Introduction

0:00 How Rafael came to the Manhattan Institute

7:33 Rafael’s new book, Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most

15:35 Is prison the right response to violent crime?

26:20 Why Rafael believes in three-strikes-type sentencing guidelines

31:42 Incarceration may lower crime, but is it just? 

41:54 Rafael: Defunding the police is an indefensible idea

49:34 Should we worry about racial disparities in the non-deadly use of force by police?

1:00:08 Why Rafael’s father didn’t want him to become a cop

Links and Readings

Rafael’s new book, Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most

Rafael’s conversation with former NYPD and LAPD police commissioner William Bratton

Roland Fryer and Rafael’s appearance on Peter Robinson’s Uncommon Knowledge podcast

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