Can We Prevent Crime?

04/12/2024 26 min

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Episode Synopsis

Do free education, paid work, and unconditional social support REALLY prevent crime? Find out as we travel to a far distant future where the answers to these questions can be found and vefifiably proven...like in the references below!!!
Also, big thanks to Aries Beats for the amazing music used in this episode:
https://youtu.be/Dcfaittfv8o?si=bZISGVD0uds-T7Yl

Career Criminals, Superpredators, and What Everyone Gets Wrong About Crime https://youtu.be/8rLA-TidolY

BEYOND BARS: Education Key to Lower Recidivism. Jeff Isabell-Taylor https://www.nlg.org/guild-notes/article/beyond-bars-education-key-to-lower-recidivism/#:~:text=Prisoners%20who%20achieve%20a%20high,a%20master's%20degree%20is%200%25.

Preventing Recidivism Through Education. Tracy Giovanetti | TEDxHickory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rK3x1jD4Nk

Prison Education Reduces Recidivism. Christopher Zoukis, JD, MBA https://federalcriminaldefenseattorney.com/prison-education-facts/prison-education-reduces-recidivism/

A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice. The Brooking Institute and The American Enterprise Institute https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Better-Path-Forward_Brookings-AEI-report.pdf

What to know about attending college in prison. Heidi Rivera
https://www.bankrate.com/loans/student-loans/attending-college-while-incarcerated/

THE LANDSCAPE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON. Stephanie Gaskill, Mary R. Gould, Ved Price, Erin L. Castro, Amy Lerman
https://assets-global.website-files.com/5e3dd3cf0b4b54470c8b1be1/6491de8e5d0081067689ab52_TheLandscapeofHigherEducationinPrison-2020-2021.pdf

What the data says about crime in the U.S. John Gramlich
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-says-about-crime-in-the-us/#:~:text=Which%20kinds%20of%20crime%20are,violent%20crimes%20per%20100%2C000%20people.

FBI:UCR 2019 Crime in the United States
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019

Breaches in the Wall: Imprisonment, Social Support, and Recidivism. Joshua C. Cochran
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joshua-Cochran/publication/262010228_Breaches_in_the_Wall_Imprisonment_Social_Support_and_Recidivism/links/02e7e5365294f3ec10000000/Breaches-in-the-Wall-Imprisonment-Social-Support-and-Recidivism.pdf



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00:00 - Previously on The Shakedown...
00:22 - Welcome to THE FUTURE...of crime prevention
01:15 - Is There Evidence that Crime CAN BE Prevented?
02:31 - The Bipartisan Study on Crime Prevention
03:51 - Can Free Education Prevent Crime?
06:17 - How to get into College in Prison
11:54 - Breaking News....Prison Sucks
14:10 - Can Paid Work Prevent Crime?
17:18 - Is there slavery in prison? (A brief tangent)
19:39 - Does Unconditional Social Support Prevent Crime?
24:56 - Thank you!
26:09 - SECRET BONUS!!!