REVIEW OF SIX RESEARCH STUDIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE PATROL ACTIVITY AND CRIME - NATIONAL IMPACT PROGRAM EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 17375
• Author(s): J S DAHMANN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 63 pages
• Contract Number(s): F19628-73-C-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Mitre Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH, THE CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROJECT, THE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY, AND CRIME DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS ARE REPORTED FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS.

Abstract

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS AN ANALYTICAL AND SYNTHETIC REVIEW OF SELECTED RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT ON CRIME OF POLICE PATROL ACTIVITY. THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THIS REVIEW ARE: SOME EFFECTS OF AN INCREASE IN POLICE MANPOWER IN THE TWENTIETH PRECINCT OF NEW YORK CITY; AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF INTENSIVE POLICE PATROL ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE INDIANAPOLIS FLEET PLAN; THE IMPACT OF POLICE ACTIVITY ON CRIME - ROBBERIES ON THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM; TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF ST. LOUIS FOOT PATROL; AND THE KANSAS CITY PROACTIVE-REACTIVE DEPLOYMENT EXPERIMENT. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT IN GENERAL THE STUDIES HAVE PRODUCED FINDINGS WHICH ARE OF QUESTIONABLE VALIDITY. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT WHILE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACTIONS OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE LEVELS OF CRIME IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS DOES EXIST, THE EXACT NATURE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP IS STILL UNCLEAR.