Episode · EconTalk · 2020-08-24

Russ Roberts & Franklin Zimring: books mentioned on EconTalk

Franklin Zimring on When Police Kill

2 books · With Franklin Zimring · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Franklin Zimring's 2017 book, When Police Kill, starts with an alarming statistic: Roughly 1,000 Americans die each year at the hands of police. Zimring, criminologist and law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, talks about his book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts.

Russ Roberts discussed When Police Kill by Franklin E. Zimring. Franklin Zimring discussed Deterrence; the Legal Threat in Crime Control by Franklin E. Zimring and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. When Police Kill

    Franklin E. Zimring · at 0:15 · mentioned 7 times

    When Police Kill by Franklin E.

    Discussed
    “he's the author of numerous books including when police kill which is the subject of today's conversation”
    Where to get it
  2. Deterrence; the Legal Threat in Crime Control

    Franklin E. Zimring; Gordon Hawkins · at 52:12

    Discussed
    “it's called deterrence the legal threat and crime control and um uh i don't think you were out of short pants when it was published”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The City That Became Safe
“and of course there books i wrote uh in 2012. yay uh uh i wrote a book called the city that became safe and it's about new york policing and its effects”