The crash reduction effectiveness of a network-wide traffic police deployment system

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-406

  Newstead, Stuart V ^a   Cameron, Maxwell H ^a   Leggett, L Mark W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident; Evaluation; Law enforcement; Police; Road safety; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035343996     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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