Scientific Definition
Departments set ticket/arrest quotas as performance metrics, rewarding officers for volume rather than safety.
Plain-English Definition
Departments set ticket/arrest quotas as performance metrics, rewarding officers for volume rather than safety.
Feynman Explanation
Quota is the new public-safety strategy.
Core Principle
Departments set ticket/arrest quotas as performance metrics, rewarding officers for volume rather than safety.
Mechanisms
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Departments set ticket/arrest quotas as performance metrics, rewarding officers for volume rather than safety.
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Volume metrics scale faster than judgment.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Quota is the new public-safety strategy.
Examples
- NYC stop-and-frisk era; numerous traffic-ticket scandals.
- Volume metrics scale faster than judgment.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Outcome-based policing metrics. Independent oversight.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Outcome-based policing metrics. Independent oversight.
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