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1 results foundAuthor: Weisburst, Emily Title: Safety in Police Numbers: Evidence of Police Effectiveness and Foresight from Federal COPS Grant Applications Summary: Understanding the impact of police on crime is critical to designing policies that maximize safety. In this paper, I use a novel estimation approach to measure the impact of police hiring, which exploits variation in federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) hiring grants, while also controlling for the endogenous decisions of police departments to apply for these grants. Using data from nearly U.S. 7,000 municipalities, I find that a 10% increase in police employment rates reduces violent crime rates by 13% and property crime rates by 8.5%. The model also provides suggestive evidence that law enforcement leaders are forward-looking. Details: Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Economics, 2016. 50p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 7, 2016 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2845099 Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2845099 Shelf Number: 145111 Keywords: Economic of CrimePolice EffectivenessPolice HiringPolice StaffingPolicing |