Gladwell Essay

In the section of Gladwell's essay that talks about New York's crime rate there are many different perspectives. Gladwell shows the perspective of three groups of people. They are the police, criminologists, and economists. All three of these perspectives are different but they all give solid reasoning as to why the crime rate may have dropped so suddenly. I think that Gladwell may include the perspective of some of the people that live in the crime infested area. Gladwell's views are clearly distinguishable from the three sources that he used in his essay. Gladwell was very sceptical of the reasons that his three sources used to explain that decrease of the crime rate. It seems that he does not agree with their reasons. He does use clear voice-signaling phrases because he always introduces who is giving the opinion.