For this episode I spoke to Rafael Mangual, the Nick Ohnell Fellow and head of research for the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

We spoke about his own growing up in NYC with an NYPD detective as father and how this informed his views on police and policing. We spoke about the various hypothesis in his recent book, Criminal Injustice : What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong

We spoke about some of the most surprising pieces of data surrounding crime/crime commison in the US, policing and who crime and particularly reductions in crime REALLY affects.

 https://www.amazon.com/Criminal-Justice-Decarceration-Depolicing-Wrong-ebook/dp/B09NPFH2VT

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
06:10 Any surprises in Rafael’s research 
8:35 What was the public’s perception of NYPD where Rafael grew up?
11:20 Tempted to become a cop??
17:05 Any gripes with media coverage of crime stories/stats 
23:40 Who does crime reduction benefit the most?
31:20 Fatherlessness/single parent households- what role does this play in crime commission 
36:30 Any common misconceptions among the public in regards to crime/policing ?
39:40 Thoughts on current level of policy oversight/ no-knock warrants 
45:30 Ma'khia Bryant shooting
49:50 NY’s recent change in concealed carry law
52:15 Summer of 2020- effect on public’s perception of police 

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