The Data and Racial Inequality Project


POLICE, CRIME, AND VIOLENCE
This project examines the impact of local homicides on the behavior of police officers. Using administrative data, it assesses how homicides that occur near the residences of police officers change their propensity to engage in aggressive interactions with pedestrians. PI: Gerard Torrats-Espinosa
PUBLICATIONS
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​Donahue, S. T., & Torrats-Espinosa, G. (2024). From the block to the beat: How violence in officers’ neighborhoods influences racially Biased Policing. American Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1086/734296
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Ben-Menachem, J., & Torrats-Espinosa, G. (2024). Police violence reduces trust in the police among black residents. CrimRxiv. https://doi.org/10.21428/cb6ab371.bb848cf1
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