What Caused Last Year’s Huge Spike in Murder?

My longtime friend, former colleague in the USAO, former US District Judge, and now distinguished law professor Paul Cassell takes a look.  He concludes, “While a new report released today by the Council on Criminal Justice downplays the role anti-police protests played in last year’s unprecedented homicide spike, a decline in pro-active policing following the protests remains the most likely cause.”

Full disclosure:  I am a member of the Council on Criminal Justice (as I believe is Paul), but we’re in the small minority favoring the sober Reagan/Bush/Bill Clinton approach to crime.  The Council’s Report is here.