When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment
Could the United States have half as much crime and half as many prisoners a decade from now? Yes. But not the way either liberals or conservatives normally think about the problem.
Could the United States have half as much crime and half as many prisoners a decade from now? Yes. But not the way either liberals or conservatives normally think about the problem.
AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — More New Yorkers are out of work, and the cash-strapped city isn't graduating a new class of police cadets this year. And yet crime i...
Mark Olmsted | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Stressing education, drug treatment and job placement isn't about "coddling" criminals; it's about expanding the tax base and reducing the poverty that causes the majority of crime in the first place.
Bil Browning | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living
I've been blogging repeatedly about the overwhelming crime problem plaguing my neighborhood. When our car was stolen or when the windows were smashed...
Mark Kleiman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics