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Deciphering The American Way Of Killing with Malcolm Gladwell (opens the original)
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This is the 50th episode of the Jeff-alytics podcast and it’s a terrific conversation). Today’s guest, Malcolm Gladwell, has a new book out today titled The American Way Of Killing and he was kind enough to come on the show to talk about it.Thanks for reading Jeff-alytics! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" na
How The Crime Data Battle Was Won (opens the original)
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One of the weird parts about the FBI’s 2025 Crime in the United States report release that stood out to me was just how little attention it got. Sure, it got some coverage in national media, but my piece on murder surging in 2020 was literally front page news (tiny paragraph towards the bottom).Some of it is undoubtedly a propensity in our society to emphasize increasing crime and more often ignore falling crime (the media doesn’t cover the planes that land), but I don’t think that’s the entire
Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design With Megan Grable (opens the original)
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Most efforts to reduce crime focus on who is committing it. Megan Grable’s work focuses on where.She’s a neighborhood planner with the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the unlikely champion of something called CPTED or Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. CPTED is a field based around the idea that the built environment shapes behavior, and that better streetlights, smarter landscaping, and stronger social ties can meaningfully reduce crime.Thanks for reading Jeff-alytics
Unveiling The 2025 Crime Capital Of America (opens the original)
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I’m frequently asked how city X compares to the worst, most dangerous place in America. Usually I resist answering that question because there’s a danger in ranking places — a danger that the FBI has frequently pointed out when releasing updated crime data.Thanks for reading Jeff-alytics! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<form class="subscripti
What Good Policing Should Look Like with Mo McGough (opens the original)
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Mo McGough is a former DOJ attorney and self-described cop’s kid who has spent her career trying to improve how police operate. Mo helped build an NIJ program called Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS), which identifies and develops law enforcement officers committed to evidence-based practice. She also co-founded 30 by 30, a national movement to improve the representation and experiences of women in policing, which is now active in over 400 agencies across the country.In this epi
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