Summer 2021 Internship w/ the Public Policy Institute of California

 Summer 2021 Internship w/ the Public Policy Institute of California

The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is seeking a Summer Intern to work on Project 6 - Racial Disparity in Law Enforcement stops . This internship is paid and will be conducted remotely.

The summer intern on this project will review existing research literature on racial disparity in law enforcement interactions and perform descriptive analyses of Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) stop data for the 15 largest law enforcement agencies in California. The intern will create periodic summaries of the work for the supervisors and will prepare a presentation summarizing this work for presentation to PPIC staff at the end of the summer. 

The intern for this project should have:

• Undergraduate or graduate training in economics, sociology, criminology, political science, public policy or related field
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong quantitative skills, experience working with large datasets
• Statistical programming experience (Excel, R, SAS, and/or Stata)
• Ability to work independently as well as seek feedback and direction when appropriate

For more information and to apply, please visit the PPIC Summer Intern posting.