Mike Favor spent 13 years addicted to cocaine. Running a shelter for abandoned + abused dogs has helped him and others stay sober. But it hasn’t been easy nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyr…

1 in 4 #Detroit kids experience trauma before kindergarten. Youth programs must address this freep.com/story/opinion/…

About two-thirds of Americans with a diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition did not receive treatment in 2021, according to a recent study. ProPublica needs your help investigating why, and understanding the consequences: propublica.org/getinvolved/te…

Despite significant drops in youth incarceration over a decade, youth of color remain vastly more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers. Learn more: bit.ly/3RPPmvw

New study shows Kentucky's juvenile justice reform getting results a decade after becoming law nkytribune.com/2024/04/new-st… via @nkytribune

New report: "The rate of fatal police shootings of residents in the US for 2015–20 was 1.93 per 100,000." For comparison, the total homicide rate in London is 1.27 per 100,000. via John Shjarback Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium rockinst.org/wp-content/upl…

Shoutout to BridgeDetroit for letting me write 2,600 words on a topic wildly outside of my beat. I was looking at census data when it struck me that 3 out of 4 Detroiters are unmarried. Turns out it's the lowest marriage rate of any big U.S. city! bridgedetroit.com/detroit-single…

It can feel easy for those who don’t feel the daily weight of the criminal justice system’s harm to turn a blind eye to its ineffectiveness. But truth and honesty - even when inconvenient and disruptive - gives us a chance to courageously march toward something new.

Over the last decade the number of people shot in road rage incidents surged 450% Chip Brownlee and I report for The Trace: thetrace.org/2024/04/road-r…

Narcan may have moved over-the-counter, but it’s still underutilized medpagetoday.com/opinion/toxico…

Understanding the relationship between intergenerational mobility and community violence | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Chicago police in the last two years have recovered nearly 1,200 Glock pistols equipped with "auto sear" devices, which transform a Glock semiautomatic into a small machine gun, allowing a shooter to empty an entire clip in seconds. propublica.org/article/chicag…

BREAKING: A major The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health has just been launched. The publication, led by Patrick McGorry and a global consortium of world-leading experts, marks a significant milestone for the field. It's free to download: bit.ly/46Knr7u

I'm preparing for the ASU Center for the Study of Guns in Society Affiliate Retreat, and this was a fascinating slide to pull together. Far from comprehensive, yet still telling in terms of how much movement there has been in the "gun space" within academia.

Welcome to #Detroit, Lions fans — take your trash when you go freep.com/story/opinion/…

#Detroit's University District opens its doors on September 16th to show off century-old architecture detroitnews.com/story/life/hom…

This column by Alex Piquero, former head of the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, cannot be clearer: a large body of data finds immigrants commit less crime than native born citizens, and the nation is much safer today than it was in the 1990s and 1980s. thehill.com/opinion/immigr…

Wharton professor here! Here are the Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates: — Harris’ proposal increases the deficit by $1.2 trillion, with low- and middle income households benefiting disproportionately. — Trump’s proposal increases the deficit by $5.8 trillion. Details below 👇

Evergreen statement: all the evidence shows immigrants commit LESS crime on average than natural-born citizens. Of course some immigrants break the law, but there simply is no "immigrant crime wave."