John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Us & Them: The Mythology Of Crime Stats

President Donald Trump points to what he calls “soaring” crime to justify deploying federal agents and National Guard troops to some American cities. Us & Them checks with an expert who reviews our nation’s crime data and sees inconsistent reporting and declines in major crime categories. This comes at a time when a poll shows the public is more worried about scams and school shootings than street crime.

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Understanding Crime Data, This West Virginia Morning

How violent is America? We listen to an excerpt from the latest episode of Us & Them where host Trey Kay looks at what crime data really tells us.

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