Anna Harvey talks about how court-ordered affirmative action in police departments affected racial disparities in crime victimization.
“Reducing Racial Disparities in Crime Victimization: Evidence from Employment Discrimination Litigation” by Anna Harvey and Taylor Mattia.
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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:"Are U.S. Cities Underpoliced? Theory and Evidence" by Aaron Chalfin and Justin McCrary.
"COPS and crime" by William N. Evans and Emily G. Owens.
"Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime" by Jonathan Klick and Alexander Tabarrok.
"The Effect of Police Response Time on Crime Clearance Rates" by Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Tom Kirchmaier.
"The Relationship Between Crime Reporting and Police: Implications for the Use of Uniform
Crime Reports" by Steven Levitt.
"The Effect of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas on the Composition and Quality of Police" by Justin McCrary.
"Does Temporary Affirmative Action Produce Persistent Effects? A Study of Black and Female Employment in Law Enforcement" by Amalia R. Miller and Carmit Segal.
"Do Female Officers Improve Law Enforcement Quality? Effects on Crime Reporting and Domestic Violence" by Amalia R. Miller and Carmit Segal.
"Police Force Size and Civilian Race" by Aaron Chalfin, Benjamin Hansen, Emily K. Weisburst, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr.
Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior (REBROADCAST)
Episode 6: Manisha Shah on criminalizing sex work (REBROADCAST)
Episode 50: Desmond Ang on the effects of police violence
Episode 49: Michael Makowsky on the minimum wage, EITC, and recidivism
Episode 48: Cody Tuttle on SNAP benefits and recidivism
Episode 47: Greg Midgette on the 24/7 Sobriety program
Bonus episode: Erin Kelly on punishment and responsibility
Episode 45: Conrad Miller on racial disparities in sentencing
Bonus episode: Sarah Brayne on police surveillance
Episode 44: Arianna Ornaghi on how local news coverage affects policing
Episode 43: Elizabeth Linos on police recruiting
Episode 16: Stephen Billings on lead and crime (REBROADCAST)
Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box (REBROADCAST)
Bonus episode: David Skarbek on the social order of prisons
Episode 42: Andrea Velasquez on how crime affects risk aversion
Episode 41: Matthew Lindquist on the health effects of prison
Episode 40: Emily Leslie on COVID and domestic violence
Episode 39: Anna Bindler on the labor market effects of crime victimization
Episode 38: CarlyWill Sloan on racial bias in policing
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