Topic: Peter Moskos

Cameras or Cops?

Freakonomics - 888 days ago
The million-plus surveillance cameras that monitor London's citizens haven't stopped much crime, the BBC reports. " Similarly in the U.S., writes Peter Moskos, the "cornerstone of urban policing," cops patrolling in cars, "has no effect on crime rates, victimization, or ...

Robbers and Cops

Freakonomics - 1357 days ago
I love to read books written by police officers about being police officers, and books written by criminals about being criminals.. This is the story of a sociology Ph.D. student, Peter Moskos, who wants to study police, but ends up going ...