TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of police characteristics on alternative measures of police output
AU - Decker, Scott H.
PY - 1980/9
Y1 - 1980/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1177/073401688000500206
DO - 10.1177/073401688000500206
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84970305024
SN - 0734-0168
VL - 5
SP - 34
EP - 40
JO - Criminal Justice Review
JF - Criminal Justice Review
IS - 2
ER -