This paper develops a model of the geographic distribution of crime in an urban area. When the police protect some … neighborhoods (concentrated protection), the city becomes segregated. When the police are evenly deployed across the city (dispersed …

to these policing regimes in smaller areas. In these places, where relationships between citizens, courts and police are … City. We analyze rich and detailed panel data from both places on police stops, citations, warrants, arrests, court …

workers, and housing prices are affected by the spatial allocation of police protection. It examines two opposite strategies … of police deployment: concentrated protection (the police only protect one area of the city) and dispersed protection … (the police are evenly deployed across the city). In equilibrium, under concentrated protection, only rich agents are …

This paper develops a model of the geographic distribution of crime in an urban area. When the police protect some … neighborhoods (concentrated protection), the city becomes segregated. When the police are evenly deployed across the city (dispersed …