Standard Error<p>Today on the Standard Error blog: Activists have long argued that widespread reformist impulses after social uprisings against police violence tend to lead to expansions in the policing industry. But what is the evidence? Shom Mazumder reviews a new working paper that investigates. </p><p>Visit: <a href="https://stderr-editors.com/blog/defund-or-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stderr-editors.com/blog/defund</span><span class="invisible">-or-reform/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/EconomicsOfPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicsOfPolicing</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Econometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Econometrics</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a></p>