Epp looks at how lawmakers and agencies figure out what policies to implement and how to develop them, and at whether particular approaches-responding to news events, or building long-term plans, for example-lead to better or worse outcomes.

Epp looks at how lawmakers and agencies figure out what policies to implement and how to develop them, and at whether particular approaches-responding to news events, or building long-term plans, for example-lead to better or worse outcomes.

The costs of racially disparate patterns of police behavior are high, but the crime fighting benefits are low.