A randomized controlled trial of different policing strategies at hot spots of violent crime

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-181

  Taylor, Bruce ^a   Koper, Christopher S ^b   Woods, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Police Executive Research Forum   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Problem oriented policing; Randomized experiment; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957960739     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9120-6     Document Type: Article

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