Less Policing, Less Problems: The Impact of Strategic Depolicing

• In Event: Policing Policy and its Implications

Brief Overview

We demonstrate depolicing does not increase crime (and may reduce it) and can reduce unnecessary contact with civilians if police engage in "strategic depolicing," which selectively reduces inefficient policing practices.

Authors

• Marcel Roman, University of California-Los Angeles

• Don Grasse, Emory University