Eric G. Scheuch

Policing at a Distance: Explaining Suburban Support for Urban Policing

Why would suburban residents use their own tax dollars to fund policing in jurisdictions where they do not live? Two traditions in policing studies generate divergent answers: one treats it as a spatially bounded public good whose support tracks direct benefit, the other as an in...

Voters Support and Are Willing to Pay for Local Climate Adaptation Policies

Cities across the United States are increasingly turning to local climate policy as national climate action stalls. Yet, public opinion research on local climate policies remains sparse. I conducted two national surveys ( N = 4,000) measuring respondent willingness to pay (WTP) a...