The Encounter Books Podcast

Prof. Barry Latzer Full Interview On The Rise And Fall Of Violent Crime In America

02.11.2016 - By Encounter BooksPlay

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Professor Barry Latzer sits down with Ben Weingarten of Encounter Books to discuss his new book "The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America." During the interview, Prof. Latzer and Ben discuss a range of topics including Prof. Latzer's difficulty in publishing a book that talks about the correlation between violent crime and race, the link between war and crime, the interesting theory of the inverse relationship between homicide and suicide rates, the surprising lack of correlation between economics and crime, what caused the spike of crime from the late 1960s through the early 1990s and the drastic plummet of rates from the late 1990s to today, the deep question of whether crime is attributable to economics or culture, and what the future of violent crime looks like in America.

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