Introduction to world issue posts.

Crime is a constant interest for me and has been for years. In fact, one of my first memories of starting secondary school at eleven years old was renting a true-crime book from the library and the look of curiosity and slight horror from the librarian as I approached the counter with it. It is a subject I will never get bored of talking about and something I feel, knowledge wise, is constantly growing for me.

Along with discovering criminology, in the last few years I really believe I've started to find myself, so to speak. I've become increasingly more aware of my surroundings and issues in the world. I can't remember ever being this aware, and I feel the older I'm getting, my levels of compassion and empathy are growing at an alarming rate. I suppose when you are younger, levels of immaturity and less life experiences can keep you very grounded and living in a closed off bubble.

Now I am constantly reading and researching about the conditions other people are living in the world. It is something that makes me feel incredibly grateful to live where I do, along with realising how much we can all take our societies for granted. Places around the world where human rights are not considered important nor are they considered important news for us Westerners makes me feel upset, confused and angry. Why is it that I only found out about the horrific conditions that Palestinian people face every day last year, by stumbling upon the conversation with my partner, yet I can barely avoid finding out what Kim Kardashian had for breakfast this morning because it is planted all over our important newspapers?

Knowledge is power, and I believe ignorance is one of the most poisonous human traits that adds no value to our societies and well being. 

I've decided to start incorporating a few political and world issue posts into my blog, along with my crime posts. I feel they are important issues that I need to discuss and try to teach other people who aren't aware. They make up at least 50% of the conversations I have with my friends and family regularly, and I feel they are great subjects to incorporate into criminology.

The first planned post is an introduction to North Korea in the next day or two, so keep an eye out for it if it's something that would interest you.