Crime, Fear, and Power: Why We’re Taking a National Focus

Send us Fan Mail How politics, media, and institutions distort crime narratives across America

Fear has become the dominant framework for how Americans understand crime—and it is often deliberately manufactured.

In this episode of the Chicago Justice Podcast, host Tracy Siska, Executive Director of the Chicago Justice Project, introduces a new national focus for the show. We examine how crime and violence are exploited by political leaders, media outlets, justice system officials, and poli...