with Veronica Cunningham!!

59 mins; January 29, 2023

EP 144: Our Case Study of Serial Killer Edmund Kemper!!!

61 hours 58 mins; January 28, 2023

EP 143: Ed Flanagan and John Reed...Choices and Chances!!!

56 mins; January 21, 2023

EP 142: APPA Presents!! An interview with Veronica Cunningham!!

59 mins; January 14, 2023

EP 141: Dr. Sarah Lewis and Theraputic Correctional Relationships!

45 mins; January 07, 2023

EP 140: Tim Joseph & Dr. Jerrod Brown. The Criminologist meets the Criminal Behaviorology podcast!!

60 hours 37 mins; December 31, 2022

EP 139: APPA Presentw...An interview with Simon Bonk!!!

50 mins; December 24, 2022

EP 138: Pia Puolakka and Finland's work with Smart Prisons and Artificial Intelligence!

46 mins; December 17, 2022

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