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 37: Jamein Cunningham on legal services for the poor
Episode 36: Ellora Derenoncourt on the Great Migration and economic mobility
Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime
Episode 34: David Phillips on emergency financial assistance
Episode 33: Jason Lindo on violent media content
Episode 32: Sarit Weisburd on police presence and crime
Episode 19: Jeremy West on racial bias in police investigations (REBROADCAST)
Episode 10: Emily Weisburst on police officers in schools (REBROADCAST)
Episode 31: Randi Hjalmarsson on jury decision-making
Episode 30: Brittany Street on economic opportunity and crime
Episode 29: Patricio Dominguez on the interactions of offenders and victims
Episode 28: Jillian Carr on SNAP benefit distribution and crime
Episode 27: Benjamin Hansen on marijuana legalization
Episode 26: Kirabo Jackson on single-sex education
Episode 25: Sara Heller on summer youth employment programs
Bonus episode: Adam Gelb on the Council on Criminal Justice
Episode 24: Logan Lee on residential housing programs
Bonus episode: Rachel Barkow
Episode 23: Lelys Dinarte on after-school programs in El Salvador
Episode 22: Phil Levine on gun exposure and accidental shootings
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