Peer Effects in Police Use of Forcer

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Holz, Justin E.; Rivera, Roman G.; Ba, Bocar A.
• 署名单位: University of Chicago; Columbia University; Duke University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20200227
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 256-291
• 关键词: Random assignment; VIOLENCE; RISK; reduce; performance; experience; exposure; crime; RACE; BIAS

摘要

We study the link between police officers' on-duty injuries and their peers' force use using a network of officers who attended the police academy together through a random lottery. On-duty inju-ries increase the probability of officers using force by 7 percent in the subsequent week. Officers are also more likely to injure sus-pects and receive complaints about neglecting victims and violat-ing constitutional rights. The effect is concentrated in a narrow time window following the event and is not associated with significantly lower injury risk to the officer. Together, these findings suggest that emotional responses drive the effects rather than social learning. (JEL H76, J28, K42)