The Great Manipulation

More on “jukin’ the stats. I first talked about this problem on this blog on May 24, 2012. And it’s … More

How Would You Rate Your Local Police? And By What Criteria?

Well, it’s been almost thirty years since the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) published my first book, “How to Rate … More

“Show me your papers!” Why ordering our nation’s police to do immigration enforcement is a bad idea. Police as immigration … More

Talking it Through: Improving police-youth relations I have been rather harsh with the NYPD on stop and frisk. Now this … More

Private Police? Has It Come to That? In the June 20, 2012 issue of the Guardian, David Taylor-Smith, the head of … More

What is CompStat and why is it causing problems for police? CompStat (short for COMPuter STATistics or COMParative STATistics) is: … More

Yes, thanks to you! I wrote “Arrested Development” because I thought there were some things in the police field that … More

CRIMINAL INJUSTICE An Interview with Michelle Alexander on racism and incarceration. This interview is a clear description of the problem … More

In early April, I was interviewed on WISC-TV’s “Live at Five.” It is a short interview (4 min.) about what … More

My son lives and works in New York City. He sent me this ad that was placed in the New … More