7 lines
646 B
Markdown
7 lines
646 B
Markdown
## Policing Efficacy
|
|
|
|
* [Goldstein et al. 18](https://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/upload_documents/YOU_policing.pdf)
|
|
* Police departments that collect **more in fees** and fines are **less effective** at solving crimes
|
|
* “Specifically, we find that a **1 percent increase** in the share of own-source revenues from fees, fines, and forfeitures collected by a municipality is associated with a **decrease** in the violent crime clearance rate of **3.7 percentage points**”
|
|
* This relationship is proven through a variety of empirical strategies, the details of which are outlined extensively in the methodology
|