Data-driven policy analysis can measurably reduce racial enforcement disparities.

Evidence

This is a concrete example of data collection and analysis leading to meaningful changes in police practice that can pave the way for better relations with the community. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 427

Categorization

• SEED: Contrasts an intervention that worked (amend policy, disparity plummeted) against the correction-backfire cases the reader tracks — a useful behavioral-complement to belief-correction failures.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 427