The New York Times cites the Cornell Law Review article, “De-Policing,” written by Professor Stephen Rushin and University of Alabama Birmingham Professor Griffin Edwards.
“In a paper soon to be published, they examine what happens to local crime rates when police departments come to the attention of the federal government for systematically violating civil rights, or, in more extreme cases, become subject to federal oversight and reform. Because such oversight is a form of criticism, it offers a test case of the thesis that increased scrutiny of the police leads to more crime.”
For more, read “Is There a ‘Ferguson Effect’?”
