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Articles by Shefali V. Patil
The Hidden Costs of Outsourcing Judgment to AI Suppliers
Since 9/11, the U.S. government has spent more than $7 trillion on private military contractors (PMCs), outsourcing core military functions at an unprecedented scale.1 At the height of the Afghanistan war, these contractors outnumbered American troops by a staggering three to one.2 Initially embraced as a pragmatic move to boost efficiency, control costs, and offset a shrinking military, this outsourcing soon spiraled into a costly and reputationally damaging quagmire—marked by legal battles,...
How Spirituality Can Help You Professionally
By Shefali V. Patil, Ph.D., and Evan M. Gagnon In his translated book, Sri Ramana Maharshi, an Indian sage of the early 1900s, reportedly asked, “What is liberation? Inquiring into the nature of one’s self that is in bondage, and realizing one’s true nature is liberation.” In the age of the Great Resignation and what makes the rounds on social media as quiet quitting, it is easy to blame supervisors, colleagues, and work environments for dissatisfactions.
Uncovering the Mitigating Psychological Response to Monitoring Technologies: Police Body Cameras Not Only Constrain but Also Depolarize
The authors are very grateful to Ethan Burris, Curtis Chan, Laura Huang, David Lazer, Michael Norton, and Amy Wrzesniewski for helpful feedback on previous versions of this manuscript, as well as Lydia Mitzi Gross, Cara Mazzucco, and Max Jordan Williams for their research assistance.
Relentless, unchecked scrutiny of police hurts us all
The vast majority of the things police officers do are extraordinary — from thwarting additional mass shooting casualties in Dayton to getting a narcotics suspect to surrender after an intense shootout in Philadelphia. They do this all while preserving the lives of those on scene, including children. Many view their heroism with awe and gratitude.
Community policing has hidden costs
When cops believe they are misunderstood and underappreciated, gentler policing philosophies do not increase officer effectiveness. In fact, amid public strife, more empathetic police officers are less effective at ensuring the basic safety of citizens. They make more procedural errors, the kind of missteps that can be deadly. By contrast, officers who endorse a more conservative, law-and-order approach are more effective at executing basic duties properly and safely.
When some police feel misunderstood, it can impact their performance
Amid a string of fatal police shootings of unarmed black citizens, the Pew Research Center ran a massive study in 2017 of 8,000 U.S. police officers asking them about their experiences. It revealed something startling: 86 percent of officers believe the public does not understand the risks and challenges of their jobs, even though 83 percent of U.S. adults rated officers’ jobs as very risky.
When some police feel misunderstood, it can impact their performance
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When Some Police Feel Misunderstood, It Can Impact Their Performance
Amid a string of fatal police shootings of unarmed black citizens, the Pew Research Center ran a massive study in 2017 of 8,000 U.S. police officers asking them about their experiences. It revealed something startling: 86 percent of officers believe the public does not understand the risks and challenges of their jobs, even though 83 percent of U.S. adults rated officers’ jobs as very risky.
When some police feel misunderstood, it can impact their performance
Amid a string of fatal police shootings of unarmed black citizens, the Pew Research Center ran a massive study in 2017 of 8,000 U.S. police officers asking them about their experiences. It revealed something startling: 86 percent of officers believe the public does not understand the risks and challenges of their jobs, even though 83 percent of U.S. adults rated officers’ jobs as very risky.
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