A deep dive into an important policy question
This week we take a in-depth look at the question of whether and if so, to what extent, US police are biased against monorities in their use of force. We will base the session around a recent paper on the topic in the light of its precursors and subsequent controversy.
This issue will encompass many of the causal inference issues dealt with in the course, and provides an important policy-relevant example of multiple causal inference tools at work.
Knox et al. 2020 ‘Administrative Records Mask Racially Biased Policing’ American Journal of Political Science.
Gaebler et al. Deconstructing Claims of Post-Treatment Biasin Observational Studies of Discrimination
Knox et al Can Racial Bias in Policing Be Credibly EstimatedUsing Data Contaminated by Post-Treatment Selection? MS