Justice reflections on crime reporting, Roe, and second chances
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Double Standards I was floored by David Menschel’s observation that serious crime is up 41% over last year since NYC Mayor Adams took office, yet there hasn’t been a single article blaming his excessive policing strategy for this increase. While news articles jump to make correlations between protests and rising crime, or reform DAs and rising crime, we don’t see mainstream news articles written about punitive strategies causing harm. Of course, correlation isn’t causation, but that’s true in every case. What’s clear is that news editors find it so implausible that punitive policies could drive increases in violence that they aren’t entertaining the kinds of speculative stories that so often try to make links between reform or protest and crime. Ironically, there’s a good amount of research showing the counterproductive impacts of punitive sanctions. But editors would have to believe it to see it.
Justice reflections on crime reporting, Roe, and second chances
Justice reflections on crime reporting, Roe…
Justice reflections on crime reporting, Roe, and second chances
Double Standards I was floored by David Menschel’s observation that serious crime is up 41% over last year since NYC Mayor Adams took office, yet there hasn’t been a single article blaming his excessive policing strategy for this increase. While news articles jump to make correlations between protests and rising crime, or reform DAs and rising crime, we don’t see mainstream news articles written about punitive strategies causing harm. Of course, correlation isn’t causation, but that’s true in every case. What’s clear is that news editors find it so implausible that punitive policies could drive increases in violence that they aren’t entertaining the kinds of speculative stories that so often try to make links between reform or protest and crime. Ironically, there’s a good amount of research showing the counterproductive impacts of punitive sanctions. But editors would have to believe it to see it.