If you have not taken a moment today to reflect on how glorious it is to be alive at a time when Shohei Ohtani is playing baseball, I recommend that you stop what you are doing and do that right now.

Reunited! CCJ Crime Trends Working Group Chair John Roman and members Ruth Abaya and Crimealytics attended the The White House signing ceremony of the Executive Order on reducing gun violence. Learn more about the working group and its recommendations at: counciloncj.org/crime-trends-w…

Life almost never wraps up neatly, with a bow. But sometimes you get this: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/inter…

Academia is held together by caffeine, free labour, and the two people who nod encouragingly during presentations

Super interesting thread.

Join NORC & The SCAN Foundation on 10/25 for the latest insights on the Forgotten Middle & Near Duals, including new policy solutions to address housing and health needs for middle-income older adults. Register: go.norc.org/4864dd2

Much debate recently about 'disorder'. So much of 'disorder' is just the result of poverty or a lack of means. Poverty tends to limit people’s private spaces and forces them to make public what richer people can keep private. open.substack.com/pub/johnkrom..… open.substack.com/pub/johnkroman…

Deep dive on the rise and fall of the homicide spike with ⁦@Crimealytics⁩ ⁦Ernesto Lopez⁩ Council on Criminal Justice⁩ ⁦John Roman⁩ ⁦NORC⁩ nytimes.com/2024/11/02/ups…

Crime dropped in 2024. How much? Record-breaking amounts in several categories. norc.org/research/libra…

Some thoughts on John Hollinger and the NBAs truancy problem. open.substack.com/pub/johnkroman…

I have always felt that the "COVID-era crime bump" should have been treated as a consequence of societal disruption from COVID. Crime is down bc we are in a different moment. And now John Roman has a brilliant essay explaining just that: johnkroman.substack.com/p/explaining-t…

New data from the CDC shows homicides and gun homicides continue to decline. In fact, the downward trend in homicides is accelerating: -4.5% in 2022, -8.1% in 2023, -11.7% in 2024. And early 2025 suggests homicides are down as much as 20% this year.

This week, we're asking if crime is an issue where you live and, if it is, what do you want done about it? We'll be joined by the former Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and John Roman of The University of Chicago Listen live on Thursday at 8pm CT or catch the livestream.