Research is clear: Violence tends to be a crime of passion,
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/does-nothing-stop-a-bullet-like-a-job
Tag: Criminal Justice System
The cruel consequences of America’s aging prison population – Vox
Older people are spending their dying years behind bars. The problem is only getting worse.
— Read on www.vox.com/the-highlight/24119956/prisons-elderly-aging-prisoners-criminal-justice
New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’ – The American Prospect
A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities.
— Read on prospect.org/justice/2024-05-08-new-laws-turning-police-into-supercitizens/
We’re in a Violent Crime Spike –The Glenn Show
We’re in a Violent Crime Spike | Glenn Loury & Charles Fain Lehman| The Glenn Show. Excellent Show! Below is a list of different topis discussed.
This podcast does an excellent job presenting a moderate conservative approach to crime, policing, drugs etc. If you’re liberal Lehman may draw you more to the middle. If you’re a staunch conservative Lehman will get you to loosen your grip and slide to the middle. After listening to this podcast both liberals and conservatives can find an area for intelligent discussion.
On my blog search “Glenn Show” for other podcasts from Glenn Loury that discuss crime, police, and race.
- 0:00 New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial decision to post the National Guard in the subway
- 4:25 Charles defends pretrial detentions …
- 12:45 … but he sees the problem with long pretrial detentions
- 19:05 The ongoing—and occasionally halting—recovery from 2020
- 23:21 Are any major cities doing law enforcement and criminal justice right?
- 29:52 Charles: I’ve seen no evidence that police unions abet misconduct
- 34:38 Charles’s unsexy solutions for decreasing police misconduct
- 38:00 Our present drift toward social toleration of drug use
- 43:40 The perils of legalized sports gambling
- 49:57 Charles: Long-term, medically assisted treatment is the best way to get addiction rates down
- 53:06 Are we under-counting hate crimes?
Glenn Loury (Brown University, Manhattan Institute) and Charles Fain Lehman (Manhattan Institute). Recorded March 22, 2024.
See the video HERE
Homicide: Life in the Stats
Excellent read.
When national trends clash with on-the-ground realities
— Read on https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/homicide-life-in-the-stats
NYC Is Less Safe Than Publicized Data Suggest–Why? | New York Insider | EpochTV
Excellent interview with Raphael Mangual. He is spot on talking about Crime, Criminal Justice, and Policing.
New Yorkers say they feel less safe now, though some widely reported data paint a different picture.
Kids in Jeopardy | The Free Press
This is an excellent article how committee appointments affect policy and law.
I quit a civil rights group because its policies will harm children.
— Read on www.thefp.com/p/kids-in-jeopardy
Make NYC orderly for everyone
New York City may be a safe haven for shoplifters, subway shovers, gangbangers and illegal migrants, but park rangers are holding the line against pee-wee pee-pee bandits.
— Read on nypost.com/2024/04/12/opinion/make-nyc-orderly-for-everyone/
Reforming “Raise the Age” | Manhattan Institute
Dyer Halper explores the consequences as well as the solutions to New York’s Raise the Age legislation, which attempted to combat youth driven crime.
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/reforming-raise-the-age
Get a copy of the .PDF HERE
James J. Nolan: The police shouldn’t be in law enforcement | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
James J. Nolan: The police shouldn’t be in law enforcement | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
— Read on www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2024/04/07/nolan-police-reform-nietzsche-law-enforcement-sacred-beliefs/stories/202404070001
Future of Policing 