POLICE PATROL - IS CHANGE NEEDED? ISSUES IN CRIME AND JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 39983
• Author(s): K HARRIES; K HARRIES
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities; Oklahoma Humanities Cmtte
• Sale Source: Oklahoma State University
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 30 MINUTES, VIDEO CASSETTE, COLOR, 1976

Annotation

VIDEO CASSETTE DISCUSION EXAMINES WHETHER THE REMOVAL OF THE POLICE OFFICER FROM FOOT PATROL ON THE STREETS HAS SPURRED ON THE INCREASE IN CRIME IN OKLAHOMA.

Abstract

ALTHOUGH LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE DETERRENT EFFECTS OF PATROLS, MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS IN VEHICLES IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS USING THEM ON FOOT PATROLS. PRESENTLY, 90 PERCENT OF PATROL ASSIGNMENTS ARE VEHICLE PATROL. A PANEL OF THREE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS DISCUSS WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER IS ISOLATED FROM THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO PROBE THE DESIRABILITY OF CRIME PREVENTION VERSUS DETECTION AND APPREHENSION. SOME CRIMES ARE MORE AMENABLE TO PATROL DETERRENCE, OTHERS ARE NOT....BS