The effects of hot spots policing on crime: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential benefits of
focusing police crime prevention efforts on crime places. Research suggests that there is …
focusing police crime prevention efforts on crime places. Research suggests that there is …
Hot spots policing of small geographic areas effects on crime
Background In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential
benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest …
benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest …
Situational crime prevention
RV Clarke - Crime and justice, 1995 - journals.uchicago.edu
Situational prevention seeks to reduce opportunities for specific categories of crime by
increasing the associated risks and difficulties and reducing the rewards. It is composed of …
increasing the associated risks and difficulties and reducing the rewards. It is composed of …
Hot spots of predatory crime: Routine activities and the criminology of place
LW Sherman, PR Gartin, ME Buerger - Criminology, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
A leading sociological theory of crime is the “routine activities” approach (Cohen and Felson,
1979). The premise of this ecological theory is that criminal events result from likely …
1979). The premise of this ecological theory is that criminal events result from likely …
General deterrent effects of police patrol in crime “hot spots”: A randomized, controlled trial
Many criminologists doubt that the dosage of uniformed police patrol causes any
measurable difference in crime. This article reports a one-year randomized trial in …
measurable difference in crime. This article reports a one-year randomized trial in …
Analyzing organized crimes
DB Cornish, RV Clarke - Rational choice and criminal behavior …, 2002 - books.google.com
The rational choice approach to offending assumes that when criminals offend they do so
because crime provides the most effective means of achieving desired benefits (Clarke and …
because crime provides the most effective means of achieving desired benefits (Clarke and …
Enduring individual differences and rational choice theories of crime
In explaining crime, some criminological theories emphasize time-stable individual
differences in propensity to offend while others emphasize more proximate and situational …
differences in propensity to offend while others emphasize more proximate and situational …
Do police reduce crime? Estimates using the allocation of police forces after a terrorist attack
An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime.
Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July …
Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July …
Police crackdowns: Initial and residual deterrence
LW Sherman - Crime and justice, 1990 - journals.uchicago.edu
Police crackdowns are sudden increases in officer presence, sanctions, and threats of
apprehension either for specific offenses or for all offenses in specific places. Of eighteen …
apprehension either for specific offenses or for all offenses in specific places. Of eighteen …
The economics of crime
RB Freeman - Handbook of labor economics, 1999 - Elsevier
Crime is a major activity in the US, with implications for poverty and the allocation of public
and private resources. The economics of crime focuses on the effect of incentives on …
and private resources. The economics of crime focuses on the effect of incentives on …