The disproportionate impact of post-George Floyd violence increases on minority neighborhoods in Philadelphia

Ratcliffe, Jerry H.; Taylor, Ralph B.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102103

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“…Disadvantaged communities likely need better policing, not simply less of it. The neighborhood differences documented here (see also Ratcliffe & Taylor, 2023) provide grounds for additional work on how crime variation impacts political preferences around crime control (Bateson, 2012).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…5) Were these associations universal across Denver's neighborhoods? In doing so, we extend the literature on COVID‐19, the George Floyd murder, and neighborhood‐level impacts (e.g., Ratcliffe & Taylor, 2023) by examining a core mechanism believed to be responsible for the 2020 rise in crime.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Much of what is known about the effects of police pullbacks on crime, however, is based on between‐ rather than on within‐city studies (Roman et al, 2023; Rosenfeld & Wallman, 2019; White et al., 2022; cf. Piza & Connealy, 2022; Ratcliffe & Taylor, 2023). This gap in our understanding of the effects of policing on crime is notable because we know that policing tends to be concentrated in areas with the highest crime (Wu & Lum, 2017) and that meaningful neighborhood‐level variation in crime rates occurs (Sherman et al., 1989).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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When police pull back: Neighborhood‐level effects of de‐policing on violent and property crime, a research note

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Huff,

Wolfe

et al. 2024

Criminology

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Many U.S. cities witnessed both de‐policing and increased crime in 2020, yet whether the former contributed to the latter remains unclear. Indeed, much of what is known about the effects of proactive policing on crime comes from studies that evaluated highly focused interventions atypical of day‐to‐day policing, used cities as the unit of analysis, or could not rule out endogeneity. This study addresses each of these issues, thereby advancing the evidence base concerning the effects of policing on crime. Leveraging two exogenous shocks presented by the onset of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic and social unrest after the murder of George Floyd, we evaluated the effects of sudden and sustained reductions in high‐discretion policing on crime at the neighborhood level in Denver, Colorado. Multilevel models accounting for trends in prior police activity, neighborhood structure, seasonality, and population mobility revealed mixed results. On the one hand, large‐scale reductions in stops and drug‐related arrests were associated with significant increases in violent and property crimes, respectively. On the other hand, fewer disorder arrests did not affect crime. These results were not universal across neighborhoods. We discuss the implications of these findings in light of debates concerning the appropriate role of policing in the 21st century.

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confidence: 73%

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confidence: 99%