Charles Loeffler

University of Pennsylvania Website

Charles Loeffler is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University.

Voting History

Policing and public safety

Increasing police budgets will improve public safety.

Vote Confidence
Agree 9
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 7
Comments

Using conventional metrics of public safety, available studies suggest that budget expansions increase public safety.

Increasing social service budgets (e.g. housing, health, education) will improve public safety.

Vote Confidence
Disagree 6
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments

In the short-term (6 mons. to 2 yrs), increasing social service budgets will be unlikely to increase public safety based on conventional metrics. In the long-term (5-10 yrs), such non-targeted investments could produce modest improvements.

Increasing accountability for police misconduct will improve public safety.

Vote Confidence
Neutral/No Opinion 7
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 6
Comments

Accountability for police misconduct is likely to produce gains and losses of unknown relative size in terms of public safety. The gains will most likely be realized over a longer time horizon.

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