Simple Analysis of Police Policies in the U.S.

Author: Trisha Sanghal, Coco Sun, Sina Ghandian

Publisher: Medium

Publication Year: 2020

Summary: The following article discusses findings regarding policies related to deaths caused by police departments. Is crime a predictor for violent force policies? Well, researchers found that violent crime does not explain restrictive policy. While policing is a complicated topic, this does point to inherent biases in the system which must be accounted for when doing this sort of research.