Category: CRJ101 Intro CJ

Seattle federal monitor’s communications with police raise questions over impartial oversight

This is an interesting article on the “inside” discussions that take place with police monitoring and reform.

Messages obtained by Prism reveal backchannel coordination with the Seattle Police Department about policing tactics and budgeting
— Read on prismreports.org/2025/03/10/seattle-police-federal-monitor-antonio-oftelie/

Re-Grounding Criminology in Reality: 10 Blocks podcast

Three leading criminologists—Anthony A. Braga, John M. MacDonald, and David Weisburd—discuss ideological influences on the study of policing. The panel is moderated by Manhattan Institute scholar Hannah Meyers for the 2024 George L. Kelling Lecture.

Excellent Podcast Episode! Hosted by Hannah E. Meyers (check out her work here)

This is a must listen to for Police Officers.
Professors Braga, MacDonald, and Weisburd discuss how Criminology is known for its bias against policing.  They discuss how Criminology, in part, has become agenda driven.  All 3 Professors have published many books and academic articles on some very helpful topics for policing.  The discussion touches on evidence based practices and the future of Criminology.
It is especially nice to here a discussion on Criminology that wasn’t anti-police.

Here is the article that the professors were concerned with:
In The Criminologist July/August 2024 on page 1
The Deployment of Copaganda as Protest Repression

This is Professor MacDonald and Weisburd’s response
In The Criminologist Oct/Sept 2024 on page 8
Ensuring Neutrality and Scholarly Rigor in The Criminologist: A Critical Appraisal

— Read on www.city-journal.org/multimedia/re-grounding-criminology-in-reality

Vital City | Want to Fix the Subway? Stop Asking It To Be What It’s Not

It’s a New York tradition for politicians to refer to the subway system as “the lifeblood of the city” and the “economic engine of our region.” They’re right, but they’re hardly stepping out on a ledge: The New York City subway is the largest in North America, moving millions of people each day and allowing the city to generate billions in economic activity. The system is inarguably the most important entity in the city — more important than any roadway, bridge, financial institution, single employer or other economic driver. 
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/want-to-fix-the-subway-stop-asking-it-to-be-something-its-not

Radical Civil Service Reform Is Not Radical | Manhattan Institute

For decades politicians and commentators have bemoaned the state of the federal civil service. There are widespread complaints that the system fails to reward good performers and punish bad ones and that it does not nimbly respond to social needs. President Donald Trump’s and the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to dismiss federal employees and […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/radical-civil-service-reform-is-not-radical-lessons-for-the-federal-government-from-the-states