Patrick Sharkey
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After a deep dive into multiple sources of data from the 100 largest cities, my conclusion is that 2020 has been an extremely violent year. The murder rate will rise
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I’ve written several essays over the past two months on the topic of urban inequality and the crises we’re living through. 1On the potential for a new community-oriented institution to
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A proposal for a bold mayor and a bold philanthropist: Select a set of precincts within a city and establish a community coalition to take over all law enforcement with
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New paper: "The Causal Effect of Social Distancing on the Spread of SARS-CoV-2" 1George Wood and I have a new article where we use week to week variation in weather
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