01087nam a22001457a 4500 521182 521182 221226b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Chalfin, Aaron 36396 Police force size and civilian race The American Economic Review: Insights 4(2), Jun, 2022: p.139-158 We 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 The American Economic Review: Insights POLICING AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 395233 IIPA IIPA 2022-12-26 4(2), Jun, 2022: p.139-158 AR127738 2022-12-26 AR