Episode 46: Anna Harvey on reducing racial disparities in crime victimization

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.