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More Cops = Less Crime (1/5):
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.05.014
This analysis of 2074 cities from 1990-2001 finds that police added to the force by the (COPS) program led to statistically significant reductions in auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and assaults.
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.05.014
This analysis of 2074 cities from 1990-2001 finds that police added to the force by the (COPS) program led to statistically significant reductions in auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and assaults.
(2/5) https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-019-09372-3
In this meta-analysis of "hot spot" policing, there was a small but statistically significant effect size for moving police officers to high crime areas.
In this meta-analysis of "hot spot" policing, there was a small but statistically significant effect size for moving police officers to high crime areas.
3/5 https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.12.003
Looking at results of a bill bill, cities with grants got 3.2% more police staff & saw a 3.5% lower crime rate with a larger drop in violent crime. The finding of violent crime reducing more than property crime also replicates:
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.3386/w18815
Looking at results of a bill bill, cities with grants got 3.2% more police staff & saw a 3.5% lower crime rate with a larger drop in violent crime. The finding of violent crime reducing more than property crime also replicates:
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.3386/w18815
(4/5)
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12142
In the natural experiment of the University of Pennsylvania increasing its private police force, crime decreased in adjacent city blocks by 43–73%.
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12142
In the natural experiment of the University of Pennsylvania increasing its private police force, crime decreased in adjacent city blocks by 43–73%.
(5/5)
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2015.1077710
Predictive policing trials in Los Angeles and Kent are able to predict 1.8 times as much crime as conventional methods. Following the entailing changes to deployment, there was a 7.4% reduction in overall crime.
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2015.1077710
Predictive policing trials in Los Angeles and Kent are able to predict 1.8 times as much crime as conventional methods. Following the entailing changes to deployment, there was a 7.4% reduction in overall crime.
