Policy Panel: Proactive Policing

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

One of the most significant reforms in modern policing has been the push for law enforcement to be more proactive in reducing crime or building trust and confidence with their communities. While there have been controversies surrounding certain types of proactivity such as stop, question, and frisk and zero tolerance policing, research continues to find that other proactive approaches can be effective in preventing crime and disorder. In this policy panel, the presenters dig more deeply into police proactivity, focusing on the implementation of police proactivity in practice.

Sub Unit

• Policy Panels

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Policing

Individual Presentations

• Assessing Benefits, Costs, and Disparate Racial Impacts of Confrontational Proactive Policing - Daniel Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University; Charles Manski, Northwestern University

• Measuring Policy Proactivity - Cynthia Lum, George Mason University; Christopher Koper, George Mason University

• Practical Applications of Proactive Traffic Enforcement - Xiaoyun Wu, George Mason University; Cynthia Lum, George Mason University

Chair

• Christopher Koper, George Mason University

Discussant

• Peter Neyroud, University of Cambridge