Conversation about Reality Cop Shows with Dr. Emma Rackstraw
Added 2024-05-11 18:00:05 +0000 UTC"People seem to think it's a really accurate, real-time representation of what is happening on a typical night of policing"
Emma Rackstraw (Harvard) is a PhD economist and researcher who recently published a study of Cops, Live: PD, and On Patrol: Live. The excellent paper dives into the ways these shows impact viewer perceptions of policing and how the presence of cameras quantifiably changes the actions of police in departments that participate, seeing an increase in discretionary arrests simultaneously with a decrease in 911 call data.
Her paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4592803
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1. Her study was referenced in an article I read (I believe in Slate?). I also am a freak who seeks out academic studies on the subject lol 2. Believe it or not, I did prep a bunch of questions! I'm pretty confident about them, the issue is more just talking to someone I've never talked to before and trying to find a cadence. Plus I don't edit them, I bet they'd look a lot better if I did. The times I mentioned that I forgot what I was going to say was because a new question popped into my head while she was talking and then I forgot to write it down or ask it afterwards. I'm getting better though! It's all about practice I think
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2024-05-13 01:09:35 +0000 UTCGood interview - I had no idea these next-gen "live" cop shows were even a thing until you started talking about them, and I'm looking forward to your video. A couple of points I thought of while listening: 1. How did you even find out about Dr Rackstraw's study? When you say she published it I thought it appeared in "Cops Today Magazine" (not a real thing I hope), but SSRN doesn't look like the kind of place you would just be browsing and accidentally run across it. 2. I've noticed this in other interviews you've done: you've done the reading and know the topic, and (as Dr Rackstraw pointed out several times) you ask really interesting questions. But you often seem to be unsure of yourself and stumble over your words. You should consider yourself an expert now and be more confident about what you're saying. I also wonder if you prepare questions ahead of time - that might make interviews go more smoothly.
Craig H
2024-05-11 21:21:23 +0000 UTC
