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Book/Printed Material The effect of court-ordered hiring quotas on the composition and quality of police

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Title

  • The effect of court-ordered hiring quotas on the composition and quality of police

Summary

  • "Arguably the most aggressive affirmative action program ever implemented in the United States was a series of court-ordered racial hiring quotas imposed on municipal police departments. My best estimate of the effect of court-ordered affirmative action on workforce composition is a 14 percentage point gain in the fraction African American among newly hired officers. Evidence on police performance is mixed. Despite substantial black-white test score differences on police department entrance examinations, city crime rates appear unaffected by litigation. However, litigation lowers slightly both arrests per crime and the fraction black among serious arrestees"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • McCrary, Justin
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2006.

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 7/26/2006.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006619116

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Mccrary, Justin, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. The Effect of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas on the Composition and Quality of Police. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006619116/.

APA citation style:

McCrary, J. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2006) The Effect of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas on the Composition and Quality of Police. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006619116/.

MLA citation style:

Mccrary, Justin, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. The Effect of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas on the Composition and Quality of Police. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006619116/>.