Do Police Maximize Arrests or Minimize Crime? Evidence from Racial Profiling in U.S. Cities
研究通过比较理论预测与美国城市数据，发现警察行为更符合最大化逮捕而非最小化犯罪的目标，支持了基于逮捕最大化假设的歧视检验方法。
Abstract It is difficult to identify sources of discrimination in police stop and search data. In part, this is due to uncertainty over the objective of discretionary police stops: Do officers aim to maximize arrests or to minimize crime? In this paper, I compare theoretical predictions implied by these two objectives to data from U.S. cities. Empirical evidence is consistent with a model of arrest maximization and inconsistent with a model of crime minimization. The findings support the validity of existing tests for discrimination that rely on the assumption that police officers maximize arrests.