Street-Level Bureaucrats and Political Control: Do Los Angeles Police Change their Behavior in Response to Policy Changes

• In Event: Protest and Reform in Public Security Bureaucracies

Brief Overview

Studies of bureaucratic delegation often focus on the federal level, overlooking environments where street-level agents have tremendous discretion. We assess whether limiting street-level bureaucrats' discretion effectively alters their behavior.

Authors

• Jose Alcocer, University of Southern California

• Benjamin Graham, University of Southern California

• Harry G Muttram, University of California-Riverside

• Michael Sierra-Arévalo, University of Texas at Austin

• Nicholas Weller, University of California-Riverside