David L. Weisburd (HUJI) and Tom McEwen (ILJ): Crime Mapping and Crime Prevention. Joseph Heath on the challenge of maintaining a “normal” rate of crime. German Lopez on why higher temperatures lead to more crime. What’s causing Baltimore’s crime spike? As activists blame cops, police blame prosecutors, and the commissioner blames drugs, citizens are left to deal with the consequences (and more). Aviva Shen on what happens when people panic about crime rates. Laws across the country are being used to target young men who fit the description for gang affiliation, but what if they aren’t what they seem? Trudy Mercadal (FLACSO): Prison Privatization in the United States: A New Strategy for Racial Control. Defending their homes: Marc Parry on how crime-terrorized African-Americans helped spur mass incarceration. David M. Shapiro (ACLU): Lenient in Theory, Dumb in Fact: Prison, Speech, and Scrutiny. Albert Samaha on Scott Jones, the prison guard who couldn’t escape prison.
