John Pfaff
Professor of Law, Fordham Law School. Criminal justice and mass incarceration quant. Author of Locked In, and usually found on Twitter.
The Perverse Incentives of Punishment
John Pfaff May 18, 2018
How Zombie Crime Stats, Phantom Stats and Frankenstats Paint a Misleading Picture on Crime
In September 2017, newspapers across the country ran headlines of a similar theme: According to data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, the agency’s official report on criminal behavior nationwide, crime — or at least violent crime — had risen for the second year in a row. That’s not entirely true.
John Pfaff Mar 01, 2018