NCJ Number
36663
Date Published
1975
Length
75 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY EXAMINES CHANGES IN THE INDEX CRIME RATE AND ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER CRIME WAS DISPLACED TO SURROUNDING AREAS DURING A PERIOD WHEN CRIME CONTROL PROGRAMS WERE AT A PEAK IN THE DALLAS AREA.
Abstract
STUDY WAS PURSUED BECAUSE IT WAS FELT THAT DALLAS, WHICH EXPERIENCED AN INCREASED CRIME RATE AFTER THE 1973 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMPACT PROGRAM, MIGHT HAVE HAD LESS OF AN INCREASE HAD THE IMPACT PROGRAM NOT BEEN UNDERTAKEN. THREE MAIN TYPES OF DATA WERE RESEARCHED: RESIDENCE OF ARRESTEE INFORMATION; INDEX CRIME RATES PER 100,000 INHABITANTS FOR DALLAS AND SOME OF ITS SUBURBS; AND CRIME COUNTS FOR DALLAS PATROL BEATS ADJACENT TO THE SUBURBS. TABULAR AND GRAPHIC DATA ON STUDY FINDINGS, REPRESENTING AN ANALYSIS OF THE CENTRAL CITY VERSUS NINE COLLECTIVE SUBURBS, ARE PRESENTED. CITY-BY-CITY ANALYSES OF THE NINE SURROUNDING CITIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED. NO CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF CRIME DISPLACEMENT WAS FOUND, HOWEVER STUDY DATA INDICATED THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TENDENCY FOR BURGLARY AND ROBBERY TO BE DISPLACED FROM NORTHEAST DALLAS TO FOUR OF THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS.