It’s been a while since the Remnant featured an expert on crime, but today, Manhattan Institute fellow Rafael Mangual joins the program to fill that void. Recently, Rafael published Criminal (In)Justice, in which he argues against decarceration and depolicing. Using that book as a launch pad, he and Jonah discuss the sociological factors behind criminality, how crime can be deterred, and why the U.S. is an outlier in its incarceration rate. Plenty of policy wonkery is also mixed in.

Show Notes:

• Rafael’s Manhattan Institute webpage

• Rafael’s new book, Criminal (In)Justice

• Rafael: “The Cost of Decarceration”

• The D.C. sniper attacks

• Jonah: “Abolishing Police Departments Is Insane”

• Stanton Samenow’s Inside the Criminal Mind

• Rafael: “Are Democrats Serious About Gun Crime?”

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