01005nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100002000041245004000061260004400101300003100145520067500176773004400851221226b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aChalfin, Aaron   aPolice force size and civilian race  aThe American Economic Review: Insights   a4(2), Jun, 2022: p.139-158  aWe report novel empirical estimates of the race-specific effects of larger police forces in the United States. Each additional police officer abates approximately 0.1 homicides. In per capita terms, effects are twice as large for Black versus White victims. Larger police forces also make fewer arrests for serious crimes, with larger reductions for crimes with Black suspects, implying that police force growth does not increase racial disparities among the most serious charges. At the same time, larger police forces make more arrests for low-level “quality-of-life” offenses, with effects that imply a disproportionate impact for Black Americans. – Reproduced   aThe American Economic Review: Insights