CURBSIDE DETERRENCE - AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF A SLUG-REJECTOR DEVICE, COIN-VIEW WINDOW, AND WARNING LABELS ON SLUG USAGE IN NEW YORK CITY PARKING METERS

• NCJ Number: 7624
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUGUST 1972) Pages: 127-142
• Author(s): J F DECKER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ILLICIT METER USE IN THE AREAS OF NEW YORK CITY UNDER STUDY DRAMATICALLY DECLINED FOLLOWING INSTALLATION OF METERS WITH COIN-VIEW WINDOWS AND SLUG REJECTOR DEVICES.

Abstract

THE DISTRICTS WITH THE GREATEST SLUG PROBLEM WHEN THE STUDY WAS INITIATED WERE THE AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST RATE OF DECREASE IN ILLICIT METER USE FOLLOWING INSTALLATION OF THE NEW METERS. AREAS WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF METER USE SHOWED THE LEAST PERCENTAGE DECREASE IN SLUG USAGE WITH THE NEW DUNCAN METERS, AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THESE AREAS WERE THE MOST AFFLUENT OF THE REGIONS UNDER OBSERVATION. IN THE SECOND ASPECT OF THE STUDY, VARIOUS METHODS OF ANALYSIS SHOWED THE FEDERAL WARNING LABELS HAD NO NOTICEABLE EFFECT, WHILE THE STATE AND CITY WARNING LABELS HAD A NOTICEABLE, ALTHOUGH SHORT-LIVED, EFFECT. IT APPEARED THAT WARNING POTENTIAL OFFENDERS THAT SLUG USE IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND PUNISHABLE BY SUBSTANTIAL SANCTIONS HAD LITTLE DETERRENT VALUE (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)