An evaluation of compstat's effect on crime: The fort Worth experience

Police Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-412

  Jang, Hyunseok ^a   Hoover, Larry T ^b   Joo, Hee Jong ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

broken windows enforcement; Compstat policing; Fort Worth Police Department; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649946786     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611110384085     Document Type: Article

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