| More on the ‘Ferguson Effect,’ and responses to critics; And plagiarism is so terrible because …?; Does the Obama administration have law enforcement’s back?; I’m finally attacked by name on the floor of the Senate; Historians Against Trump and the role of experts in political debates; | | | | | | | | | More on the ‘Ferguson Effect,’ and responses to critics | | Police officers are reluctant to engage in the type of policing that contributed so significantly to the nation’s two-decades-long crime decline. In consequence, criminals have become emboldened. Officers report more guns on the street; people who were borderline before and not carrying are now packing heat, officers say, because their chances of getting stopped have fallen. Officers are not intervening in the low-level criminal activity and public order offenses that can quickly ripen into more serious felonies. | | By Heather Mac Donald • Read more » |
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