Times to Return Law and Order to the American People

Times to Return Law and Order to the American People is a deeply analytical and provocative examination of American policing, crime trends, and political influence—written from the perspective of a veteran law-enforcement professional and public-administration scholar, Dr. Richard A. Vargus.

The book explores how policing strategies such as Zero Tolerance and Stop, Question, and Frisk (SQF) dramatically shaped New York City's crime decline from the 1990s to the mid-2010s. Drawing from histor...