Episode 57: Giovanni Mastrobuoni on predictive policing

Giovanni Mastrobuoni talks about how predictive policing affects crime.

“Crime is Terribly Revealing: Information Technology and Police Productivity” by Giovanni Mastrobuoni.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Self-Exciting Point Process Modeling of Crime” by G.O. Mohler, M.B. Short, P.J. Brantingham, F.P. Schoenberg, and G.E. Tita.

• “Randomized Controlled Field Trials of Predictive Policing” by G.O. Mohler, M.B. Short, Sean Malinowski, Mark Johnson, G.E. Tita, Andrea L. Bertozzi, and P.J. Brantingham.

• “The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime” by Jennifer Doleac.

• “The Effects of DNA Databases on the Deterrence and Detection of Offenders” by Anne Sofie Anker, Jennifer Doleac, and Rasmus Landersø.

• “Police Officer on the Frontline or a Soldier? The Effect of Police Militarization on Crime” by Vincenzo Bove and Evelina Gavrilova.

• “Peacekeeping Force: Effects of Providing Tactical Equipment to Local Law Enforcement” by Matthew C. Harris, Jinseong Park, Donald J. Bruce, and Matthew N. Murray.

• “Police Safety, Killings by the Police, and the Militarization of US Law Enforcement” by Federico Masera.

• “Police Patrols and Crime” by Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Giovanni Mastrobuoni.