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Gun violence in Philadelphia plummeted in 2024: Researchers aren’t sure why, but here are three factors at play

27th September 2024

Associate Professor Carla Lewandowski, Rowan University, New Jersey

ANALYSIS: Gun homicides in Philadelphia surged during the covid years, but so far in 2024 fatal shootings are down by almost 40%; Carla Lewandowski and John A. Shjarback, Associate Professors of Criminal Justice at Rowan University, argue that while there is no single explanation for the drop, new police crime fighting strategies and leadership, a return to post-covid ‘near normalcy’ for policing and criminal justice, and wider national crime trends have all played a part.

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Carla Lewandowski
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Dr Carla Lewandowski is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Rowan University, and holds a PhD and MA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS from Oxford University, and a BA from Princeton University. Her research focuses on homeland security, terrorism, and policing. She is the co-author of Extremism in the Police: A Reference Handbook and co-editor of Criminal Justice in America: Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections. Dr Lewandowski has published extensively on fusion centers, examining their role in information collection and dissemination. She teaches courses on International Terrorism, Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, and an introductory criminal justice course.