- When police focus on revenue (ticketing), their ability to address violent crime is diminished: "We find that police departments in cities that collect a greater share of their revenue from fees solve violent and property crimes at significantly lower rates." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1078087418791775?journalcode=uarb 1126 comments science
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- What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/09/24/want-your-police-department-to-collect-more-fines-it-will-solve-fewer-crimes/ 2038 comments
- Who Pays for Government? Descriptive Representation and Exploitative Revenue Sources | The Journal of Politics: Vol 79, No 3 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691354 1557 comments