A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

But the fact that so few of us feel as if we’ve entered a golden age of public safety may also teach us an important lesson ...

Today true crime podcasts dominate weekly podcast charts. But what makes them so popular? And is that popularity problematic? We hear from Ashley Flowers, host of the award-winning podcast Crime ...

The most likely explanation, I think, is that American cities have experienced some very prominent signs of disorder since the pandemic that don’t show up ... crime? Or merely make people ...

Is crime up this year in the transit system significantly ... Having 10 or 12 murders for the year would make it by far the safest big city in the nation. But let’s get back to transit.

What makes something an “American” crime ... To look at the current crop of “American” true crime, then, is to come up with a portrait of America that’s illuminating: clearly flawed ...

On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that violent crime has "skyrocketed" since 2020. Vice President Kamala Harris has claimed that violent crime has ...