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jewishpresstampa
March 27, 2018
Jewish groups, civil libertarians and Democrats immediately raised concerns, and the Bush administration soon dispatched the office's then-director, John DiIulio, to a Jewish conference to make the case and note money would not directly assist churches and synagogues. Critics remained skeptical.
New York Times
March 24, 2018
The criminologist John DiIulio sparked panic in 1995 when he predicted there would be an explosion of juvenile superpredators in the coming years, resulting in widespread violence. His baseless theory was wrong; youth crime has fallen dramatically ever since. Mr. DiIulio has retracted some of his ideas,Ãâà...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 12, 2018
Jewish groups, civil libertarians and Democrats immediately raised concerns, and the Bush administration soon dispatched the office's then-director, John DiIulio, to a Jewish conference to make the office's case and note that money would not directly assist churches and synagogues. Critics remainedÃâà...
The Regulatory Review
December 17, 2017
John DiIulio generously calls this “the single most nuanced and novel part of the book”—although it is not an easy case to make. In fact, when I try it out on students, they are skeptical if not hostile to the idea of a legitimate role for workarounds. They fear that I have jettisoned the rule of law in the process.
Penn: Office of University Communications
September 6, 2017
A What drew me to Penn was a wonderful invitation from John DiIulio, whom I've known and admired for years, and the chance to work on a new book and to talk publishing with John and his team at the Fox Leadership Program. Being at Penn will give me the opportunity to be with a different cast ofÃâà...
FRONTLINE
May 2, 2017
During the height of the superpredator scare, academics like John DiIulio, the Princeton professor who coined the phrase, predicted that a wave of ruthless, violent young offenders was on the horizon. “A superpredator is a young juvenile criminal who is so impulsive, so remorseless, that he can kill, rape,Ãâà...
FRONTLINE
May 2, 2017
The term — coined by John DiIulio while he was a political science professor at Princeton University in the mid-90s — was used to conjure a coming wave of merciless juvenile criminals who would terrorize America's urban centers. Politicians and journalists latched onto the term. Many states, in turn,Ãâà...
The Root
September 30, 2016
John DiIulio Jr., a former aide to President George W. Bush and currently a professor of politics, religion and civil society at the University of Pennsylvania, is the man who coined the term “superpredator” in 1995. In a piece titled, “The Coming of the Super-Predator,” written in November of that year, he wroteÃâà...
Mother Jones
March 3, 2016
In 1995, the criminologist and political scientist John DiIulio was invited to the White House to attend a working dinner on juvenile crime. “President Clinton took copious notes and asked lots of questions,” he reported. So what did DiIulio tell him? In late 1995 DiIulio wrote a magazine article that gives us aÃâà...
New York Times
April 7, 2014
As the police and prosecutors in Brooklyn tell it, Kahton Anderson boarded a bus on March 20, a .357 revolver at his side. For whatever reason — some gang grudge, apparently — he pulled out the gun and fired at his intended target. Only his aim was rotten. The bullet struck and killed a passenger whoÃâà...
