‘‘It’s hard to argue with the data” is one of the most overused phrases wreaking havoc on honest debates — especially regarding crime. Politicians, academics, and pundits use crime data…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about how Minnesota and its neighbors have very different economic policies but very similar employment outcomes and how they have similarly high levels of what is…
Last year saw the City of Lakes suffer through a record 6,138 auto thefts, according to city statistics. The official Minneapolis Crime Dashboard indicates that the city is only about…
Violent crime was slightly down in 2022, from the sky-high levels of 2021. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) issued its annual Uniform Crime Report today. The good news…
This afternoon, the state of Minnesota published 2021 data on crime. Sadly, it’s more of the same. Last month we reviewed the trends in violent crime in Minnesota and took…
A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its annual report on crime in the United States in 2020. What did the report say about Minnesota?…
Students required to take a high school exit exam are 7 percent less likely to be arrested, according to a paper by Prof. Matthew Larsen published in Education Next. Minnesota used…
St. Paul’s Mayor proposes cutting future positions.
The maintenance of law and order is one of the core functions of government. How do you think Saint Paul’s government is doing?
The 19th century poet John Godfrey Saxe is supposed to have said that laws were like sausages, people would like them less if they saw how they were made. The same goes…
A lot of ink has been spilled on the subject of race, crime and policing over the last few months, but rarely to so little purpose as in this article…
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released its report on crime in Minnesota in 2015. The BCA’s findings are grim: Violent crime saw a nearly 8 percent jump in 2015…