ATLANTA - ANTI-ROBBERY UNIT PROJECT - FINAL REPORT, APRIL 1974-MARCH 1975

• NCJ Number: 36536
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 60 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-DF-04-0004
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Georgia Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINAL REPORT ON A PROJECT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL AND OPEN-SPACE ROBBERIES BY THE USE OF STAKE OUTS IN HIGH COMMERCIAL CRIME AREAS AND DISGUISED POLICE OFFICERS AT APPROPRIATE OPEN SPACES.

Abstract

PROJECT GOALS WERE TO REDUCE COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES BY TWENTY PERCENT AND TO REDUCE OPEN-SPACE ROBBERIES BY FIFTEEN PERCENT. THE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY INVOLVED A COMPARISON OF CRIME RATES DURING THE PROJECT WITH BASELINE DATA. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT BOTH GOALS WERE EXCEEDED.