Reading/Video-Specific Questions

Question 1

What did Ivonne Roman discuss in her TEDtalk?

Answer 1

• Discussed how policewomen make communities safer
• Noted less than 13% of police officers in the U.S. are women, despite their proven effectiveness in diffusing violent situations and reducing the use of force
• Arbitrary changes in physical fitness exams disproportionately affect women
• Many academies based in masculine ideals of policing; results in training does not reflect entire reality of police work
• Hiring more women could mitigate decrease in police applicants due to legitimacy crisis

Question 2

Methods of Elizabeth Linos (2018) article

Answer 2

• Randomized control trial held on household level
• Involved sending postcards to individuals listed as registered voters (this was done for 3 reasons: city had individual-level data including address and demographics; registered voter = meeting some of minimum eligibility requirements of being a police officer; being registered voter could correlate with being more civic-minded than average resident)
• Postcards had some common characteristics (i.e. black male officer on the card, signed message from same officer on back), but varied the types of sentences written on them

Question 3

Why did Constable Scarecrow not work as well on residential routes?

Answer 3

Residential routes are travelled by the same people more frequently, so therefore adjustment to the presence and inanimacy of the cutout is faster