10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.
At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk
Max Kapustin, Aaron Chalfin, @aaronchalfin, Jeremy Biddle, Brian A. Wade, Natasha Khade, Cristina Layana, Ben Struhl, and Anthony Braga have written a spectacular paper on the remarkable reduction in gun-related violence in Baltimore over the last several years. The paper shows how a "focused deterrence" policy, an example of Gun Violence Reduction Strategy, produced dramatic effects.
One interesting feature is that deterrence rather than incapacitation seem the primary driver of the program's effects, which updates my priors for this domain.
Ny forskning om kristen antisemitism
Hur har den svenska pingströrelsen förhållit sig till nationalsocialism och antisemitism? I SKMA:s senaste nyhetsbrev beskriver Markus Lundström och Tomas Poletti Lundström resan genom ett omtalat forskningsprojekt. https://t.co/mAvrpBdmai
In humanity's eternal quest for pleasure, companies found ways to monetize addiction. Historian David Courtwright called it "Limbic Capitalism" in his magnificent book "The Age of Addiction."
We give you the chapter on digital addictions, at After Babel:
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”Antal lagföringsbeslut för narkotikabrott ökade med 1 681 beslut jämfört med 2024. Brottskategorin utgjorde därmed en betydande del av den totala
ökningen av antalet lagföringsbeslut. Av de lagförda narkotikabrotten avsåg 90 procent innehav eller bruk.” https://t.co/CWRKI4CbOh
My book ‘Crime and Civilization’ is now fully open to all interested readers! The book was published in November 2024, so it is still quite new. Thanks to Oxford University Press, and to Helsinki University Library for the open access! https://t.co/vsC1mVd62X
Den moderna svenska polisorganisationen fyller 250 år. Då som nu: ordning är ett litet ord med stort innehåll. Många konstanter i denna intressanta översikt. https://t.co/Gr7OnOA4dY