Abstract
The ability of municipal police departments to affect crime is a complex issue. The selection of independent variables for such analysis has received considerable attention. Perhaps more problematic has been the selection and measurement of the dependent variable, crime. This article examines the impact offive police variables: expenditures, manpower, municipal police effort, technological innovations, and police reform. Three measures of crime are used: UCR data, arrests, and victimization reports. No clear pattern of effect or direction of relationship was observedfor the 25 cities under study.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 34-40 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Criminal Justice Review |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Law
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