Evaluating Modern Policing: Cameras, Crisis Teams, and Racial Discrimination

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

The papers in this session present empirical analyses of police conduct and the effectiveness of reforms and alternatives to conventional police departments. The analysis of police conduct examines the nature and extent of racial profiling in citations for speeding by using high-frequency location data that can overcome longstanding concerns with selection bias in the analysis of data on encounters with police. The analyses of reforms and alternatives to conventional policing examine the effects of adding body cameras in conventional policing and pilot programs that move away from traditional methods of policing, such as crisis response programs that include mental health professionals. By sharing empirical strategies and the findings obtained with these strategies, this session will help inform policies that aim to make policing more effective and more fair for everyone.

Policy Area

• Crime, Justice, and Drugs

Chair

• Benjamin Hansen, University of Oregon

Discussants

• Sera Linardi, University of Pittsburgh

• Kevin T. T Schnepel, University of Sydney

Organizer

• Alec Brandon, Johns Hopkins University

Individual Presentations

• High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding - Presenting Author: Alec Brandon, Johns Hopkins University

• What Is the Best Response? Examining the Impacts of Police and Alternative Responses - Presenting Author: JUSTIN E HOLZ, University of Chicago

• The Effects of Body-worn Cameras on Policing and Court Outcomes: Evidence from Virginia - Presenting Author: Kathryn M Bollman, Oregon State University

• Mobile Crisis Response Teams Support Better Policing: Evidence from CAHOOTS - Presenting Author: Jonathan Martin Villars Davis, University of Oregon