NCJ Number
31635
Journal
PUBLIC POLICY Volume: 23 Issue: 4 Dated: (FALL 1975), 523-545
Date Published
1975
Length
23 pages
Annotation
RESULTS OF STUDIES FROM CITIES WHICH HAVE VARIED THE NUMBER OF POLICE PER CAPITA IN RESPONSE TO CRIME TRENDS SHOW THAT THIS VARIATION HAS HAD LITTLE, IF ANY, EFFECT.
Abstract
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT OF CRIME IS OFTEN THE RESULT OF INCREASED MANPOWER. OTHER STUDIES SHOW THAT WASHINGTON, D.C., WHOSE POLICE PER CAPITA NUMBER FIVE TIMES THOSE OF INDIANAPOLIS, ALSO HAS FIVE TIMES THE ROBBERY RATE. FURTHERMORE, VARIATIONS IN PATROL STRATEGIES OFTEN SHOW NO APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCE IN CRIME RATES.