arrests or to minimize crime? In this paper, I compare models of the two police objectives to data from U.S. cities. Empirical …It is difficult to know if racial discrepancies in police stop and search data are caused by racial bias or statistical … discrimination. In part, this is due to uncertainty over the benchmark of unbiased police behavior: do officers aim to maximize …

We develop an empirical model of the mechanism used to assign police officers to Chicago districts and examine the … effects of officer experience on neighborhood crime. Equalizing officer seniority across districts would reduce violent crime … rate by 4.6 percent and significantly decrease inequality in crime, discretionary arrests, and officer use of force across …

Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are an increasingly common tool for police oversight, accountability, and transparency, yet …, particularly police use of force. Second, we carry out a benefit-cost analysis of BWCs, as financial barriers are often cited as a … key impediment to adoption by police departments. Our baseline estimate for the benefit-cost ratio of BWCs is 4 …

the number of illegal guns and decrease with social capital and police intensity. Using detailed panel data from the …, social capital, and police intensity consistent with our theoretical predictions. Based on our analysis, we derive a range of …

the number of illegal guns and decrease with social capital and police intensity. Using detailed panel data from the …, social capital, and police intensity consistent with our theoretical predictions. Based on our analysis, we derive a range of …