Using Electoral Cycles in Police Hiring to Estimate the Effects of Police on Crime: Reply
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Using Electoral Cycles in Police Hiring to Estimate the Effects of Police on Crime: Reply by Steven D. Levitt. Published in volume 92, issue 4, pages 1244-1250 of American Economic Review, September 2002
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Deterrence measures are correlated with crime rates.
“As it has been fairly well documented in previous research that deterrence measures are correlated with crime rates (Bun et al. 2019;Corman and Mocan 2002;Levitt 2002), de-policing could increase crime.”
From BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, FATAL POLICE INTERACTIONS, AND CRIME (2021) · cites this paper as Levitt 2002
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- Authors
- Levitt, S. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- Levitt, Steven D
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2002-08-01
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1244-1250
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4243345446
- Cited by
- 392
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 21.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Economic Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Keywords
- police recruitment, electoral cycles, crime rates, police effectiveness, police employment, crime policy evaluation
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