police

A policy to pacify Rio de Janeiro’s favelas reduced murder and robbery, yet many other forms of crime increased

Gender-targeted police services, coupled with training, improve the responsiveness of police to gender-based violence

Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police

Historical data from Kenya show that when an ethnic group gains power, public servants of that group may be emboldened to misbehave