John Rappaport

Professor @UChicagoLaw focusing on criminal law.

[Jacob Goldin @jacobsgoldin]

Black Americans get audited more, even among individuals claiming the EITC. It's because the IRS chooses who to audit based on who it suspects of overclaiming tax credits like the EITC or CTC, instead of who it suspects underpaid the most.

[UChicago Law School @UChicagoLaw]

In @TheAtlantic’s ‘Good on Paper’ podcast, Prof. @JohnMRappaport discusses his latest paper, with Profs. @jonathanmasur and @AurelieOuss, which investigates lack of job mobility for law enforcement officers. https://t.co/JUVD90Ep6P

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

Honored to be the guest on this episode!

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

When police are stuck in the same agency, they are more likely to adhere to the “blue wall of silence”—an unwritten code to never implicate another officer in wrongdoing.

In “Good on Paper,” @JerusalemDemsas explores what’s keeping police locked in place: https://t.co/JwO953po6f

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

Thx for having me on the show, @JerusalemDemsas!

[SSRN @SSRN]

Labor Mobility and the Problems of Modern Policing: This paper analyzes the stagnant nature of #police #labor forces in the #US, examining both the positive & negative consequences of job stability in #policing.

Read: https://t.co/RnZJ67S1sa
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[NYU Law Review @nyulawreview]

.@jonathanmasur, @aurelieouss, and @johnmrappaport document the limited labor mobility of police officers across departments, identify its causes, and analyze its implications for policing. https://t.co/61im16ATL9

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

Thanks, @OrinKerr! Excited to share this with the world. Among other things, we find that fired cops are nearly as likely to land in private security as to find another policing job, ie, to become “wandering officers.”

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

"Private Security and Public Police," very neat new article, just posted on SSRN, from @BenGrunwald, @JohnMRappaport, and Michael Berg. https://t.co/4MKDRBdFd5

[UChicago Law School @UChicagoLaw]

A @cityjournal piece about police unions and misconduct cites Prof. @JohnMRappaport’s ‘Wandering Officer’ article. https://t.co/tlwIATVomc

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

@HoffProf What’s a sabbatical?

[Council on Criminal Justice @CouncilonCJ]

NEW RESOURCE: Today CCJ released The Footprint: Tracking the Size of America’s Criminal Justice System, a collection of 40 interactive charts that trace decades-long changes in crime and victimization, arrests, incarceration, and community supervision.

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

Comments welcome!

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

🚨New working paper!🚨
We document a striking -- and important! -- feature of modern U.S. policing that deserves a place in conversations alongside QI, unions, training, etc.: the stasis of police labor forces. A 🧵 https://t.co/8klJ4DyubF
w/ @AurelieOuss & @jonathanmasur

[John Rappaport @JohnMRappaport]

Policing scholars should be thinking about all this, helping to measure the costs and benefits of limited mobility. If the costs outweigh the benefits, the solutions are conceptually straightforward -- but maybe not politically so, for reasons we discuss.