Peter Moskos – The Extraordinary NYC Crime Drop
Episode description
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Video Links
0:55 Peter’s new book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop
5:27 Why policing went off the rails over the last decade
11:03 Peter: I’m done with police abolitionists
19:22 Why don’t we hear about unarmed black men getting shot anymore?
22:00 Remembering the lessons of ‘90s New York
28:07 Dealing with the racial disparity problem
35:46 Is there a suicide problem among cops?
39:31 The Ferguson Effect
43:12 The utility of pretextual stops
48:29 The pride felt by the 1990s NYPD
50:30 What cops think of Darren Wilson and Derek Chauvin
Recorded January 10, 2025
Links and Readings
Peter’s forthcoming book, Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City’s Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop
Peter’s book, In Defense of Flogging
Peter’s book, Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern District
Tracy Mears on police legitimacy and the future of policing
Heather Mac Donald’s book, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
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