The “balloon effect” is an often used but rather dismissive representation of the effects of
drug law enforcement. It implies a hydraulic displacement model and an impervious illicit …

Recent studies point to the potential theoretical and practical benefits of focusing police
resources on crime hot spots. However, many scholars have noted that such approaches …

In their seminal “Broken Windows” article in Atlantic Monthly, JQ Wilson and GL Kelling
(1982) suggested that police could more effectively fight crime by targeting minor offenses …

Objectives To examine the impacts of broken windows policing at crime hot spots on fear of
crime, ratings of police legitimacy and reports of collective efficacy among residents of …

Police research has developed and matured over the past 100 years. The richness of the
police research tapestry gives it gravitas precisely because of its many underlying …

Purpose This study compares perceptual and observational measures of social disorder to
examine the influence of observable levels of disorder in sha** residents' perceptions of …

We examine the impacts of public surveillance cameras on crime and disorder in
Schenectady, New York, a medium-sized city in the northeastern United States. We …

Cocaine traffickers, or 'narco-traffickers', successfully exploit the heterogeneous landscapes
of Central America for transnational smuggling. Narco-traffickers successfully adapt to …

Background: Hot spots policing is one of the most influential police innovations, with a strong
body of experimental research showing it to be effective in reducing crime and disorder …

Objectives To examine the perceptual deterrent effect of an increase in police presence for a
sample of previously adjudicated adolescents and address the limitations of existing …