Film Screening: The Whistleblower

Description

The Department of Justice and Community Studies, College of Professional Studies & Applied Sciences is sponsoring a number of events focusing on the problem of contemporary human trafficking and slavery. This ripped-from-the-headlines thriller is based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. These events are also supported by Miami University?s Departments of Justice and Community Studies, Black World Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, Women?s Gender and Sexual Studies, Rentschler Library, Miami Middletown?s Applied Research Center, Multicultural Services, Miami Regional Locations Student Affairs, Miami Hamilton?s Center for Civic Engagement, Colligan History Project and Miami International Justice Mission. These events are free and open to the public. For more information on these events, call 513.785.7702 or email criminaljustice@MiamiOH.edu.