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Police Force Size and Civilian Race

Published:2022-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:4 Page:139-158
ISSN:2640-205X
Container-title:American Economic Review: Insights
language:en
Short-container-title:American Economic Review: Insights

Author:

Chalfin Aaron¹,Hansen Benjamin²,Weisburst Emily K.³,Williams Morgan C.⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania (email: )

2. Department of Economics, University of Oregon, NBER, IZA (email: )

3. Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles (email: )

4. Department of Economics, Barnard College (email: )

Abstract

We report novel empirical estimates 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. Larger police forces also make fewer arrests for serious crimes, with larger reductions for crimes with Black suspects, implying that police force growth does not increase racial disparities among the most serious charges. At the same time, larger police forces make more arrests for low-level “quality-of-life” offenses, with effects that imply a disproportionate impact for Black Americans. (JEL H76, J15, K42)

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Geography, Planning and Development

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/aeri.20200792

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