This study estimates the impact of the discretionary Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program (EBMGP) on drug arrests and crime. The 1986 and 1988 Anti‐Drug Abuse Act allocated federal funds to state and local municipalities to combat illicit drug use and violent crime associated with drug sales and trafficking. The results show that the implementation of the EBMGP resulted in an increase in police hiring, an increase in drug sales arrest rates for Blacks and Whites, and a decrease in total crime. Nonetheless, Black‐White racial disparity in the drug sales arrest rate still significantly increases by approximately 1 for every 1,000 Black residents. Our findings highlight the role of federal crime control policies in state and local policing. Although, the EBMGP was a color‐blind policy initiative, it was not race neutral in its implementation.

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为毒品战争提供资金：执法授权对毒品逮捕中种族差异的影响

这项研究估计了爱德华·伯恩纪念州和地方执法协助计划（EBMGP）的酌处权对毒品逮捕和犯罪的影响。1986年和1988年的《禁毒法案》将联邦资金分配给州和地方市政当局，以打击与毒品销售和贩运有关的非法毒品使用和暴力犯罪。结果表明，实施EBMGP导致警察雇用人数增加，黑人和白人的毒品销售逮捕率增加，犯罪总数减少。但是，每千名黑人居民中，毒品销售逮捕率中的黑人与白人之间的种族差异仍显着增加约1。我们的发现强调了联邦犯罪控制政策在州和地方警务中的作用。尽管EBMGP是一项色盲政策倡议，