After our recent discussion in class of talks about 1982 in being the year crime started to decrease and more prisons started to get built, it immediately made me think of the work of Malcolm Gladwell.
As the author of some really fascinating books, The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, he brings some new perspectives and interesting thought to several ideas about epidemics, the power of thought, and success. In his first book I read, The Tipping Point, Gladwell uses the crime decline in New York City in 1982 as a prime example in discussions about epidemics.
Where Gladwell first gained fame was in his articles written for the New Yorker, in which most of these articles went on to shape the context of his books. Here is just one article he wrote about the crime epidemic in New York City. If you go to his archive of New Yorker articles, you can also find other writings about crime and science where Gladwell begs the question; why do some people turn into violent criminals? as well as an article he wrote on criminal profiling.
I highly suggest however everyone checking out The Tipping Point if you haven't already, where Gladwell dives further into crimes and epidemics in New York City. It's an easy read, extremely interesting and thought provoking.
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