The Roundtable discussions will focus on crime trends, such as the crime decline of the past 20 years, explore its policy and operations implications and relevance for future prevention and enforcement efforts, and discuss ways to inform a long-term research agenda. The committee will meet 6 times over a period of 36 months to explore the predominant explanations for the crime drop: the economy, incarceration, policing and environmental factors, such as lead exposure or neighborhood context/conditions, or social trends such as immigration patterns, demographic trends, legalization of abortion or marriage patterns. The specific topics will be determined by the roundtable participants.

Richard Rosenfeld, Chair, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Sponsor

The project is sponsored by the National Institute of Justice.

Project Staff

Arlene F. Lee, Study Director

Malay Majmundar, Program Officer

Barbara Boyd, Administrative Coordinator