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Fares on Detroit’s QLine are collected using the honor system - but some passengers ride for free.
Commentary September 12, 2018
Arrests And Technology Haven’t Stopped Fare Evasion — And Probably Never Will
Subways and buses are no match for those intent on riding without paying.
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Analysis September 12, 2018
Subway Policing in New York City Still Has A Race Problem
As the NYPD slows arrests for fare evasion, neighborhoods of color remain a target.
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News December 9, 2015
Could Trees Help Stop Crime?
Researchers think turning more vacant lots green might work.
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Feature October 16, 2015
America’s Rock Star Cops
Meet the elite chiefs who revolutionized policing nationwide, for better and for worse. Now they want to do it again.
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Commentary September 9, 2015
Don’t End Broken Windows Policing, Fix It
Quality of life is not just for wealthy suburbanites.
By David Thacher
One customer at Astoria Auto Detailing Center in Queens said the tint on the windows of his Mercedes-Benz, pictured above, were within the legal limit. “I know because I’ve been pulled over so many times [for my windows].”
News August 17, 2015
When ‘Broken Windows’ Meets Tinted Windows
In New York, darkened car windows lead to more police encounters than stop and frisk.
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Bill Bratton during his first stint as New York’s Police Commissioner, at a news conference in 1994.
News May 20, 2015
A Millennial’s Guide to ‘Broken Windows’
For those who weren’t around in “the bad old days.”
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Commentary December 19, 2014
The New “New Policing”
Five ideas for reshaping law enforcement
By Jeffrey Fagan and Bernard E. Harcourt
Justice Lab November 24, 2014
10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline
From aging to gentrification to Prozac.
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