Commissioner Bratton expressed his concern for the criminal justice research community during a Manhattan Institute event and I am paraphrasing, 'that they are all really writing to one another.' One notable staff member is Anthony A. Braga who was a primary strategy member of the 90s team that attributed the Boston Miracle to their own work and efforts. A pleasant surprise was Stuart Taylor, an author who works illustrates the harm of affirmative action to the minority communities they are supposed to benefit.
It is indeed an echo chamber! What these consultants seem to offer in abundance is one-sided academic theory and ideology. Yet they have the ears of police chiefs, and department policy is being guided in part, by their work. Very concerning.
Commissioner Bratton expressed his concern for the criminal justice research community during a Manhattan Institute event and I am paraphrasing, 'that they are all really writing to one another.' One notable staff member is Anthony A. Braga who was a primary strategy member of the 90s team that attributed the Boston Miracle to their own work and efforts. A pleasant surprise was Stuart Taylor, an author who works illustrates the harm of affirmative action to the minority communities they are supposed to benefit.
It is indeed an echo chamber! What these consultants seem to offer in abundance is one-sided academic theory and ideology. Yet they have the ears of police chiefs, and department policy is being guided in part, by their work. Very concerning.