Criminal Behaviorology - Hazing! Hank Nuwer on the Tragic W

Apr 23 2024 55 mins 2

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Hazing! Hank Nuwer on the Tragic Wrongs of Passage

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Hank Nuwer has been a writer and journalist for decades. One of his interests has been educating the public about the realities of hazing. In this eye-opening interview, Hank discusses the many tragic cases of hazing deaths and injuries, as well as the efforts of victimized families and anti-hazing activists whose mission is to put an end to this practice in all of its forms.

Show Highlights:

Anti-hazing laws in 44 states in the United States. The problems involved with attempts to prosecute hazing cases.

Defining hazing. Distinguishing hazing from bullying.

Motives for hazing.

Hank Nuwer’s interest in this topic and his own hazing experience.

Criticisms and resistance to the investigation of hazing. Hank Nuwer receives a death threat.

Activities involved: drinking, physical and sexual abuse, mental/emotional hazing. Deindividuation and groupthink.

The conditioning taking place with each hazing incident.

The perspectives of the victims and the hazers themselves.

The positive impact of anti-hazing education.

The different types of hazing. Long distance Hazing.

The Wrongs of Passage and Broken Pledges by Hank Nuwer:

https://www.hanknuwer.com/hazing-various/

Cases:

Timothy Piazza Case - https://www.hanknuwer.com/?s=Piazza

Gabe Higgins Case - https://www.hanknuwer.com/?s=Gabe+Higgins

Danny Santolli Case - https://www.hanknuwer.com/?s=Danny

Michael Deng Case - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/magazine/what-a-fraternity-hazing-death-revealed-about-the-painful-search-for-an-asian-american-identity.html

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