NCJ Number
27305
Date Published
1975
Length
43 pages
Annotation
SUMMARY OF A JUDGMENTAL AND EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF OPERATION IDENTIFICATION, A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO URGE CITIZENS TO MARK THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THUS REDUCE THEIR RISK OF BEING BURGLARIZED.
Abstract
THE ASSESSMENT IS BASED UPON THE PAST FINDINGS OF OTHER EVALUATORS AND PROJECT PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROGRAM ANALYSIS DURING THE PRESENTLY REPORTED PROJECT PHASE 1 EVALUATION OF OPERATION IDENTIFICATION CONDUCTED FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ARE SELECTED PORTIONS OF A LARGER REPORT WHICH EXAMINES IN DETAIL BOTH THE EFFECTIVENESS AND VALIDITY OF THE BASIC OPERATION IDENTIFICATION (0-1) ACTIVITIES, THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS LINKING THESE ACTIVITIES, AND THE INTERMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE OBJECTIVES OF THE 3-1 CONCEPT. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SIMPLE 0-1 PROJECT MODEL, CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: RECRUITMENT, ENROLLMENT, AND MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; BURGLARY DETERRENCE; AND PROPERTY RECOVERY AND RETURN. THE ASSESSMENT FINDINGS FOR EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS ARE SUMMARIZED AND USED AS THE BASIS FOR AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE 0-1 CONCEPT. MAJOR FINDINGS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (1) MOST 0-1 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ENLIST MORE THAN A MINIMAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS; (2) THE COST OF RECRUITING AND ENROLLING 0-1 PARTICIPANTS IS MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED; (3) 0-1 PARTICIPANTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER BURGLARY RATES; BUT 0-1 COMMUNITIES HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED REDUCTIONS IN CITY-WIDE BURGLARY RATES NOR APPRECIABLE INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF APPREHENDED BURGLARS; AND (4) 0-1 MARKINGS HAVE NOT INCREASED THE RECOVERY AND RETURN OF STOLEN PROPERTY.