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Hosted by Jerry Ratcliffe · society · EN · 98 episodes
A monthly podcast featuring conversations with influential thinkers in the police service and leading crime and policing researchers working to advance public safety. Often amusing, often enlightening, always informative. Jerry Ratcliffe (professor and former police officer) chats to a range of international guests covering police, policing, crime science, criminology, criminal justice, and public safety policy. Details and transcripts at reducingcrime.com/podcast.
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Signup to Generate a PitchReducing Crime is a society podcast hosted by Jerry Ratcliffe, with 98 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.
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Reducing Crime
Rafael Mangual is the Nick Ohnell Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and author of Criminal (In)Justice. He talks with Jerry Ratcliffe about intellectual diversity in criminology, the limits of progressive criminal justice reform, New York’s crime decline, public order, mental health, and why he believes policing and social control remain essential.
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Professor Mike Scott is a former police chief and director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at Arizona State University, and is a foundational name in the history of problem-oriented policing around the world. He chats with host, Jerry Ratcliffe, about that history, and the challenges of getting problem-oriented work established in police departments.
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Shane Johnson is the Dawes Professor of Future Crime at University College London. In this episode, he argues that emerging technologies—AI, internet-connected devices, autonomous vehicles, and future computing systems—are creating new crime opportunities by reducing offenders’ effort, increasing potential rewards, and exposing people through data collection, spoofing, deepfakes, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.est work with police departments.
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Jerry Ratcliffe speaks with University of Cincinnati policing scholar Jesse Huff about her research on police effectiveness, fairness, and evidence-based reform. Huff recounts her path from aspiring military police officer to academic researcher, shaped by graduate work at the University of Nevada, Reno and Arizona State University, where partnerships with police agencies informed her practice-oriented approach. Huff discusses a randomized controlled trial of body-worn cameras in the Phoenix Police Department conducted after Ferguson. The study found cameras altered some policing behaviors but did not reduce use of force, while arrest patterns shifted differently across Black and Hispanic neighborhoods. She argues...
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Host Jerry Ratcliffe and Bohdan Denysenko discussing Ukraine’s policing during wartime. Bogdan Denysenko is a former Ukrainian police officer and now civilian security sector reform and organised crime expert with over 20 years of experience in Ukrainian law enforcement and international advisory work, supporting the Government and Parliament of Ukraine through the European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine, based in Kyiv. They chat about Soviet-era legacies, EU-led reforms, and challenges from the Russian invasion, including staffing shortages and rising threats. The focus is on intelligence-led policing, improved analytics, integrated IT systems, and preparing for post-war organized crime risks.
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Author and Criminal Justice Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Chief Operating Officer, Association of British Credit Unions
Distinguished Professor of Economics, American Society of Evidence-Based Policing
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