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Police Force Size and Civilian Race
Aaron Chalfin
Benjamin Hansen
Emily Weisburst
Morgan Williams
出版
SSRN
, 2022
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ho7bzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
We report the first empirical estimate of the race-specific effects of larger police forces in the United States. Each additional police officer abates approximately 0.1 homicides. In per capita terms, effects are twice as large for Black versus white victims. At the same time, larger police forces make more arrests for low-level “quality-of-life” offenses, with effects that imply a disproportionate burden for Black Americans. Notably, cities with large Black populations do not share equally in the benefits of investments in police manpower. Our results provide novel empirical support for the popular narrative that Black communities are simultaneously over and under-policed.