UMass Biological Archaeology & Forensics

Ventura R. Pérez, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of Landscapes of Violence and Associate Professor of Biological Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at UMass Amherst, talks about his field school and his class that deals with bio-archaeology and forensic...

Newtown Revisited

Producer Tony Dunne and videographer Mark Langevin visited Newtown, CT on January 31st to talk with residents about how they are coping with this tragedy a month and a half later. Residents discussed challenges that lie ahead and some of the good things that came out...

Medium Lisa Lanno

Medium Lisa Lanno and Michelle Mathieson (mother of 20 year old murder victim Amanda Plasse of Chicopee, found dead in her apt. in August 2011) join Carrie in studio. Lanno will discuss how she assists investigators in such cases. Lisa Lanno      ...

Elder Protection

Christy Geffen , Program Coordinator for Northwestern District Atorney’s Elder & Persons with Disabilities unit, discusses the increase of crimes targeting the elderly and how to protect...

The State We’re In: Mayor Sarno

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno of Springfield, MA will be talking to Jim about his four year term,  including fighting crime, city finances, plans for downtown Springfield, and more on this edition of the State We’re In....

The Mob in Springfield

Springfield Republican reporter Stephanie Barry will join Jim Madigan to discuss her recent series, “The Undoing of the Mob” looking at the current state of organized crime in western Mass....

Crime

With the murder rate in Springfield hovering around 20 for the year, Connecting Point Correspondent Carolee McGrath talks with police and two local pastors who say that preventing crime starts at...

Hampden County DA Mark Mastroianni

DA Mastroianni will discuss his move to have State Police detectives attached to his office temporarily assist Springfield Police — by taking over as the lead investigators on any murders that occur in Springfield after April 1st and his recent meeting to...