Racial Disparities in the Demand for Policing

• In Event: Evaluating Representation in Bureaucracies

Brief Overview

Police misconduct targeting minorities have led to the belief that white citizens benefit more from policing than ethnic minorities. We examine whether this distrust causes differences in the demand for policing among white and black Americans.

Authors

• Jesper Asring Hansen, Aarhus University

• Jonas Krogh Madsen, Roskilde University