They say that you should set a thief to catch a thief as no one else understands the criminal mind better. Perhaps the most shining example of this idiom is Vidocq, the man who is now hailed as the father of modern criminology. He went from a life of crime spent either on the run or in the prisons of France to establishing a national detective police force that served as the model for Scotland Yard and others that followed it. He employed proto-forensic techniques such as ballistics and casti...| Biographics
Jeremy Bentham was a man ahead of his time. Though not a philosopher, he developed a utilitarian philosophy based on the doing of good to oneself and others. He used it to propose fundamental reforms to a system that he saw as grossly unjust. His ideas have reverberated down through the ages to affect the world that we live in today. In today’s Biographix, we delve into the life and teachings of Jeremy Bentham. A Child Prodigy Jeremy Bentham was born On February 15th, 1748 in Houndsditch, L...| Biographics
He is the most famous person on the planet - and the most divisive. Equally loved and abhorred, it is impossible not to have an opinion about the brash, Twitter-loving 45th President of the United States. Yet, few people truly understand what makes Trump Trump. By going back into his past, we are be able to gain valuable insight into the vast complexities that make up the man. In this week’s Biographics, we get up to speed on the Donald before he took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenu...| Biographics