Police bureaucracies, their incentives, and the war on drugs

@article{Benson1995PoliceBT,
  title={Police bureaucracies, their incentives, and the war on drugs},
  author={Bruce L. Benson and David W. Rasmussen and David L. Sollars},
  journal={Public Choice},
  year={1995},
  volume={83},
  pages={21-45}
}
After 1984 local law enforcement agences in the U.S. substantially increased arrests for drug offenses relative to arrests for property and violent crimes. This paper explores why this reallocation of police resources occurred, focusing on alternative “public interest” and bureaucratic self interest explanations. The Comprehensive Crime Act of 1984 is shown to have altered the incentives of police agencies by allowing them to keep the proceeds of assets forfeited as a result of drug enforcement… 
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