Election Day 2013 is close at hand.
And that's when Detroit voters will decide whether their next Mayor will be Mike Duggan or Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon.
The winner of the election will inherit the huge challenge of what to do about the crime rate in Detroit.
At least 386 people were murdered in the city last year, and recent FBI statistics put Detroit neck and neck with Flint for the top spot of most violent cities in America.
The high crime rate means those folks who can are getting out of these cities, which makes the economic downward spiral even worse.
What can be done? And do we really know what is driving the violence in cities like Detroit and Flint?
Michigan State University sociologist Dr. Carl Taylor joined us today from East Lansing. His new book "Third City" looks at the challenges in post-industrial Detroit and Michigan.
Listen to the full interview above.
