Do Police Maximize Arrests or Minimize Crime? Evidence from Racial Profiling in US Cities

被引：2
作者：
Stashko, Allison [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION | 2023年 / 21卷 / 01期
关键词：
MOTOR-VEHICLE SEARCHES; MAYORAL PARTISANSHIP; PUBLIC-GOODS; BIAS; RACE; DISCRIMINATION; DETERRENCE; REDISTRIBUTION; INCENTIVES; PREJUDICE;
D O I：
10.1093/jeea/jvac039
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
It is difficult to identify sources of discrimination in police stop and search data. In part, this is due to uncertainty over the objective of discretionary police stops: Do officers aim to maximize arrests or to minimize crime? In this paper, I compare theoretical predictions implied by these two objectives to data from U.S. cities. Empirical evidence is consistent with a model of arrest maximization and inconsistent with a model of crime minimization. The findings support the validity of existing tests for discrimination that rely on the assumption that police officers maximize arrests.
引用
收藏
页码：167 / 214
页数：48
相关论文
共 47 条
  • [41] Do shifts in the racial and ethnic composition of a neighborhood lead to extreme changes in commuting times? evidence from New York City
    Baker, Dwayne Marshall
    Lopez-Garcia, David
    TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY, 2024, 36
  • [42] How do non-profits use profits? Evidence from US non-profit hospitals
    Lu, Jiahuan
    Park, Young Joo
    PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 2024,
  • [43] Do investors prefer borrowers from high level of trust cities? Evidence from China's P2P market
    Jin, Ming
    Yin, Mingmei
    Chen, Zhongfei
    RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE, 2021, 58
  • [44] The effect of formal de-policing on police traffic stop behavior and crime: Early evidence from LAPD's policy to restrict discretionary traffic stops
    Boehme, Hunter M.
    Mourtgos, Scott M.
    CRIMINOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY, 2024, 23 (03) : 517 - 542
  • [45] Where do Muslims stand on ethno-racial hierarchies in Britain and France? Evidence from public opinion surveys, 1988-2008
    Bleich, Erik
    PATTERNS OF PREJUDICE, 2009, 43 (3-4) : 379 - 400
  • [46] What Do We Know about the Capital Structure of Privately Held US Firms? Evidence from the Surveys of Small Business Finance
    Cole, Rebel A.
    FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 2013, 42 (04) : 777 - 813
  • [47] Racial residential segregation is associated with ambient air pollution exposure after adjustment for multilevel sociodemographic factors: Evidence from eight US-based cohorts
    Zewdie, Hiwot Y.
    Fahey, Carolyn A.
    Harrington, Anna L.
    Hart, Jaime E.
    Biggs, Mary L.
    Mcclure, Leslie A.
    Whitsel, Eric A.
    Kaufman, Joel D.
    Hajat, Anjum
    ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2025, 9 (01) : e367
12345