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Justin Fox

The Japan Times

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U.S. prisons are emptier. Will psychiatric hospitals fill up?

U.S. prisons are emptier. Will psychiatric hospitals fill up?

A fact of American life that probably doesn’t receive enough attention is that the number of people in prison or jail in the U.S. has fallen by...

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Justin Fox

Are video games and phones helping to reduce crime?

Crime plummeted in the U.S. in 2025 after a steady but less-precipitous decline in 2024. Not only is the scary rise in violence that began early in...

25.03.2026 90

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How accurate are U.S. crime statistics?

12.11.2025 70

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What’s behind the great American murder decline?

09.10.2025 40

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What’s behind the great American murder decline?

08.10.2025 50

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Freezing rent is easy. Making NYC housing affordable isn’t.

28.07.2025 80

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Justin Fox