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 21: Aurelie Ouss on reducing failures-to-appear in court
Episode 20: J.J. Prescott on sex offender registries
Episode 19: Jeremy West on racial bias in police investigations
Episode 18: Maya Rossin-Slater on the effects of violent assault during pregnancy
Episode 17: Ana Tur-Prats on how historical family types affect intimate partner violence today
Episode 16: Stephen Billings on lead and crime
Coming soon: Interviews with book authors
Episode 15: Mica Sviatschi on the effects of criminal gangs in El Salvador
Episode 14: Aaron Chalfin on street lighting and crime
Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior
Episode 12: Michael Lovenheim on grade retention and students' criminal activity
Episode 11: Steven Raphael on sentencing reform in California
Episode 10: Emily Weisburst on police officers in schools
Episode 9: Mike Mueller-Smith on the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)
Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box
Episode 7: Jeff Weaver on the effects of parental and sibling incarceration
Episode 6: Manisha Shah on criminalizing sex work
Episode 5: Kevin Schnepel on diversion from felony conviction
Episode 4: Megan Stevenson on cash bail
Episode 3: Analisa Packham on syringe exchange programs
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