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Modeling Systemic Inequality in Law Enforcement

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An agent-based model highlighting the systemic nature of police brutality and distinguishing from the "bad apples" conceptualization. Implicit racial bias and diminishing trust in police are treated as the sole determinants of inequality, ignoring phenomena like hot spots policing, the blue wall of silence, militarization of police forces, the War on Drugs and the definition of a crime, a culture of dehumanization, and legal estrangement within civilian communities.

  • Blue square: Police department
  • Red squares: Neighborhoods with high crime rates
  • Brown squares: Neighborhoods with medium crime rates
  • Green squares: Neighborhoods with low crime rates
  • Blue cubes: Police agents
  • Bright yellow cubes: Civilian agents (victim of property crime)
  • Dark yellow cubes: Civilian agents (committing property crime)
  • Bright pink cubes: Civilian agents (victim of violent crime)
  • Dark pink cubes: Civilian agents (committing violent crime)
  • All other cubes: Civilian agents

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Illustrates a simple "bad apples" model of police brutality.

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