Do Consent Decrees Reduce the Use of Force? Evidence from Police Reports and Hospital Records

• In Event: Levers of Power in the Criminal Legal System

Brief Overview

We ask if consent decrees reduce police use of force. We use hospital admissions data to provide an independent record of police behavior before, during, and after the implementation of a consent decree in Los Angeles.

Authors

• Steven Briggs, North Dakota State University

• Dan Pemstein, North Dakota State University