Host Margot Adler talks with criminologist and author Richard Rosenfeld about the incidence of murder in the United States compared to other developed countries around the world.
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Richard Rosenfeld
is a professor of criminology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is co-author with Steven F. Messner of the book Crime and the American Dream and has written extensively on homicide in the United States. Professor Rosenfeld is a member of the National Academy of Science's Committee on Law and Justice, and he is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology.
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Reporter Monica Brady-Myerov brings us a story on the "Boston Miracle," a successful decade-long effort in that city to reduce violent crime. Following years of declining murder rates, that trend has begun to reverse itself as the community struggles to understand why.
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Two criminologists, Franklin Zimring of the University of California, Berkeley and George Kelling, from Rutgers University, debate the effectiveness of crime-fighting efforts around the country.
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Franklin E. Zimring
is William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley. He is best known for his studies of the determinants of the death rate from violent attacks; the impact of pretrial diversion from the criminal justice system; and criminal sanctions. He is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Zimring is the author or co-author of many books including, in 2003, The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment.
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George L. Kelling
is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. He is currently a fellow in the Program of Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and his areas of special interest are the police; the relationships among fear, crime, and disorder; community crime control; and the evolution of policing strategies and tactics. A widely published author since the 1960s, Professor Kelling's most recent book, with Catherine M. Coles, is Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order in American Cities.
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Host Margot Adler talks with Miami, Florida, Chief of Police John Timoney about how that city is trying to combat the most violent crimes.
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John Timoney
was appointed chief of the Miami Police Department on January 2, 2003, after serving as chief executive officer of an international private investigation and security company in New York City. Prior to that, he served as the police commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department.
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Host Margot Adler interviews crime author Edna Buchanan about the public's fascination with murder and murderers.
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Edna Buchanan
covered five thousand murders as a Miami Herald reporter. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her work there. She now writes crime fiction and is the author of 14 books. Her latest novel is called Shadows.
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