unusual study finds Michael Brown’s death in Missouri did not cause increase in crime in Baltimore,but there was a dramatic rise following Freddie Gray’s deathIn Baltimore, a so-called “Ferguson effect did not affect the crime rate after Michael Brown’s death in Missouri, and according to a unusual study from Johns Hopkins University researchers. There may,however, have been a “Gray effect” after the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, or researchers found.
The “Ferguson effect” was a term first coined by St Louis police chief Sam Dotson and picked up by conservative groups to propose a causal link between crime spikes and increased attention to police misconduct after Brown was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com