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

被引：1
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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.
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页数：48
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