The Perception of Crime in Cities in the 1990s

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Eric Adams, New York City's new mayor, has run on the issue that crime is a serious problem. John Avlon: The 1990s were the historic peak of this wave of urban violence. He says Giuliani adopted an idea for policing as a method to deal with New York's crime problem called broken windows policing. Avlon: Does it deserve credit? I think some sociologists who have studied the issue would say yes.

Americans aren’t going downtown like they used to, and a lot of them say it’s because they don’t feel safe there. Today, Explained got the data to untangle crime facts from crime feelings.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette with help from Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Additional help from Patrick Smith and Vivian McCall.

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