There’s been quite the media furore about rising crime rates in recent years. But now that COVID is behind us and cities are alive again, are the numbers on crime moving in a more positive direction? RAND Corporation criminologist Shawn Bushway is back on the Remnant today to answer this question, and to address a few other points of concern and uncertainty surrounding policing and criminal justice in modern America. What determines rates of recidivism? Are certain crimes becoming more common than in the past? Is there merit to broken windows theory? And have we finally got beyond defunding the police?

Show Notes:

- Dr. Bushway’s webpage

- Dr. Bushway’s previous Remnant appearance

- Dr. Bushway’s research on hiring people with criminal histories

- “Ex-Prisoners Face Headwinds as Job Seekers, Even as Openings Abound”

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