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Why do some crowds become disorderly?
The post draws on my c hat with Cliff Stott on the Reducing Crime podcast. You can listen here, or access it from just about any podcast...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Sep 21, 20251 min read
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When Seattle tried police abolition
The Reducing Crime podcast episode with Carmen Best can be found at: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/35-carmen-best/id141281...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Sep 21, 20251 min read
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Does a job reduce crime?
The reel is based on recently pu blished work by Jens Ludwig and Kevin Schnepel in the Annual Review of Criminology. It is publicly...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Sep 21, 20251 min read
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Tackle crime with the VIPER checklist
The VIPER checklist was developed for the PANDA Crime reduction approach. Both are described in depth in the book, Reducing Crime: A...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Sep 4, 20251 min read
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Why gun buybacks don't reduce crime
Why gun buybacks don't reduce crime Here is a link to some relatively recent research I published on gun buybacks in Philadelphia:...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Aug 26, 20251 min read
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