To assess whether sheriffs’ partisanship affects political violence, Rosenzweig constructed a large dataset covering over 10,000 county-years across 37 states between 2004 and 2018.

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The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy, by Jessica Pishko, Dutton, 480 pages, $32 The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States ...

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans, states often make the choice for them. States are telling sheriffs whether they can — or can’t ...

CARTER: Well, sheriffs are unique in that they are, as you noted, elected across most states in the United States, so 46 states elect their sheriffs. They're county-level offices, ...

The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy, by Jessica Pishko, Dutton, 480 pages, $32 The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States ...

The Walker County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with the United States Marshals Task Force, concluded a two-day ...

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans, states often make the choice for them. States are telling sheriffs whether they can — or can’t ...

Adapted from The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States by Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, which will be published in September by the University of Chicago Press.

This story originally appeared in Stateline. Local sheriffs are on the front lines in deciding whether to participate in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans. But states ...

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in deciding whether to participate in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans. But states increasingly are making the choice for them.