Brown: Voter Protection Led to Steep Drop in Racially Biased Arrests in Late 20th Century, Study Finds
July 08, 2020
July 08, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 8 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
In the midst of a national reckoning on racism and law enforcement, a Brown University economist has unearthed and analyzed decades-old data demonstrating that the fight to decrease racial disparities in policing might just start at the polls.
A new study co-authored by Brian Knight, a professor of economics at Brown, shows that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 not only enabled more Bla . . .
In the midst of a national reckoning on racism and law enforcement, a Brown University economist has unearthed and analyzed decades-old data demonstrating that the fight to decrease racial disparities in policing might just start at the polls.
A new study co-authored by Brian Knight, a professor of economics at Brown, shows that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 not only enabled more Bla . . .