I pay attention to almost everything Peter Moskos says. He’s a Harvard PhD in sociology and teaches at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice. He blogs about things cop- and bike-related, and his mind (like so many thinkers I find engaging) works obliquely from mine. He blogs here. I recommend his book Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern District, which just came out in paperback.
One of my favorite sections of the book describes how 911 services and car patrol made neighborhoods less safe. Moskos advocates foot patrol as an old-fashioned solution, and has a new article on the subject at The American.
Moskos also gets into how poorly thought out incentives lead to the arrest of more black men - no discriminatory behavior necessary - since when officers must fulfill quotas, drug corners make for easy picking.
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