Malcolm Gladwell: How NYC Actually Solved Its Crime Problem in the 1990s–2000s

Name: Malcolm Gladwell: How NYC Actually Solved Its Crime Problem in the 1990s–2000s
Uploaded: 2025-05-15
Duration: 21 min 14 s

Socrates in the City

Today we're used to hearing about rising crime rates across the country, but at a Socrates in the City event just over a decade ago Malcolm Gladwell described how 'crime is now so low in New York, it's crazy...this is one of the most extraordinary sociological events of the last hundred years.' How was NYC so effective at combatting crime, and are there clues from those past successes that could be applied today?