violence – Marc Krupanski

September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

Investing in Summer Youth Employment Programs Creates Stronger, Safer Communities

To reduce crime, enhance public safety, and improve outcomes for people involved with the criminal justice system, we need to follow the evidence. Across the country, we have seen how proactive strategies like summer youth employment programs (SYEPs) have been proven to counter this seasonal crime spike, offer at-risk youth a more constructive path forward, and reduce violence. Moreover, these programs have a lasting effect, helping to bring down crime and violence throughout the year.

January 23, 2025

Understanding Violent Crime and the Policy Responses

In December, at the end of last year (2024), I had the great opportunity to talk with Congressional staffers on "Understanding Violent Crime and the Policy Responses." The lunch conversation was hosted by Faith and Law in partnership with Prison Fellowship.

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021

Policing Reform Continues Even as the Senate Fails

While partisanship doomed congressional action, state-level legislation and White House leadership can still promote accountability and transparency.

July 11, 2019

Book Launch—City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands – July 11 NYC

I am very happy to host this book launch and moderate the subsequent discussion with Dan Werb, Maia Szalavitz, and Dr. Patty Gonzalez-Zuñiga, and featuring Dan's new book City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands. Having visited and supported harm reduction and community safety work in Tijuana for the past several …

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November 5, 2018

Portuguese & Russian language versions of “Police & Harm Reduction” now available

A quick post to share that my guidance document for law enforcement - "Police and Harm Reduction" - is now available for free download in both Russian and Portuguese in addition to English. A Spanish language version is coming soon. As a reminder as to what this guidance document is about: "In many cities around the …

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November 10, 2017

Q&A: Looking for Answers on Law Enforcement Killings

A new study finds official public health data on law enforcement-related deaths in the US fails to accurately record and report deaths. I spoke with Justin Feldman, the study’s lead researcher, about the implications of these findings.

August 7, 2017

Why Declaring ‘War’ on Mexican Drug Cartels Is a Bad Idea

A recent proposal for US Congress to “declare war” on Mexican cartels in order to curb the growing number of fatal opiate overdoses of Americans is incendiary and dangerous.

Not only would it be ineffective in countering cartels or reducing fatal overdoses in the U.S.; it would lead to lead to the murders of thousands more Mexican civilians, not to mention endanger the lives of American soldiers.