Thornton & Ortega Publishing
Ideas & Society

Who Polices the Police?

Incentives, power, and the hidden economics of American law enforcement

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About this book

Police departments respond to incentives like any other institution: budgets, union contracts, legal immunities and the way success is measured.

Ortega looks at American law enforcement as an economist would, asking who holds power, who bears the cost of mistakes, and how those incentives shape what officers and departments do.

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