I am (or I thought I was!) a liberal Democrat from New York City who wanted to find out more about why bail reform has been such a disaster for New York City. I have lived in NYC since the 1960s (I came here as a child with my family and never left). I am a person who was always very suspicious of the police and the criminal justice system based on what I personally observed and learned from friends, the media, etc., but bail reform is clearly is a failure in terms of maintaining safety for everyone in all NYC communities. This book explains the problems with decarceration and depolicing using DATA and FACTS to make important points that I had already figured out instinctively but didn't have the facts to prove.
Allowing criminals who have repeatedly committed serious crimes like assault to remain free awaiting trial for their latest alleged crime over and over again obviously does not create safe or safer communities.
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Meet the Author
Rafael A. Mangual is a senior fellow and head of research for policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research—the think tank renowned for its scholarship on the “Broken Windows” theory of policing in the 1980s and 90s, and for its role in the transformation of New York City into one of the world’s safest and most attractive urban centers. He is also a contributing editor of the Institute’s flagship quarterly magazine, City Journal. Rafael began his career in policy journalism after graduating from law school, and has since become a fixture in the nation’s ongoing debates about crime, policing, and incarceration. He has published a number of policy papers and columns for broad public consumption in a wide variety of outlets, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Rafael regularly appears on national and local television and radio programs, and is a regular speaker at policy conferences and on college and law school campuses.
From the Introduction
It’s important to recognize that the criminal justice system is not perfect and that there is room for improvement. Some of that improvement falls into the category of making the system less harsh. But if the most important goal is to improve the quality of life in America’s most dangerous neighborhoods, the pursuit of that goal must reflect a recognition of the reality that our criminal justice system sometimes—indeed often—fails to be harsh enough.
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