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A blindered approach to crime and justice is blocking the search for better solutions
Public discourse has gone off the rails and its time for new approaches
What unites explanations for the crime decline may be their unintended positive consequences
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The Utter Failure of the Uvalde PD Changes the Narrative About Gun Safety
Creating better measures to evaluate whether the justice system is working
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It's not caused by one thing, but there are explanations, and violence should decline in 2022
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A Cautionary Tale of Super Blooms, Some Trees and the Missing Forest
The murder spike was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was not about policing or protests.
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Why Policing is Ripe for Disruption
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Combatting Intellectual Seppuku on the way to Safer Streets
Policing Reform Should Begin by Changing What the Police Do
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A newsletter about challenging the status quo in the justice system and everything that is adjacent to it, which is almost everything--public health, workforce, and education.
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