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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
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

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