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Crime Rate
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Sentencing Law and Policy
<em>New York Times</em> editorial board claims to know why crime is falling
The New York Times has this notable and lengthy editorial headlined "Crime Keeps Falling. Here’s Why." There are a number of contestable and uncontestable claims in this editorial, but I…
Criminal
<em>New York Times</em> editorial board claims to know why crime is falling
The New York Times has this notable and lengthy editorial headlined "Crime Keeps Falling. Here’s Why." There are a number of contestable and uncontestable claims in this editorial, but I…
The Right Coast
Murders Drop Like a Rock in…Denver and Aurora. I Wonder Why HotAir
In a startling coincidence, murder rates have plummeted in Denver and Aurora, Colorado, in the first quarter of 2025. I'm sure that correlation doesn't equal causation here, but some bigots who…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some notable new commentary on the apparent great crime decline of 2025
I have done a couple of 2025 posts (here and here and linked below) drawing on big city "real time" homicide data from police departments to make the case that…
Criminal
FBI reports extraordinary crime drop in the first half of 2024
This brief press release, titled "FBI Releases 2024 Quarterly Crime Report and Use-of-Force Data Update," reports on the FBI's latest data on crime. Here is how it starts:On Monday, September…
Cannabis
“Primary crime-related outcome indicators associated with recreational cannabis legalization: a comprehensive literature and data review”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper recently published in the journal Crime, Law and Social Change and authored by Benedikt Fischer, Tessa Robinson and…
Criminal
“Crime rates are improving. Too bad crime data is not.”
The title of this post is the headline of this new Washington Post editorial. Here are excerpts:There’s encouraging news about crime rates in the United States. After a spike in…
Criminal
Have “Republicans Have Completely Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform”?
The quesiton in the title of this post is drawn from the statement quoted above that serves as the headline of this lengthy new Reason piece. Here are excerpts:The Republican…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The Sentencing Project releases report titled "Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship"
The Sentencing Project this morning released this new 18-page research brief titled “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship.” The report assembles a variety of data and research in keeping with…
Criminal
The Sentencing Project releases report titled “Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship”
The Sentencing Project this morning released this new 18-page research brief titled “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship.” The report assembles a variety of data and research in keeping with…