“Soft” policing at hot spots—do police community support officers work? A randomized controlled trial

Objectives To determine whether crime-reduction effects of increased police patrols in hot spots are dependent on the “hard” threat of immediate physical arrest, or whether “soft” patrols by civilian (but uniformed) police staff with few arrest powers and no weapons can also reduce crime. We also so...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental criminology 2016-09, Vol.12 (3), p.277-317
Hauptverfasser:	Ariel, Barak, Weinborn, Cristobal, Sherman, Lawrence W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Clinical trials Community support Crime prevention Criminology and Criminal Justice Law and Criminology Police Political Science Social Sciences
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