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Performance Measurement in a Modern Police Organization

In 2008 the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Harvard Kennedy School (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) jointly embarked on an ambitious project – a second Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety.

The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power

Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and actions of black Republican activists, officials, and politician

The Political Legacy of American Slavery

We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in the American South trace their origins to slavery’s prevalence more than 150 years ago.

The Fire This Time

The Travails of Urban Field Research

Alice Goffman’s book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, is one of those rare publications by a sociologist that creates an immediate splash both within and outside academia.

First Mover Advantages and Optimal Patent Protection

This paper advances the analysis of incentives for technological innovation by examining the conditions under which first mover advantages – e.g., a head start, the necessity for imitators to incur th

A Test of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing

We collect a new dataset on capital punishment in the US and we propose a test of racial bias based upon patterns of sentence reversals. We model the courts as minimizing type I and II errors.

Gender Gap Report 2014

Through the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracks their progress over time.

Why Hasn’t ‘Big Data’ Saved Democracy?

In his new book, The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet), Personal Democracy Forum founder Micah Sifry asks a very good question: what ever happened to the prediction th

On America's Front Lines

On the Run is an engrossing book that should also become an ethnographic classic. It describes the world of young jobless black men who have seldom finished high school.