The wider public is clueless about the social breakdown in high-crime areas and its effect on street life. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Ideally, informal social controls, above all the family, preserve public order. But when the family disintegrates, the police are the second-best solution for protecting the law-abiding. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
If, by deferring or maybe even skipping college entirely, students were foregoing their one hope for immersion in Western civilization, there would indeed be… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Race and gender quotas, whether in publishing, the media, or scientific research labs, are becoming more extreme and more ineluctable. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Opponents of New York City's proactive style of policing struggle mightily to downplay its most obvious benefit: the largest crime drop on record, concentrated… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Without question, women can act with bravery, foresight, and tactical intelligence. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Police departments are under enormous political pressure to hire based on race, despite existing efforts to recruit minorities, on the theory that doing so… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
It is not the case that I can predict your views knowing that you are a white male. I cannot predict your views if… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Received left-wing wisdom holds that the police cannot lower crime, only massive welfare spending and the redistribution of wealth can. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Hispanics' welfare consumption - and their affinity for the Democratic message - will decline over time as they climb the economic ladder. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Mandatory stints in the private economy before college enrollment could do wonders for study skills. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
A core plank of left-wing academic thought is that gender and race are 'socially constructed.' — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
For decades, liberal criminologists have tried to corroborate the Left's cherished belief that the criminal-justice system responds to similarly situated whites and blacks unequally. — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
The more frequently officers encounter violent suspects from any given racial group, the greater the chance that members of that racial group will be… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
