This month’s member spotlight features Ekow Yankah. Professor Yankah holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Columbia Law School and Oxford University. His work focuses on questions of political and criminal theory and particularly, questions of political obligation and justifications of punishment.
Crime Trends Working Group
Crime in Memphis: What You Need to Know
President Trump announced on September 12 that he would dispatch military troops and federal agents to Memphis, TN, in an effort to reduce crime and violence. This brief examines six-month trends for 10 different crime types in Memphis, as well as separate data on gun thefts.
