Peter Moskos
Peter Moskos is a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He is the author of four books, including "Back from the Brink," an account of New York City's 1990s crime drop.
Contributions
'There Is a Tendency to Romanticize the Gutter': The Rebirth of Times Square, Port Authority and Bryant Park
An excerpt from "Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City's Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop"
Fix Public Policy or Pay a Price
In 2022, a confluence of questionable reforms worked together to push crime higher.
Homicide: Life in the Stats
When national trends clash with on-the-ground realities
Fix the Subway, Not Society
Lessons from the past on how we do — and don’t — enforce laws underground.